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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
February 18, 2016 - Introduced by Representative Young. Referred to Committee
on Education.
AB938,1,2
1An Act to create 119.16 (5m) of the statutes;
relating to: admission of children
2of veterans to Milwaukee Public Schools.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the board of directors of the Milwaukee Public School District
to establish a pupil selection process that grants admission to a child of a veteran to
the child's first choice school if the child resides in the district. The selection process
applies beginning in the 2016-17 school year.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB938,1
3Section
1. 119.16 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB938,2,24
119.16
(5m) Admission of children of veterans to public schools. Beginning
5in the 2016-17 school year, the board shall establish a pupil selection process for each
6grade in each public school in the school district operating under this chapter that
7requires the public school to admit and enroll a child of a veteran in a grade if the
8child resides in the school district, has selected the public school as the child's first
1choice school, and is otherwise eligible to enroll in that grade. In this subsection,
2"veteran" has the meaning given in s. 45.01 (12).
