AB64,1509 6Section 1509. 118.19 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,704,137 118.19 (1m) (a) The department of public instruction may not issue or renew
8a license or permit or revalidate a license that has no expiration date unless the
9applicant provides the department of public instruction with his or her social
10security number. The department of public instruction may not disclose the social
11security number except to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of
12requesting certifications under s. 73.0301 and to the department of workforce
13development for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under s. 108.227.
AB64,704,1914 (b) The department of public instruction may not issue or renew a license or
15permit or revalidate a license that has no expiration date if the department of
16revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the applicant, licensee, or permit holder is
17liable for delinquent taxes or if the department of workforce development certifies
18under s. 108.227 that the applicant, licensee, or permit holder is liable for delinquent
19unemployment insurance contributions.
AB64,1510 20Section 1510. 118.19 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,705,221 118.19 (1r) (a) As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s.
2249.857, the department of public instruction may not issue or renew a license or
23permit or revalidate a license that has no expiration date unless the applicant
24provides the department of public instruction with his or her social security number.
25The department of public instruction may not disclose the social security number

1except to the department of children and families for the sole purpose of
2administering s. 49.22.
AB64,705,113 (b) As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857, the
4department may not issue or renew a license or permit or revalidate a license that
5has no expiration date
if the applicant, licensee or permit holder is delinquent in
6making court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth
7expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or
8former spouse or if the applicant, licensee or permit holder fails to comply, after
9appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children
10and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to
11paternity or child support proceedings.
AB64,1511 12Section 1511. 118.19 (1s) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,705,1713 118.19 (1s) (a) Notwithstanding subs. (1m) and (1r), if an applicant does not
14have a social security number, the applicant, as a condition of applying for, or
15applying to renew or revalidate,
a license under this section shall submit a statement
16made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant
17does not have a social security number.
AB64,1512 18Section 1512. 118.19 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,705,2419 118.19 (4m) The state superintendent may not issue or renew a license to teach
20the visually impaired unless the applicant demonstrates, based on criteria
21established by the state superintendent by rule, that he or she is proficient in reading
22and writing braille and in teaching braille. In promulgating rules under this
23subsection, the state superintendent shall take into consideration the standard used
24by the librarian of congress for certifying braille transcribers.
AB64,1513
1Section 1513. 118.19 (10) (b) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
2renumbered 118.19 (10) (b) and amended to read:
AB64,706,53 118.19 (10) (b) With the assistance of the department of justice, the state
4superintendent shall do all of the following: 1. Conduct conduct a background
5investigation of each applicant for issuance or renewal of a license or permit.
AB64,1514 6Section 1514. 118.19 (10) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1515 7Section 1515. 118.19 (10) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,706,118 118.19 (10) (d) (intro.) Upon request, an educational agency shall provide the
9state superintendent with all of the following information about each person
10employed by the educational agency who holds a license, issued by the state
11superintendent, that has no expiration date:
AB64,1516 12Section 1516. 118.19 (10) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,706,1413 118.19 (10) (e) The state superintendent may issue or renew a license or permit
14conditioned upon the receipt of a satisfactory background investigation.
AB64,1517 15Section 1517. 118.19 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,706,2316 118.19 (12) Beginning on July 1, 1998, the department may not issue or renew
17a license that authorizes the holder to teach reading or language arts to pupils in any
18prekindergarten class or in any of the grades from kindergarten to 6 unless the
19applicant has successfully completed instruction preparing the applicant to teach
20reading and language arts using appropriate instructional methods, including
21phonics. The phonics instruction need not be provided as a separate course. In this
22subsection, “phonics" means a method of teaching beginners to read and pronounce
23words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups and syllables.
AB64,1518 24Section 1518. 118.19 (17) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1519 25Section 1519. 118.19 (18) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,707,4
1118.19 (18) (a) Beginning on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB
2inserts date], and subject to ss. 115.31 and 115.315, an initial teaching license,
3professional teaching license, master educator license, or administrator's license
4issued under this section has no expiration date.
AB64,707,95 (b) Subject to ss. 115.31 and 115.315, an initial teaching license, professional
6teaching license, master educator license, or administrator's license that is valid and
7current on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], has no
8expiration date and the department may not require an individual who holds such
9a license to renew that license.
AB64,1520 10Section 1520. 118.193 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1521 11Section 1521. 118.193 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1522 12Section 1522. 118.193 (4) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1523 13Section 1523. 118.193 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.193 (4).
AB64,1524 14Section 1524. 118.196 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,707,18 15118.196 Teacher development program. (1) A school district may apply
16to the department of workforce development for a grant under s. 106.272 to design
17and implement with one of the following partnering entities a teacher development
18program that satisfies the requirements under sub. (2):
AB64,707,1919 (a) A school of education in the University of Wisconsin System.
AB64,707,2120 (b) The flexible option program in the University of Wisconsin System
21Extension.
AB64,708,2 22(2) (a) The school district and the partnering entity under sub. (1) shall design
23the teacher development program to prepare employees of the school district who
24work closely with students and hold a bachelor's degree to successfully complete the
25requirements for obtaining a permit under s. 118.192 or an initial teaching license

1under s. 118.19, including any standardized examination prescribed by the state
2superintendent as a condition for permitting or licensure.
AB64,708,73 (b) To implement the teacher development program designed under par. (a), the
4school district shall allow employees who are enrolled in the program to satisfy
5student teaching requirements in a school in the school district, and the partnering
6entity under sub. (1) shall prepare and provide intensive coursework for
7participating school district employees.
AB64,708,10 8(3) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (3) (a), the department may issue an initial
9teaching license to an individual who completes a teacher development program
10designed and implemented under this section.
AB64,1525 11Section 1525. 118.21 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,708,2012 118.21 (2) Any person who contracts to teach in any public school shall file in
13the office of the school district administrator, within 10 days after entering into such
14contract, a statement showing the date of expiration, if any, and the grade and
15character of certificate or license held. In any school district not having a school
16district administrator, the statement shall be filed with the school district clerk.
17Teachers employed by a cooperative educational service agency shall file the
18statement in the office of the agency coordinator. No order or warrant may be issued
19by the school district clerk in payment of the salary of any teacher, unless the teacher
20has complied with this subsection.
AB64,1526 21Section 1526. 118.24 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,708,2522 118.24 (1) A school board may employ a school district administrator, a
23business manager, and school principals and assistants to such persons. The term
24of each employment contract may not exceed 2 years. A contract for a term of 2 years
25may provide for one or more extensions of one year each.
AB64,1527
1Section 1527. 118.24 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,709,152 118.24 (6) The employment contract of any person described under sub. (1)
3shall be in writing and filed with the school district clerk. At least 4 months prior
4to the expiration of the employment contract, the employing school board shall give
5notice in writing of either renewal of the contract or of refusal to renew such person's
6contract. If no such notice is given, the contract then in force shall continue in force
7for 2 years.
Any such person who receives notice of renewal or who does not receive
8notice of renewal or refusal to renew the person's contract at least 4 months before
9the contract expiration shall accept or reject the contract in writing on or before a
10date 3 months prior to the contract expiration. No such person may be employed or
11dismissed except by a majority vote of the full membership of the school board.
12Nothing in this section prevents the modification or termination of an employment
13contract by mutual agreement of the parties. No school board may enter into a
14contract of employment with any such person for a period of time as to which such
15person is then under a contract of employment with another school board.
AB64,1528 16Section 1528. 118.24 (8) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1529 17Section 1529. 118.35 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,709,2318 118.35 (4) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fy), the department shall
19award grants to nonprofit organizations, cooperative educational service agencies,
20institutions within the University of Wisconsin System, and the school district
21operating under ch. 119
districts for the purpose of providing to gifted and talented
22pupils those services and activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school
23program that allow such pupils to fully develop their capabilities.
AB64,1530 24Section 1530 . 118.38 (2) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 118.38 (2).
AB64,1531 25Section 1531 . 118.38 (2) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1532
1Section 1532. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2015
2Wisconsin Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB64,710,103 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. Add the amounts appropriated in the current fiscal year
4under s. 20.255 (2), except s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (az), (bb), (df), (dg), (dj), (fm), (fr), (fu),
5(k), and (m); and s. 20.505 (4) (es); and the amount, as determined by the secretary
6of administration, of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4)
(s) allocated for payments
7to telecommunications providers under contracts with school districts and
8cooperative educational service agencies under s. 16.971 (13), for grants to school
9district consortia under s. 16.997 (7), and to make educational technology teacher
10training grants under s. 16.996
.
AB64,1533 11Section 1533 . 118.40 (8) (d) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1534 12Section 1534. 118.40 (8) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,710,1713 118.40 (8) (fm) Attendance requirement. The governing body of a virtual
14charter school may not allow a pupil to begin attending the virtual charter school
15during a semester in which the pupil has been absent from a school without an
16acceptable excuse under s. 118.15 or 118.16 (4) for part or all of 4 or more days on
17which the school was held during the school semester.
AB64,1535 18Section 1535. 118.51 (5) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,711,419 118.51 (5) (a) 1. (intro.) The availability of space in the schools, programs,
20classes, or grades within the nonresident school district. The nonresident school
21board shall determine the number of regular education and special education spaces
22available within the school district in the January meeting of the school board, except
23that for the 2011-12 school year the board shall determine the number of regular
24education and special education spaces available within the school district in the
no
25later than the first Monday in
February meeting of the school board. In determining

1the availability of space, the nonresident school board may consider criteria such as
2class size limits, pupil-teacher ratios, or enrollment projections established by the
3nonresident school board and may include in its count of occupied spaces all of the
4following:
AB64,1536 5Section 1536 . 118.52 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB64,711,6 6118.52 (title) Part-time open enrollment.
AB64,1537 7Section 1537 . 118.52 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1538 8Section 1538 . 118.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,711,149 118.52 (2) Applicability. A Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, a pupil
10enrolled in a public school in the high school grades may attend an educational
11institution
public school in a nonresident school district under this section for the
12purpose of taking a course offered by the educational institution nonresident school
13district
. A pupil may attend no more than 2 courses at any time at educational
14institutions
in nonresident school districts under this section.
AB64,1539 15Section 1539 . 118.52 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,712,516 118.52 (3) (a) The parent of a pupil who wishes to attend an educational
17institution
public school in a nonresident school district for the purpose of taking a
18course under this section shall submit an application, on a form provided by the
19department, to the educational institution at school board of the nonresident school
20district in
which the pupil wishes to attend a course not later than 6 weeks prior to
21the date on which the course is scheduled to commence. The application shall specify
22the course that the pupil wishes to attend and may specify the school or schools at
23which the pupil wishes to attend the course. The educational institution nonresident
24school board
shall send a copy of the application to the pupil's resident school board,
25except that if the pupil is attending a school in a school district other than the pupil's

1resident school district pursuant to a whole grade sharing agreement under s.
2118.50, the educational institution nonresident school district to which the pupil
3applies under this section
shall send a copy of the application to the school board of
4the district in which the pupil is attending school pursuant to the whole grade
5sharing agreement
.
AB64,1540 6Section 1540 . 118.52 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,712,107 118.52 (3) (b) If an educational institution a nonresident school board receives
8more applications for a particular course than there are spaces available in the
9course, the educational institution nonresident school board shall determine which
10pupils to accept on a random basis.
AB64,1541 11Section 1541 . 118.52 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,712,2512 118.52 (3) (c) No later than one week prior to the date on which the course is
13scheduled to commence, the educational institution nonresident school board shall
14notify the applicant and the resident school board, in writing, whether the
15application has been accepted and, if the application is accepted, the school at which
16the pupil may attend the course. If the applicant pupil is attending a school in a
17school district other than the pupil's resident school district pursuant to a whole
18grade sharing agreement under s. 118.50, the educational institution school board
19of the district to which the pupil applies under this section
shall provide the notice
20required under this paragraph to the school board of the district in which the pupil
21is attending school pursuant to the whole grade sharing agreement. The acceptance
22applies only for the following semester, school year, or other session in which the
23course is offered. If the educational institution school board of the district to which
24the pupil applies under this section
rejects an application, it shall include in the
25notice the reason for the rejection.
AB64,1542
1Section 1542. 118.52 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,713,52 118.52 (3) (d) 1. If it denies an application to attend an educational institution
3public school in a nonresident school district under sub. (6), notify the applicant and
4the educational institution nonresident school board, in writing, that the application
5has been denied and include in the notice the reason for the rejection.
AB64,1543 6Section 1543 . 118.52 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,713,147 118.52 (3) (e) Following receipt of a notice of acceptance but prior to the date
8on which the course is scheduled to commence, the pupil's parent shall notify the
9resident school board, or, if the pupil is attending school in a school district other than
10the pupil's resident school district pursuant to a whole grade sharing agreement
11under s. 118.50, the school board of the district in which the pupil is attending school,
12and the educational institution school board of the district to which the pupil applies
13under this section
of the pupil's intent to attend the course at in the educational
14institution
school district to which the pupil applies under this section.
AB64,1544 15Section 1544 . 118.52 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,713,2416 118.52 (6) (a) Individualized education program requirements. The school
17board of a pupil's resident school district, or, if the pupil is attending school in a school
18district other than the pupil's resident school district pursuant to a whole grade
19sharing agreement under s. 118.50, the school board of the district in which the pupil
20is attending school, shall reject a pupil's application to attend a course at an
21educational institution
in a public school in a nonresident school district under this
22section
if the resident school board or the school board of the district in which the
23pupil is attending school, respectively, determines that the course conflicts with the
24individualized education program for the pupil under s. 115.787 (2).
AB64,1545 25Section 1545 . 118.52 (6) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,714,7
1118.52 (6) (b) Undue financial burden. The school board of a pupil's resident
2school district may reject an application to attend a course in a public school in a
3nonresident school district if the cost of the course would impose upon the resident
4school district an undue financial burden in light of the resident school district's total
5economic circumstances, including its revenue limit under subch. VII of ch. 121, its
6ability to pay tuition costs for the pupil, and the per pupil cost for children continuing
7to be served by the resident school district.
AB64,1546 8Section 1546 . 118.52 (6) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1547 9Section 1547 . 118.52 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,714,1610 118.52 (8) Appeal of rejection. If an application is rejected under sub. (3) (c)
11or a pupil is prohibited from attending a course at an educational institution in a
12public school in a nonresident school district
under sub. (6), the pupil's parent may
13appeal the decision to the department within 30 days after the decision. The
14department shall affirm the decision unless the department finds that the decision
15was arbitrary or unreasonable. The department's decision is final and is not subject
16to judicial review under subch. III of ch. 227.
AB64,1548 17Section 1548 . 118.52 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,714,2218 118.52 (9) Rights and privileges of nonresident pupils. A pupil attending a
19course at an educational institution in a public school in a nonresident school district
20under this section has all of the rights and privileges of other pupils attending the
21educational institution
residing in that school district and is subject to the same rules
22and regulations as those pupils residing in that school district.
AB64,1549 23Section 1549 . 118.52 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,715,624 118.52 (10) Disciplinary records. Notwithstanding s. 118.125, the resident
25school board shall provide to the educational institution nonresident school board to

1which a pupil has applied under this section, upon request by that educational
2institution
school board, a copy of any expulsion findings and orders, a copy of records
3of any pending disciplinary proceeding involving the pupil, a written explanation of
4the reasons for the expulsion or pending disciplinary proceeding , and the length of
5the term of the expulsion or the possible outcomes of the pending disciplinary
6proceeding.
AB64,1550 7Section 1550 . 118.52 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,715,118 118.52 (11) (a) Responsibility. The parent of a pupil attending a course at an
9educational institution
in a public school in a nonresident school district under this
10section is responsible for transporting the pupil to and from the course that the pupil
11is attending.
AB64,1551 12Section 1551 . 118.52 (11) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,715,2313 118.52 (11) (b) Low-income assistance. The parent of a pupil who is attending
14a course at an educational institution in a public school in a nonresident school
15district
under this section may apply to the department for reimbursement of the
16costs incurred by the parent for the transportation of the pupil to and from the pupil's
17residence or school in which the pupil is enrolled and the educational institution that
18school at which the pupil is attending for the course if the pupil and parent are unable
19to pay the cost of such transportation. The department shall determine the
20reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount from the appropriation under s.
2120.255 (2) (cy). The department shall give preference under this paragraph to those
22pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch
23under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
AB64,1552 24Section 1552 . 118.52 (12) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.52 (12) and
25amended to read:
AB64,716,8
1118.52 (12) The resident school board shall pay to the educational institution
2nonresident school board, for each resident pupil attending a course at the
3educational institution
in a public school in the nonresident school district under this
4section, an amount equal to the cost of providing the course to the pupil, calculated
5in a manner determined by the department. Except as provided in par. (b), the
6educational institution may not charge to or receive from the pupil or the pupil's
7resident school board any additional payment for a pupil attending a course at the
8educational institution under this section.
AB64,1553 9Section 1553 . 118.52 (12) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,1554 10Section 1554 . 118.55 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,716,11 11118.55 (title) Youth options Early college credit program.
AB64,1555 12Section 1555 . 118.55 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (1) (intro.) and
13amended to read:
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