Wisconsin Legislature: School

Principal disseminating or attempting to influence model, uniform, suggested, or recommended legislation required to register with Ethics Commission and file expense statements; state public official statements of economic interests expanded to include reimbursements from campaign accounts or scholarships to attend a meeting or conference, person providing the reimbursement or scholarship also required to report to Ethics Commission; penalty provisions - AB976

Public Defender Board to establish a student loan payment pilot program for private bar attorneys who accept public defender appointments in certain counties - AB567

Public Defender Board to establish a student loan payment pilot program for private bar attorneys who accept public defender appointments in certain counties - SB467

Public lands: BCPL may sell land to the state and DNR to purchase re Stewardship 2000 Program; county management of DNR land, forestry provision; UW Board of Regents to award Wisconsin Merit scholarships, UW--Stevens Point provision - AB338

Public lands: BCPL may sell land to the state and DNR to purchase re Stewardship 2000 Program; county management of DNR land, forestry provision; UW Board of Regents to award Wisconsin Merit scholarships, UW--Stevens Point provision - SB270

Rural teacher grant program created in HEAB re financial assistance for student loans or certain costs - SB841

Special Needs Scholarship Program eligibility: prior year open enrollment and prior year public school enrollment requirements repealed [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1486c, em, 9335 (5d)] - AB64

Special Needs Scholarship Program: method and amount revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 208m, 1486ap, b, d, e, 1487g-1492f, i-k, n] - AB64

Special Needs Scholarship Program: requirements for participating private schools modified; individualized education program (IEP) and Superintendent of Public Instruction provisions [Sec. 1487-1493; original bill only] - AB64

Special Needs Scholarship Program: requirements for participating private schools modified; individualized education program (IEP) and Superintendent of Public Instruction provisions [Sec. 1487-1493] - SB30

Special Needs Scholarship Program summer school payments [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 208m, 1492g, h, 1492L-1493r, 9335 (3q)] - AB64

State Treasurer, Office of: returning duties and functions transferred to other agencies re cash management, local government investment pool, unclaimed property program, college savings program, and administrative services to BCPL - AB1039

State Treasurer, Office of: returning duties and functions transferred to other agencies re cash management, local government investment pool, unclaimed property program, college savings program, and administrative services to BCPL - SB833

Student loan reimbursement payments for certain individuals domiciled in rural counties, conditions specified, HEAB duties - AB730

Student loan reimbursement payments for certain individuals domiciled in rural counties, conditions specified, HEAB duties - SB614

Student loans: income tax deduction for interest and principal paid created; lender notification to persons who made payments re total of additional principal and interest payments in a calendar year - AB933

Tax law changes re length of recognition period for built-in gains tax, evidentiary standard to prove transaction has economic substance, participation in Multistate Tax Commission Audit Program, and reliance by taxpayer on past audits [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, recognition period for build-in gains tax and Multistate Tax Commission Audit Program removed, adds IRS code updates, College Savings Program Board duties clarified, sales and use tax exemption for title holding entities for certain tax-exempt charitable organizations, and computing depletion for income and franchise tax purposes] - AB259

Technical college scholarships funded through participation in an auction of digital broadcast spectrum; trust and investment provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 632m, 985h, k] - AB64

Technical Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program eligibility requirements modified - AB266

Technical Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program eligibility requirements modified - SB184

Tuition expenses for a DWD approved apprenticeship program: individual and corporate income and franchise tax deductions created - AB734

Tuition expenses for a DWD approved apprenticeship program: individual and corporate income and franchise tax deductions created - SB620

Wisconsin Grant formula modifications, JCF provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 600m, 628m, 704n-nr] - AB64

Wisconsin grants for technical college students: appropriation increased - AB966

Wisconsin Grants to UW students: HEAB appropriation modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 204p, 704r] - AB64

Wisconsin Merit scholarships: UW Board of Regents to award, conditions set, and UW—Stevens Point environmental programs provision [A.Amdt.1: transfer of trust fund lands by BCPL provision added; A.Amdt.2: sunset of scholarship added] - AB804

Wisconsin Merit scholarships: UW Board of Regents to award, conditions set, and UW—Stevens Point environmental programs provision - SB700

Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority created; student loan counseling and income tax subtraction provisions; DFI, HEAB, and institutions of higher education duties; report required - AB143

Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority created; student loan counseling and income tax subtraction provisions; DFI, HEAB, and institutions of higher education duties; report required - SB91

Academic Excellence Higher Education Scholarships awarded to pupils in public and tribal high schools with certain low enrollment - SB840

Addressing mental health issues in schools: DPI to provide training to school district and independent charter school personnel - Jr7 AB11

Addressing mental health issues in schools: DPI to provide training to school district and independent charter school personnel - Jr7 SB11

Annual accountability reports: DPI to include additional information about high school pupils [Sec. 1472] - AB64

Annual accountability reports: DPI to include additional information about high school pupils [Sec. 1472] - SB30

Bills overturning local government policies, ordinances, and regulations: two-thirds vote required - SB245

Career and technical education (CTE) incentive grants and completion awards: DWD to award to school districts or students re public safety occupation training programs - AB872

Career and technical education (CTE) incentive grants and completion awards: DWD to award to school districts or students re public safety occupation training programs - SB746

Character education professional development for teachers and school administrators: DPI grants for - AB419

Character education professional development for teachers and school administrators: DPI grants for - SB329

Charter school authorizers to consider National Association of Charter School Authorizer principles and standards of quality [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1532vr] - AB64

Charter school under contract with a union high school district: enrollment preference to pupils from the charter school [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1532v, vg] - AB64

Civics assessment requirement for high school graduation: passing score increased [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1528m] - AB64

Commencement of public school year before September 1: prohibition repealed - AB103

Commencement of public school year before September 1: prohibition repealed - SB96

Common and union high school district electors may vote for bond issue resolution only at the annual meeting; school district revenue limit resolution vote prohibited at special meetings - AB282

Common and union high school district electors may vote for bond issue resolution only at the annual meeting; school district revenue limit resolution vote prohibited at special meetings - SB191

Community and school mental health collaboration grants: DPI to develop and administer [Sec. 212, 1469; original bill only] - AB64

Community and school mental health collaboration grants: DPI to develop and administer [Sec. 212, 1469] - SB30

Community school start-up grant program: DPI directed to create; reports to DPI required - SB282

DOT reimbursement to Village of Rib Lake re safe routes to school project design costs [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9145 (7m)] - AB64

DPI to make payments to schools that increase spending on school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and nurses - AB1054

Dual enrollment programs in high schools: Office of Educational Opportunity in UW System to award grants to high school teachers in meeting minimal qualifications; sunset provision - AB851

Dual enrollment programs in high schools: Office of Educational Opportunity in UW System to award grants to high school teachers in meeting minimal qualifications; sunset provision [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, HEAB to award grants, private, nonprofit colleges added; S.Amdt.1: DPI issuance of lifetime licenses revised] - SB711

Electronic waste recycling program changes - AB914

Electronic waste recycling program changes - SB733

Faculty at UW System, technical colleges, and private colleges or universities may teach at a public high school without a DPI issued license under certain conditions [Sec. 1507, 1508; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, background check provision added, 1512p] - AB64

Faculty at UW System, technical colleges, and private colleges or universities may teach at a public high school without a DPI issued license under certain conditions [Sec. 1507, 1508] - SB30

Independent charter school authorizers expanded to any UW chancellor or technical college district board, Office of Educational Opportunity provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 623p, q, 1531g-n, 1532h, q, qm, w, 1635e] - AB64

Legislature prohibited from passing any bill placing a requirement on local government unless it contains an appropriation: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR11

Lifesaving skills instruction in virtual schools required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1505f, h] - AB64

Local governmental units required to establish a civil service system; just cause, grievance procedure, and exception provisions - AB173

Local governmental units required to establish a civil service system; just cause, grievance procedure, and exception provisions - SB111

Mandatory reporting by certain professionals of suspicion that a person intends to commit an act of violence involving dangerous weapons or explosives in or targeting a school; training, penalties, immunity from liability, and confidentiality exemptions provisions - AB1030

Mandatory reporting by certain professionals of suspicion that a person intends to commit an act of violence involving dangerous weapons or explosives in or targeting a school; training, penalties, immunity from liability, and confidentiality exemptions provisions - Mr8 AB3

Mental health training program for school district and independent charter school personnel: funding increased - AB1056

Mental health training program for school district and independent charter school personnel [Sec. 207, 1468; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1467d-t, deletes 207, 1468] - AB64

Mental health training program for school district and independent charter school personnel [Sec. 207, 1468] - SB30

Minimum number of hours of direct pupil instruction: pilot program created in which a school district in CESA 6 region may opt out of the requirement - AB221

Minimum number of hours of direct pupil instruction: pilot program created in which a school district in CESA 6 region may opt out of the requirement - SB105

Nomination papers for school district officer candidate in district with territory in a second class city: number of signatures may be reduced by resolution, conditions set - AB332

Nomination papers for school district officer candidate in district with territory in a second class city: number of signatures may be reduced by resolution, conditions set - SB260

Online courses in public schools: reciprocity for teachers licensed in another state; DPI duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1507m, 1532x, 1633g, i] - AB64

Open enrollment program expired provision eliminated; 2017 WisAct 107 tuberculosis screening requirement correction; expired or outdated DPI reporting requirements eliminated (remedial legislation) [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, Office of School Safety created in DOJ, school safety plan provisions including on-site assessment by law enforcement and annual drills, mandatory reporting of threats of violence, DOJ grants for school safety, reports and penalty provisions] - AB843

Personal electronic computing devices grant program created for schools to provide devices for pupil use, sunset provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 208e, 1482f] - AB64

Physical restraint and seclusion of pupils in schools: laws revised - AB1048

Physical restraint and seclusion of pupils in schools: laws revised - SB876

Pupil data inventory: Superintendent of Public Instruction to create, maintain, and post to DPI website - AB71

Pupil examination required by state or federal law, grades 3 to 12: parent or guardian may request their pupil be excused; civics test exemption - AB304

Pupil examination required by state or federal law, grades 3 to 12: parent or guardian may request their pupil be excused; civics test exemption - SB234

Pupil transportation aids to school districts and independent charter schools [Sec. 1638-1640, 9335 (1)] - AB64

Pupil transportation aids to school districts and independent charter schools [Sec. 1638-1640, 9335 (1)] - SB30

Recovery charter school: pilot program and director of Office of Educational Opportunity in the UW System authorized to contract for operation of, conditions specified; high school graduation and insurance coverage requirements; DHS, DPI, and Superintendent of Public Instruction duties [A.Amdt.1: state aid and report of the director revisions; A.Amdt.4: insurer notification provision] - Jr7 AB6

Recovery charter school: pilot program and director of Office of Educational Opportunity in the UW System authorized to contract for operation of, conditions specified; high school graduation and insurance coverage requirements; DHS, DPI, and Superintendent of Public Instruction duties - Jr7 SB6

School-based mental health services grants: DPI funding increased - AB1055

School-based mental health services grants established re collaborating with community mental health agencies; Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish an advisory committee; emergency rules provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 215k, 1470g, 9135 (4f)] - AB64

School conference and activities leave: employers must allow, conditions specified - AB858

School district requirements eliminated re minimum number of hours of direct pupil instruction, monthly school board meetings, common and union high school districts' default annual meeting time and date, school administrator contract exceeding two years, and statement on school district's indebtedness to the Secretary of State [Sec. 983, 997, 1461, 1526-1528, 1530, 1531, 1533, 1583, 1600, 1603, 1619, 1621, 1622, 1630-1634, 1636, 1637; original bill only] - AB64

School district requirements eliminated re minimum number of hours of direct pupil instruction, monthly school board meetings, common and union high school districts' default annual meeting time and date, school administrator contract exceeding two years, and statement on school district's indebtedness to the Secretary of State [Sec. 983, 997, 1461, 1526-1528, 1530, 1531, 1533, 1583, 1600, 1603, 1619, 1621, 1622, 1630-1634, 1636, 1637] - SB30