LRB-2279/1
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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
June 3, 1999 - Introduced by Senators Darling, Fitzgerald, Welch, Zien, Roessler
and George, cosponsored by Representatives Duff, Underheim, Jensen,
Ladwig, Kelso, Kestell, Freese, Owens, Gunderson, Albers, Ward, Sykora,
Hundertmark and Petrowski. Referred to Committee on Education.
SB186,1,2
1An Act to create 115.782 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes;
relating to: evaluating
2children with learning disabilities for phonemic awareness.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under certain circumstances, current law requires an individualized education
program team appointed by the school board to evaluate a child in order to determine
if the child is eligible for special education.
This bill provides that if the team determines that a child has a learning
disability, it must also evaluate the child's phonemic awareness and whether the
child's lack of phonemic awareness has contributed to the child's learning disability.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB186, s. 1
3Section
1. 115.782 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB186,1,64
115.782
(2) (a) 4. If it determines that a child has a learning disability, evaluate
5the child's phonemic awareness and whether the child's lack of phonemic awareness
6has contributed to the child's learning disability.
