LRB-1652/P3
EAW:amn&wlj
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Bong, BB0305 - Study on absenteeism and public assistance
For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Public Assistance
This bill requires DCF, DPI, DHS, and DWD to collaborate on a report to the legislature about the population overlap of families that receive public benefits and children who are chronically absent from school.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 9152.
Nonstatutory provisions; Other.
(1) Study on public benefits and chronic absenteeism. The departments of children and families, public instruction, health services, and workforce development, together with any other relevant programs or agencies the departments identify as appropriate, shall collaborate to prepare a report on the population overlap of families that receive public benefits and children who are absent from school for 10 percent or more of the school year. The agencies shall submit the report on or before December 30, 2018, to the governor and appropriate standing committees of the legislature under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes.
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