Wisconsin Legislature: Public Instruction, Department of

SAGE contracts: DPI allowed to provide a one-year extension - SB31

School accountability report performance categories replaced with letter grades and other revisions; Superintendent of Public Instruction prohibited from approving pupil attainment examinations developed by Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, giving effect to common core standard in effect, adopting or implementing new common core standards, and requiring school districts to adopt or implement common core standards, and required to provide education options to parents and guardians via DPI's Internet site; UW--Madison Value-Added Research Center to approve alternative examinations a school may administer [for section numbers, see entry under ``State Superintendent of Public Instruction"] - AB21

School accountability report performance categories replaced with letter grades and other revisions; Superintendent of Public Instruction prohibited from approving pupil attainment examinations developed by Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, giving effect to common core standard in effect, adopting or implementing new common core standards, and requiring school districts to adopt or implement common core standards, and required to provide education options to parents and guardians via DPI's Internet site; UW--Madison Value-Added Research Center to approve alternative examinations a school may administer [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``State Superintendent of Public Instruction"] - SB21

School accountability report published by DPI: schools included in the report required to include a link on their Internet page - AB722

School bullying policy: DPI model to include bullying by electronic means, officials required to report incidents that are violations of criminal laws to law enforcement, and responses to bullying off school grounds; prohibitions for posting messages that threaten harm or includes obscene, lewd, or profane language where others can view it created, penalty provisions - AB496

School district accountability report: DPI prohibited from including data from a virtual charter school - AB162

School district accountability report: DPI prohibited from including data from a virtual charter school - SB129

School district sparsity aid criteria revised and alternate data collection method re income eligibility re free or reduced-price lunch program [Sec. 3188, 3192, 3212, 3213, 3215, 3302, 3307, 3310, 3311, 3387, 3389, 3391, 3398, 3420] - AB21

Schools and school districts accountability report revisions; independent charter schools and private schools participating in a parental choice program clarification; LAB audit required - SB1

Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) program re AODA: DPI required to include in training of professional school staff; if school district requests training, it must administer the program to all pupils in the district; report to JCF required - AB270

Sparsity aid: DPI to pay unexpended amount to certain school districts; school district membership cap increased - AB824

Sparsity aid: DPI to pay unexpended amount to certain school districts; school district membership cap increased - SB664

Special education job development specialists: DPI pilot program to employ in certain school districts re employment outcomes for children with disabilities - AB943

Special education transition grants created [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 563m, 3229p] - SB21

Special Needs Scholarship Program changes - AB751

Special Needs Scholarship Program changes [A.Amdt.1: revenue limit adjustment for school districts with incoming choice pupils added] - SB615

Special Needs Scholarship Program established [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 563d, 3224g, m, 3266am, 3351g, 3379g, 9134 (6q)] - SB21

STEM program grants: DPI to award to rural school districts; definition and emergency rule provisions - AB799

STEM program grants: DPI to award to rural school districts; definition and emergency rule provisions - SB661

Student safety incident tracking pilot program re crime and other incidents on school property, transportation, or sanctioned events: DPI to develop, voluntary participation of 3 school districts, and personally identifiable information provision; report required - AB773

Summer reading improvement program: MPS to apply to DPI for a grant on behalf of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University - AB338

Summer reading program: DPI to award grant to the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University - SB420

Summer school: DPI to pay independent charter schools for pupils who attend - AB951

Supplemental sparsity aid created for school districts that qualify and have high property valuation - SB790

Suspensions and expulsions of pupils: annual report to DPI from private schools participating in a parental choice program required - AB618

Teacher and principal effectiveness evaluation requirement delayed; DPI prohibited from issuing school accountability report for 2014-15 school year - AB78

Teacher and principal effectiveness evaluation requirement delayed; DPI prohibited from issuing school accountability report for 2014-15 school year [S.Amdt.1: delay changed to prohibition on using pupil assessment in evaluation score for teachers and principals] - SB67

Teacher license renewal: acceptable credits from higher education institutions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3247h] - SB21

Teacher licensure: alternatives created re experience-based licensure for technical education, licenses based on reciprocity, and Montessori-based licensure [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3182s, 3247e-gb, p-s] - SB21

Teaching license based on completion of a teacher education program accredited by the Association Montessori Internationale - AB696

Teaching license based on completion of a teacher education program accredited by the Association Montessori Internationale - SB494

Teaching license: DPI directed to grant to individuals meeting certain criteria [Sec. 3183] - AB21

Teaching license: DPI directed to grant to individuals meeting certain criteria [Sec. 3183; original bill only] - SB21

Teen dating violence prevention education: schools required to provide and DPI to prepare a policy; model health curriculum and bullying policy updates provisions - AB692

Transgender pupils: DPI to develop model policy and school boards required to adopt a policy - AB524

UW--Madison Value-Added Research Center duties re student achievement data and scores and provide ARB with alternative tests - AB1

Virtual marketplace for digital educational resources: Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into contracts for and DPI to host [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 560m, 3193s] - SB21

Whole grade sharing agreement: school boards of two or more districts authorized to enter; conditions specified and DPI duties [Sec. 2009, 2010, 3186, 3220, 3221-3224, 3225-3228, 3229, 3243-3245, 3246, 3303, 3306, 3359, 3393, 3394, 3397, 3404, 3411; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, applicability to MPS removed, deletes 3359] - SB21

Whole grade sharing agreement: school boards of two or more districts authorized to enter; conditions specified and DPI duties [Sec. 2009, 2010, 3186, 3220-3229, 3243-3246, 3303, 3306, 3359, 3393, 3394, 3397, 3404, 3411] - AB21

public instruction, state superintendent ofPublic Instruction, State Superintendent of, see State Superintendent of Public Instruction

public landPublic land, see also State park

Adverse possession against real property owned by the state or a political subdivision prohibited - AB459

Adverse possession against real property owned by the state or a political subdivision prohibited [S.Amdt.1: government obtaining title to private property by adverse possession prohibited, exception provision] - SB314

public land _ salePublic land -- Sale

BCPL's authority to purchase land eliminated; DNR may not acquire land under the Stewardship Program without prior approval of the governing body and DNR will not make certain payments to municipalities for land purchased before a certain date - AB71

Fox River Navigational System visitor center: DOA may sell parcel of public land to City of Appleton for construction of; Fox River Navigational System Authority duties - AB810

Fox River Navigational System visitor center: DOA may sell parcel of public land to City of Appleton for construction of; Fox River Navigational System Authority duties - SB641

NRB requirement to offer certain land for sale eliminated - AB499

NRB requirement to offer certain land for sale eliminated - SB364

Sale of certain DNR lands: use of proceeds [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 639m, 640d, 980b, bm] - SB21

public lands, board of commissioners ofPublic Lands, Board of Commissioners of

BCPL lands: payments in lieu of taxes [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1006m] - SB21

BCPL to make annual payments to municipalities for land it purchases from DNR which is not subject to property taxes [Sec. 1006, 2038-2045] - AB21

BCPL to make annual payments to municipalities for land it purchases from DNR which is not subject to property taxes [Sec. 1006, 2038-2045; original bill only] - SB21

School district mechanisms for borrowing and raising money: revisions re loan or bond issues, revenue limit adjustments, State Trust Funds loans, temporary borrowing, promissory notes, and MPS levy limit adjustments and bond issues - AB481

State Treasurer, Office of, deleted from the Constitution; BCPL provision. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR5

State Treasurer, Office of, deleted from the Constitution; BCPL provision. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR4

Stewardship 2000 program revisions re land acquisition, property development and local assistance, and unused bonding authority; BCPL and Neenah and Menasha twin trestles project provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 868m, 959b-p, 960c-961m, 991e, m, 1004m, 1066u] - SB21

public libraryPublic library, see Libraries

public nuisancePublic nuisance, see Nuisance

public officersPublic officers, see also Ethics; Legislature -- Member; specific title

Candidacy declaration: individual prohibited from being on the same ballot for 2 or more offices simultaneously - AB975

Candidacy declaration: individual prohibited from being on the same ballot for 2 or more offices simultaneously - SB753

Classified service employee running for a partisan political office: eliminate leave of absence requirement - AB479

Classified service employee running for a partisan political office: eliminate leave of absence requirement - SB454

Elected state official seeking national office: reporting travel expenses to GAB required, reimbursement provision - AB342

Executive branch appointments: executive officers required to disclose certain information to the Ethics Commission - AB890

Executive branch appointments: executive officers required to disclose certain information to the Ethics Commission - SB659

Grand jury proceedings: state to reimburse county for costs for illegal activity investigations re campaign finance and misconduct involving a public officer or employee - AB881

Grand jury proceedings: state to reimburse county for costs for illegal activity investigations re campaign finance and misconduct involving a public officer or employee - SB651

Partisan elective state officials prohibited from accepting contributions during budget deliberations - AB891

Principal disseminating or attempting to influence model, uniform, suggested, or recommended legislation required to register with GAB and file expense statements; state public official statements of economic interests expanded to include reimbursements from campaign accounts or scholarships to attend a meeting or conference, person providing the reimbursement or scholarship also required to report to GAB; penalty provisions - AB464

Public records: ``deliberative materials" defined and excluded in the definition ``records" [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 453b, d, 9352 (2u), 9452 (1v); deleted by S.Amdt.1] - SB21

Retirement provisions for elected officials and appointed state executives [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1385b, 1389h] - SB21

State elected official who owes a debt to the state: interest applied based on federal student loan interest rate - AB971

Unclaimed cremated remains in custody of a funeral director, cemetery authority, or public officer: contacting DVA or county veterans service officer required to determine if the person was a veteran or eligible for burial at a veterans cemetery; civil liability exemption provision [A.Amdt.1: contact local veterans service organization added] - AB693

Venue for trials re elections, ethics, and lobbying regulation law violations: civil and criminal prosecutions where the alleged violation occurred; deletes statutory restriction on disclosure of certain information re investigation or prosecution - AB463

public recordPublic record, see also Open meeting (Governmental); Public document; Vital statistics

Assembly Organization, Committee on, requested to meet on July 9, 2015, to consider a resolution affirming the Assembly’s commitment to the state’s open record and open government laws - AR12

Internet site publishing criminal record information: requirements for removal without charging a fee established; definition and penalty provisions - AB258

Internet site publishing criminal record information: requirements for removal without charging a fee established; definition and penalty provisions - SB184

Interscholastic athletic association: school district membership prohibited unless the association elects to be governed by public records and open meetings laws - AB873

Interscholastic athletic association: school district membership prohibited unless the association elects to be governed by public records and open meetings laws - SB704