AB725: Bill Text

8. Current law requires a school board to report school bus accidents to DPI. This bill eliminates this requirement.

9. Current law requires a school district to report to DPI when the school district contracts with another school district to acquire or use the latter district's facilities or equipment. This bill eliminates this requirement.

10. This bill eliminates the requirement that a school board annually adopt a policy on access to extracurricular and recreational school programs and activities.

11. This bill eliminates the requirement that DPI coordinate the exchange of teachers.

12. This bill eliminates the requirement that DPI promote public awareness of, access to, and training of health professionals for rural and underserved urban areas.

13. This bill eliminates the requirement that school boards maintain a mailbox for each school located on a rural mail route.

14. This bill eliminates the requirement that DPI report to the legislature every three years on all cooperative educational service agency programs and services.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB725, s. 1 Section 1. 101.14 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 2 Section 2. 115.001 (11) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 3 Section 3. 115.28 (3m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 4 Section 4. 115.28 (7m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 5 Section 5. 115.28 (32) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 6 Section 6. 115.28 (33) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 7 Section 7. 115.28 (34) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 8 Section 8. 115.28 (37) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 9 Section 9. 115.28 (44) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 10 Section 10. 118.015 (2) and (3) of the statutes are repealed.

AB725, s. 11 Section 11. 118.019 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB725,3,18 118.019 (5) Advisory committee. In any school district that offers a human growth and development curriculum, the school board shall appoint an advisory committee composed of parents, teachers, school administrators, pupils, health care professionals, members of the clergy and other residents of the school district. The advisory committee shall develop the human growth and development curriculum and advise the school board on the design, review and implementation of the advisory committee's human growth and development curriculum. The advisory committee shall review the curriculum at least every 3 years as needed.

AB725, s. 12 Section 12. 118.07 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.07 (2) and amended to read:

AB725,4,2 118.07 (2) Once each month, without previous warning, the person having direct charge of any public or private school shall drill all pupils in the proper method of departure from the building as if in case of fire, except when the person having direct charge deems that the health of the pupils may be endangered by inclement weather conditions. The school board or governing body of the private school shall maintain for at least 7 years a record of each fire drill conducted.

AB725, s. 13 Section 13. 118.07 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 14 Section 14. 118.126 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB725,4,9 118.126 (1) (intro.) A school psychologist, school counselor, school social worker, and nurse, and any teacher or administrator designated by the school board who engages in alcohol or drug abuse program activities, shall keep confidential information received from a pupil that the pupil or another pupil is using or is experiencing problems resulting from the use of alcohol or other drugs unless:

AB725, s. 15 Section 15. 118.126 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB725,4,16 118.126 (1) (b) The school psychologist, school counselor, school social worker, nurse, teacher, or administrator has reason to believe that there is serious and imminent danger to the health, safety, or life of any person and that disclosure of the information to another person will alleviate the serious and imminent danger. No more information than is required to alleviate the serious and imminent danger may be disclosed; or

AB725, s. 16 Section 16. 118.126 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB725,4,23 118.126 (2) A school psychologist, school counselor, school social worker, or nurse, or any teacher or administrator designated by the school board who engages in alcohol or drug abuse program activities, who in good faith discloses or fails to disclose information under sub. (1) is immune from civil liability for such acts or omissions. This subsection does not apply to information required to be reported under s. 48.981.

AB725, s. 17 Section 17. 118.257 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB725,5,2 118.257 (1) (c) "Pupil services professional" means a school counselor, school social worker, school psychologist, or school nurse.

AB725, s. 18 Section 18. 118.258 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB725,5,9 118.258 (1) Each A school board shall may adopt rules prohibiting a pupil from using or possessing an electronic paging or 2-way communication device while on premises owned or rented by or under the control of a public school. The rules may allow for the use or possession of such a device by a pupil if the school board or its designee determines that the device is used or possessed for a medical, school, educational, vocational, or other legitimate use.

AB725, s. 19 Section 19. 118.258 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.258 (2).

AB725, s. 20 Section 20. 118.258 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 21 Section 21. 118.38 (1) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB725,5,14 118.38 (1) (a) 7. Licensure or certification under s. 115.28 (7) or (7m) other than the licensure of the school district administrator or business manager.

AB725, s. 22 Section 22. 120.12 (13) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 23 Section 23. 120.12 (17) of the statutes is renumbered 120.13 (30).

AB725, s. 24 Section 24. 120.12 (23) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB725,5,22 120.12 (23) Pupil participation in school activities. Annually, adopt Adopt a policy on access to extracurricular and recreational school programs and activities that encourages full participation by all elementary grade pupils in these programs and activities. This subsection does not apply to the school board of a union high school district.

AB725, s. 25 Section 25. 120.13 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB725,6,2 120.13 (11) Nurses and dentists. Employ qualified public health nurses, school nurses, registered nurses, and licensed dentists who shall cooperate with the local board of health, as defined in s. 250.01 (3), and the department of health and family services.

AB725, s. 26 Section 26. 120.25 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB725, s. 27 Section 27. 121.53 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB725,6,8 121.53 (6) Within 10 days after its occurrence, every accident involving a motor vehicle while providing transportation under this subchapter shall be reported to the appropriate school board and promptly by the school board to the state superintendent on forms provided by the state superintendent.

AB725, s. 28 Section 28. 121.54 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB725,6,18 121.54 (2) (b) 1. Except as provided in sub. (1) or otherwise provided in this subsection, the school board of each school district operating high school grades shall provide transportation, on days on which public school is held in the school district, to and from the school a pupil attends for each pupil residing in the school district who attends any elementary grade, including kindergarten, or high school grade at a private school located 2 miles or more from the pupil's residence, if such private school is a school within whose attendance area the pupil resides and is situated within the school district or not more than 5 miles beyond the boundaries of the school district measured along the usually traveled route.

AB725, s. 29 Section 29. 250.06 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB725,6,21 250.06 (6) This section shall does not apply to school nurses, as defined in s. 115.001 (11), while acting in the employ of a public school.

AB725, s. 30 Section 30. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB725,7,2 (1) The treatment of sections 120.12 (17) and 121.54 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2004.

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