LRB-2023/5
PG:jld:ph
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
April 29, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Radcliffe, Danou, Berceau,
Pope-Roberts, Davis, Hilgenberg, Ripp, A. Ott, Nerison, Lothian, Tauchen,
Spanbauer, Molepske Jr., Jorgensen, Gunderson, Hixson and Vruwink,
cosponsored by Senators Vinehout, Taylor, Olsen, Hansen and Kedzie.
Referred to Committee on Education.
AB236,1,2
1An Act to amend 118.33 (1) (am) of the statutes;
relating to: requiring that
2certain high school agriculture courses be counted as science credits.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a school board may not grant a high school diploma to any
pupil unless the pupil has earned, in grades 9 to 12, at least four credits of English,
three credits of social studies, two credits of mathematics, two credits of science, and
1.5 credits of physical education.
This bill provides that, if a pupil earns at least two credits in science, the school
board must award the pupil an additional science credit for completing in grades 9
to 12 each course in agriculture that the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has
determined qualifies as science according to criteria established by DPI.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB236, s. 1
3Section
1. 118.33 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB236,2,54
118.33
(1) (am) The state superintendent shall encourage school boards to
5require an additional 8.5 credits selected from any combination of vocational
6education, foreign languages, fine arts and other courses.
If a pupil earns at least
12 credits of science in the high school grades, the school board shall award the pupil
2an additional science credit for completing in the high school grades each course in
3agriculture that the department has determined qualifies as science according to
4criteria established by the department. The credits in science under par. (a) 1. need
5not be completed before an agriculture course under this paragraph.
AB236,2,87
(1) This act first applies to agriculture courses completed during the 2009-10
8school year.
