AB150-ASA, s. 3847g
1Section 3847g. 115.28 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 115.28 (3m) (a) and
2amended to read:
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115.28
(3m) (a)
Supervise and audit the receipts and expenditures of the
4cooperative educational service agencies, conduct program review of the agencies,
5approve agency evaluations, supervise boundary reorganization where necessary,
6advise the administrators of the agencies and provide assistance in organizing the
7agencies throughout the state.
The state superintendent shall adopt
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8(b) Promulgate rules establishing procedures for the reorganization of
9cooperative educational service agencies and boundary appeals.
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(3m) (c) Every 3rd year as scheduled by the department, report to the
12appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) on all
13cooperative educational service agency programs and services. The report shall
14include information on the efficiency and effectiveness of the programs and services.
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(7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state, make rules
17establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and
18licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.192 and
19118.195, prescribe by rule standards and procedures for the approval of teacher
20preparatory programs leading to licensure, file in
his or her the secretary's office all
21papers relating to state teachers' licenses and register each such license.
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(7m) Certification of school nurses. Certify school nurses, make
24rules for the examination and certification of school nurses and file in the
1superintendent's secretary's office all papers relating to school nurses certification
2and register each such certification.
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(20) Council for Milwaukee public schools grant programs. (intro.)
5Appoint At the commencement of each gubernatorial term of office, appoint a council
6under s. 15.04 (1) (c) composed of residents of the school district established under
7ch. 119 who are selected to reflect the pluralistic nature of the school district. The
8council shall:
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(20) (a) Advise the
state superintendent secretary on funding criteria
11and evaluation plans for grant programs for the school district operating under ch.
12119.
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(20) (b) Advise the
state superintendent secretary on the programs that
15meet or do not meet the funding criteria.
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(20) (c) Assist the
state superintendent secretary in monitoring the
18progress of funded programs.
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(20) (d) Recommend to the
state superintendent secretary needed
21changes in statutes or rules relating to grant programs.
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(20) (e) Submit to the
state superintendent secretary an annual report
24detailing the council's activities, accomplishments and projected needs.
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(21) Youth initiatives program. Administer grants to local community
2organizations for standardized assessment and programs for instruction in basic
3skills and work experience under the youth initiatives program. The state
4superintendent may require a school board to provide matching funds at any
5percentage. The match may be in the form of money or in-kind services or both. The
6state superintendent shall establish, by rule, performance standards for the youth
7initiatives program and shall monitor performances by grantees.
This subsection
8does not apply after June 30, 1996.
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(24) Priority in awarding grants. Give priority in awarding grants to
11local community organizations under sub. (21)
, and to school boards under
s. ss. 12115.36
, and 115.362
and 118.019 (6) and to cooperative educational service agencies
13under s. 118.019 (6), and in awarding grants from federal funds received under
20
14USC 2301 to
2471,
20 USC 4601 to
4665 and
29 USC 1602 (b) (1), to programs that
15provide more than one of the educational services specified under sub. (21), s. 115.36,
16115.362, 115.915, 118.01 (2) (d) 7. or 8.
, 118.019 (6) or 118.153 or
20 USC 2301 to
2471,
1720 USC 4601 to
4665 or
29 USC 1602 (b) (1).
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115.28
(27) Wisconsin geography alliance. Annually allocate the amount in
21the appropriation under s. 20.255
(1) (3) (ec) to the Wisconsin geography alliance to
22train teachers and develop curricula for primary and secondary education in
23geography. This subsection does not apply after June 30, 1996.
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1115.28
(35) Grants for collaborative projects. From the appropriation under
2s. 20.255 (2) (ef), award a $300,000 grant to a rural school district, a suburban school
3district and an urban school district, other than the school district operating under
4ch. 119, for projects, conducted in collaboration with the county social services
5department or the county human services department, that integrate social services
6and school responsibilities as they relate to pupils and their parents. One-third of
7the total grant amount shall be paid in each of 3 consecutive school years. The state
8superintendent shall give preference in awarding grants to projects that provide for
9the delivery of services in a single location.
No grant may be awarded under this
10subsection after June 30, 1996.
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(38) (title)
Reporting of pupils attending vocational schools
13technical colleges. In consultation with the
technical college system board
of
14vocational, technical and adult education, promulgate rules establishing a uniform
15format for school boards to use in reporting the number of pupils attending
16vocational, technical
and adult education college districts under ss. 118.15 (1) (b),
17(cm) and (d) and 118.37 and in reporting pupil participation in technical preparation
18programs under s. 118.34, including the number of courses taken for advanced
19standing in a
vocational, technical
and adult education college district's associate
20degree program and for
vocational, technical
and adult education college credit. The
21format shall be identical to the format established by the
technical college system 22board
of vocational, technical and adult education under s. 38.04 (11) (a) 2.
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24115.29 General powers. (intro.) The
state superintendent secretary may:
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1115.29
(1) Designate representative. Designate the deputy
state
2superintendent secretary or another employe of the department as the
state
3superintendent's secretary's representative on any body on which the
state
4superintendent secretary is required to serve, except the board of regents of the
5university of Wisconsin system.
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(2) Educational meetings. Attend such educational meetings and make
8such investigations as the
state superintendent secretary deems important and as
9will acquaint the
state superintendent secretary with the different systems of public
10schools in the United States.
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(4) High school graduation equivalency. Grant declarations of
13equivalency of high school graduation to persons, if in the
state superintendent's 14secretary's judgment they have presented satisfactory evidence of having completed
15a recognized high school course of study or its equivalent. The
state superintendent 16secretary may establish the standards by which high school graduation equivalency
17is determined. Such standards may consist of evidence of high school courses
18completed in high schools recognized by the proper authorities as accredited, results
19of examinations given by or at the request of the
state superintendent secretary,
20successful completion of correspondence study courses given by acceptable
21correspondence study schools, a general educational development certificate of high
22school equivalency issued by an agency of the U.S. government, course credits
23received in schools meeting the approval of the
state superintendent secretary or
24other standards established by the
state superintendent secretary.
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1115.30
(4) (a) The condition of all schools under the
state superintendent's 2department's supervision.
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(4) (c) The
state superintendent's secretary's visits to educational
5institutions.
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(4) (f) A summary of the receipts and disbursements of all schools under
8the
state superintendent's department's jurisdiction.
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10115.32 Certification of athletic associations; appeals. (1) Beginning July
111, 1996, the department shall certify school athletic associations. No athletic
12association may be certified unless it allows private schools to join the association
13and to participate as members of a conference during regular season play and in
14postseason tournaments. No public school or school district may be a member of an
15athletic association that is not certified under this subsection. Nothing in this
16subsection prevents an athletic association from adopting uniform rules governing
17its affairs, including suspending schools or their pupils from the athletic association
18for violations of those rules.
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19(2) A school board or governing body of a private school that is a member of an
20athletic association certified under sub. (1) may appeal to the department under s.
21115.28 (5) any decision made by the governing body of the association that adversely
22affects the school district or private school. A school board or private school may not
23commence an action relating to a decision made by the governing body of a certified
24athletic association until the final decision of the department is issued.
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25Section
3867. 115.33 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1115.33
(2) (a) (intro.) The state superintendent may request the department
2of
industry, labor and human relations development to inspect a public school if any
3of the following occurs:
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(2) (b) The department of
industry, labor and human relations 6development shall inspect the school within 30 days after receiving a request from
7the state superintendent under par. (a).
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(3) (a) If the state superintendent determines that a school is not in
10compliance, and the department of
industry, labor and human relations 11development, based on its inspection of the school, concurs in the determination, the
12state superintendent may order the school board to repair, improve, remodel or close
13the school by a stated date. An order issued under this paragraph constitutes a
14preliminary finding of noncompliance with the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i).
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(3) (b) 1. If the state superintendent determines that a school is not in
17compliance and is not worth repairing, and the department of
industry, labor and
18human relations development, based on its inspection of the school, concurs in the
19determination, the state superintendent may order the school board to develop a
20plan that describes how the school board will achieve compliance with the standard
21under s. 121.02 (1) (i). The plan shall specify the time within which compliance with
22the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i) shall be achieved. The state superintendent shall
23hold a public hearing on the plan in the school district and may, as a result of the
24hearing, recommend changes to the plan. The state superintendent may withhold
25up to 25% of the school district's state aid if the school district fails to achieve
1compliance with the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i) within the period specified in the
2plan.
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(1) Any school district approved by the
superintendent department 5may establish a system to provide the opportunity for authorized elderly persons to
6participate in its school lunch program. If a school board desires to establish such
7a service, it shall develop a plan for the provision of food services for elderly persons
8and submit the plan to the
superintendent department. Upon petition of 5% of the
9voters in the school district who voted in the last school board election, the school
10board shall formulate a food services plan, provided that hot food service facilities
11are available to school children in the district.
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12(2) Each plan shall provide at least one meal per day for each day that school
13is in regular session. The school board may provide additional service at other times
14in its discretion, if the number of eligible persons in the district or adjacent districts
15is of sufficient size, in the opinion of the
superintendent department, so that
16unwarranted production expense is not incurred.
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17(3) Any school board which operates a food services plan for elderly persons
18under this section shall make facilities available for service to elderly persons at
19every high school and junior high school in the district which provides hot food
20service to its students. Upon application, the
superintendent department may grant
21exceptions from compliance with this subsection for reasons of safety, convenience
22or insufficient interest in a given neighborhood. The school board may, in addition,
23provide service at elementary schools if desired.
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24(4) Meals may be served at schools where they are served to students or at any
25site more convenient to the majority of authorized elderly persons interested in the
1service. Food may be transported to authorized elderly persons who are unable to
2leave their homes or distributed to nonprofit organizations for such purposes.
3However, no state funds under this section may be used for food delivery to individual
4homes. The
superintendent department may require consolidation of programs
5between districts and between schools if such a procedure will be convenient and
6economical.
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(5) The school board may file a claim with the department for
9reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred, excluding capital equipment
10costs, but not to exceed 15% of the cost of the meal or 50 cents per meal, whichever
11is less. Any cost in excess of the lesser amount may be charged to participants. If
12the department approves the claim, it shall certify that payment is due and the
state
13treasurer secretary of administration shall pay the claim from the appropriation
14under s. 20.255 (2) (cn).
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(6) All meals served must meet the approval of the
superintendent who 17department which shall establish minimum nutritional standards not inconsistent
18with federal standards and reasonable expenditure limits such that the average cost
19per meal is not excessive. The
superintendent department shall give special
20consideration to dietary problems of elderly persons in formulating a nutritional
21plan. However, no school board shall be required to provide special foods for
22individual persons with allergies or medical disorders.
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23(7) Participants in a program under this section may be required to document
24their Wisconsin residency in a manner approved by the department. The
1superintendent department may issue identification cards to such persons if
2necessary.
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3(7m) A private school may establish a food services plan for elderly persons.
4If the plan meets all of the requirements of this section and is approved by the
state
5superintendent department, the private school is eligible for reimbursement in the
6same manner as school districts under sub. (5).
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7(8) The
superintendent department shall adopt reasonable rules necessary to
8implement this section.
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10115.347 Direct certification of eligibility for school nutrition
11programs. (1) Beginning in the 1994-95 school year, a school board may submit
12enrollment data to the department of
health and social services industry, labor and
13human relations for the purpose of directly certifying children as eligible for free or
14reduced-price meals under the federal school nutrition programs. The department
15of
health and social services industry, labor and human relations shall prescribe a
16format for the report.
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17(2) Whenever a school district that is located in whole or in part in a county that
18has converted to the client assistance for reemployment and economic support data
19system submits a report under sub. (1) in the prescribed format, the department of
20health and social services industry, labor and human relations shall determine
21which children enrolled in the school district are members of families receiving aid
22to families with dependent children or food stamps, or both, and shall provide the
23information to the school board as soon thereafter as possible. The school board shall
24use the information to directly certify children as eligible for free or reduced-price
1meals served by the school district under federal school nutrition programs,
2pursuant to
42 USC 1758 (b) (2) (C) (ii) and (iii).
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3(3) The state superintendent shall assist school boards in developing a method
4for submitting enrollment data to the department of
health and social services 5industry, labor and human relations under sub. (1).
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(5) (c) As to the
state superintendent's department's recommendations
8to improve such programs and cooperation.
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(2) (e)
Create At the commencement of each gubernatorial term of office,
11create a council under s. 15.04 (1) (c) to advise the department concerning the
12administration of this section.
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b115.361
(5) (c) 3. Annually by July 1, evaluate the programs funded under this
15subsection and submit a report describing
his or her
its conclusions and
16recommendations to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution
17to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).
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(1) The department shall make grants to school districts
and
20cooperative educational service agencies for alcohol and other drug abuse
21prevention, intervention and instruction programs. The department shall award at
22least 30 grants each school year.
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(3) Except for grants under sub. (2) (a), no school district
or cooperative
25educational service agency may receive more than one grant under this section.
1Grants awarded under sub. (2) (a) shall not be used to supplant or replace funds
2otherwise available for the program.