AB150-engrossed,1403,4
1115.29
(2) Educational meetings. Attend such educational meetings and make
2such investigations as the
state superintendent secretary deems important and as
3will acquaint the
state superintendent secretary with the different systems of public
4schools in the United States.
AB150-engrossed,1403,186
115.29
(4) High school graduation equivalency. Grant declarations of
7equivalency of high school graduation to persons, if in the
state superintendent's 8secretary's judgment they have presented satisfactory evidence of having completed
9a recognized high school course of study or its equivalent. The
state superintendent 10secretary may establish the standards by which high school graduation equivalency
11is determined. Such standards may consist of evidence of high school courses
12completed in high schools recognized by the proper authorities as accredited, results
13of examinations given by or at the request of the
state superintendent secretary,
14successful completion of correspondence study courses given by acceptable
15correspondence study schools, a general educational development certificate of high
16school equivalency issued by an agency of the U.S. government, course credits
17received in schools meeting the approval of the
state superintendent secretary or
18other standards established by the
state superintendent secretary.
AB150-engrossed,1403,2120
115.30
(4) (a) The condition of all schools under the
state superintendent's 21department's supervision.
AB150-engrossed,1403,2423
115.30
(4) (c) The
state superintendent's secretary's visits to educational
24institutions.
AB150-engrossed,1404,2
1115.30
(4) (f) A summary of the receipts and disbursements of all schools under
2the
state superintendent's department's jurisdiction.
AB150-engrossed,1404,12
4115.32 Certification of athletic associations; appeals. (1) Beginning July
51, 1996, the department shall certify school athletic associations. No athletic
6association may be certified unless it allows private schools to join the association
7and to participate as members of a conference during regular season play and in
8postseason tournaments. No public school or school district may be a member of an
9athletic association that is not certified under this subsection. Nothing in this
10subsection prevents an athletic association from adopting uniform rules governing
11its affairs, including suspending schools or their pupils from the athletic association
12for violations of those rules.
AB150-engrossed,1404,18
13(2) A school board or governing body of a private school that is a member of an
14athletic association certified under sub. (1) may appeal to the department under s.
15115.28 (5) any decision made by the governing body of the association that adversely
16affects the school district or private school. A school board or private school may not
17commence an action relating to a decision made by the governing body of a certified
18athletic association until the final decision of the department is issued.
AB150-engrossed,1404,2220
115.33
(2) (a) (intro.) The state superintendent may request the department
21of
industry, labor and human relations development to inspect a public school if any
22of the following occurs:
AB150-engrossed,1405,3
1115.33
(2) (b) The department of
industry, labor and human relations 2development shall inspect the school within 30 days after receiving a request from
3the state superintendent under par. (a).
AB150-engrossed,1405,105
115.33
(3) (a) If the state superintendent determines that a school is not in
6compliance, and the department of
industry, labor and human relations 7development, based on its inspection of the school, concurs in the determination, the
8state superintendent may order the school board to repair, improve, remodel or close
9the school by a stated date. An order issued under this paragraph constitutes a
10preliminary finding of noncompliance with the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i).
AB150-engrossed,1405,2312
115.33
(3) (b) 1. If the state superintendent determines that a school is not in
13compliance and is not worth repairing, and the department of
industry, labor and
14human relations development, based on its inspection of the school, concurs in the
15determination, the state superintendent may order the school board to develop a
16plan that describes how the school board will achieve compliance with the standard
17under s. 121.02 (1) (i). The plan shall specify the time within which compliance with
18the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i) shall be achieved. The state superintendent shall
19hold a public hearing on the plan in the school district and may, as a result of the
20hearing, recommend changes to the plan. The state superintendent may withhold
21up to 25% of the school district's state aid if the school district fails to achieve
22compliance with the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i) within the period specified in the
23plan.
AB150-engrossed,1406,8
1115.345
(1) Any school district approved by the
superintendent department 2may establish a system to provide the opportunity for authorized elderly persons to
3participate in its school lunch program. If a school board desires to establish such
4a service, it shall develop a plan for the provision of food services for elderly persons
5and submit the plan to the
superintendent department. Upon petition of 5% of the
6voters in the school district who voted in the last school board election, the school
7board shall formulate a food services plan, provided that hot food service facilities
8are available to school children in the district.
AB150-engrossed,1406,13
9(2) Each plan shall provide at least one meal per day for each day that school
10is in regular session. The school board may provide additional service at other times
11in its discretion, if the number of eligible persons in the district or adjacent districts
12is of sufficient size, in the opinion of the
superintendent department, so that
13unwarranted production expense is not incurred.
AB150-engrossed,1406,20
14(3) Any school board which operates a food services plan for elderly persons
15under this section shall make facilities available for service to elderly persons at
16every high school and junior high school in the district which provides hot food
17service to its students. Upon application, the
superintendent department may grant
18exceptions from compliance with this subsection for reasons of safety, convenience
19or insufficient interest in a given neighborhood. The school board may, in addition,
20provide service at elementary schools if desired.
AB150-engrossed,1407,3
21(4) Meals may be served at schools where they are served to students or at any
22site more convenient to the majority of authorized elderly persons interested in the
23service. Food may be transported to authorized elderly persons who are unable to
24leave their homes or distributed to nonprofit organizations for such purposes.
25However, no state funds under this section may be used for food delivery to individual
1homes. The
superintendent department may require consolidation of programs
2between districts and between schools if such a procedure will be convenient and
3economical.
AB150-engrossed,1407,115
115.345
(6) All meals served must meet the approval of the
superintendent who 6department which shall establish minimum nutritional standards not inconsistent
7with federal standards and reasonable expenditure limits such that the average cost
8per meal is not excessive. The
superintendent department shall give special
9consideration to dietary problems of elderly persons in formulating a nutritional
10plan. However, no school board shall be required to provide special foods for
11individual persons with allergies or medical disorders.
AB150-engrossed,1407,15
12(7) Participants in a program under this section may be required to document
13their Wisconsin residency in a manner approved by the department. The
14superintendent department may issue identification cards to such persons if
15necessary.
AB150-engrossed,1407,19
16(7m) A private school may establish a food services plan for elderly persons.
17If the plan meets all of the requirements of this section and is approved by the
state
18superintendent department, the private school is eligible for reimbursement in the
19same manner as school districts under sub. (5).
AB150-engrossed,1407,21
20(8) The
superintendent department shall adopt reasonable rules necessary to
21implement this section.
AB150-engrossed,1408,4
23115.347 Direct certification of eligibility for school nutrition
24programs. (1) Beginning in the 1994-95 school year, a school board may submit
25enrollment data to the department of
health and social services industry, labor and
1human relations for the purpose of directly certifying children as eligible for free or
2reduced-price meals under the federal school nutrition programs. The department
3of
health and social services industry, labor and human relations shall prescribe a
4format for the report.
AB150-engrossed,1408,14
5(2) Whenever a school district that is located in whole or in part in a county that
6has converted to the client assistance for reemployment and economic support data
7system submits a report under sub. (1) in the prescribed format, the department of
8health and social services industry, labor and human relations shall determine
9which children enrolled in the school district are members of families receiving aid
10to families with dependent children or food stamps, or both, and shall provide the
11information to the school board as soon thereafter as possible. The school board shall
12use the information to directly certify children as eligible for free or reduced-price
13meals served by the school district under federal school nutrition programs,
14pursuant to
42 USC 1758 (b) (2) (C) (ii) and (iii).
AB150-engrossed,1408,17
15(3) The state superintendent shall assist school boards in developing a method
16for submitting enrollment data to the department of
health and social services 17industry, labor and human relations under sub. (1).
AB150-engrossed,1408,2019
115.35
(5) (c) As to the
state superintendent's department's recommendations
20to improve such programs and cooperation.
AB150-engrossed,1408,2422
115.36
(2) (e)
Create At the commencement of each gubernatorial term of office,
23create a council under s. 15.04 (1) (c) to advise the department concerning the
24administration of this section.
AB150-engrossed,1409,4
1b115.361
(5) (c) 3. Annually by July 1, evaluate the programs funded under this
2subsection and submit a report describing
his or her
its conclusions and
3recommendations to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution
4to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).
AB150-engrossed,1409,96
115.362
(1) The department shall make grants to school districts
and
7cooperative educational service agencies for alcohol and other drug abuse
8prevention, intervention and instruction programs. The department shall award at
9least 30 grants each school year.
AB150-engrossed,1409,1411
115.362
(3) Except for grants under sub. (2) (a), no school district
or cooperative
12educational service agency may receive more than one grant under this section.
13Grants awarded under sub. (2) (a) shall not be used to supplant or replace funds
14otherwise available for the program.
AB150-engrossed,1409,2422
115.40
(4) (a) The
state superintendent secretary and the secretary of health
23and social services shall provide technical assistance to and consult with applicants
24regarding the preparation of their applications.
AB150-engrossed,1410,7
1115.40
(4) (b) The
state superintendent secretary and the secretary of health
2and social services shall review the applications and jointly determine the grant
3recipients and the amount of each grant. A grant may not be awarded to a school
4board, agency or organization unless the percentage of the participating school
5district's membership in the previous school year for whom aid to families with
6dependent children was being received under s. 49.19 was greater than 5%. In this
7paragraph, "membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (5).
AB150-engrossed,1410,119
115.40
(4) (c) (intro.) The
state superintendent secretary and the secretary of
10health and social services shall give preference in awarding grants under this section
11to all of the following:
AB150-engrossed,1410,1313
115.40
(7) No grant may be awarded under this section after June 30, 1996.
AB150-engrossed,1410,2115
115.43
(2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255
(1) (3) (fz), award
16precollege scholarships, on a competitive basis, to minority group pupils who enroll
17in a technical college or in college or university classes or programs designed to
18improve academic skills that are essential for success in postsecondary school
19education. The state superintendent shall give preference to minority group pupils
20who are inadequately represented in the technical college and university of
21Wisconsin systems.
AB150-engrossed,1411,323
115.45
(2) (b) The council for Milwaukee public schools grant programs under
24s. 115.28 (20) shall review the applications submitted under par. (a) and make
25recommendations to the
state superintendent secretary regarding the schools to be
1selected and amounts of the grants to be awarded. The council's recommendations
2shall be based upon and include information regarding the degree to which the
3proposed projects will effectively meet the requirements under sub. (4).
AB150-engrossed,1411,135
115.45
(6) (b) By March 1, 1986, and annually thereafter, submit to the joint
6committee on finance and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for
7distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), a budget
8report detailing the grants
he or she the department intends to award under this
9section in the next fiscal year. The report shall provide summary data on the results
10of the annual testing required under sub. (4) (b) and include a description of the
11guidelines used to determine the individual schools and private service providers
12that will receive funds under this section and the types of expenditures eligible for
13such funds.
AB150-engrossed,1411,17
15115.47 Designated state official under agreement. The "designated state
16official" for this state under s. 115.46 shall be the
state superintendent of public
17instruction secretary.
AB150-engrossed,1411,22
19115.48 Contracts under agreement. True copies of all contracts made on
20behalf of this state pursuant to the agreement shall be kept on file in the department
21of public instruction and in the office of the secretary of state. The department
of
22public instruction shall publish all such contracts in convenient form.
AB150-engrossed,1412,524
115.52
(5) The state superintendent may grant approval for the maintenance
25of a summer school at the school for the deaf whenever it will be to the advantage of
1deaf persons
and may grant approval for the maintenance of a summer school at the
2school for the visually handicapped whenever it will be to the advantage of visually
3handicapped minors. There shall be a summer school each year at the school for the
4visually handicapped for
adult visually handicapped
persons. There is no age
5limitation on summer school admissions adults.
AB150-engrossed,1412,107
115.53
(4) (intro.) Apply to the board of
regents of the university of Wisconsin
8system directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority for
9admission to the
university of Wisconsin hospital and clinics University of Wisconsin
10Hospitals and Clinics of any pupil in the state schools.
AB150-engrossed,1412,1912
115.53
(4) (b) The net cost of hospital treatment shall be at the rate established
13under s.
142.07 233.40 (1) and shall be chargeable to the appropriation for operating
14the patient's school. The state superintendent likewise may authorize payment for
15the expense of transporting patients to and from the hospital. The state
16superintendent shall make payments for the treatment to the
board of regents 17University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. Funds collected by the
18state superintendent on account of the hospitalization shall be deposited in the
19appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (b) for the school concerned.
AB150-engrossed,1412,2322
115.77
(1) Appointment of administrator. The
state superintendent secretary 23shall appoint the administrator.
AB150-engrossed,1413,2
1115.77
(2) Duties of administrator. (intro.) Subject to the direction of the
state
2superintendent secretary, the administrator:
AB150-engrossed,1413,54
115.79
(1) (intro.) The
state superintendent secretary shall consult with the
5council on exceptional education concerning:
AB150-engrossed,1413,87
115.79
(1) (d) Any other matters upon which the
state superintendent 8secretary wishes the council's opinion.
AB150-engrossed,1413,2010
115.81
(7) (title)
Appeal to state superintendent department. Within 45 days
11after the decision of the hearing officer under sub. (6), either party may appeal the
12decision to the
state superintendent department. An appeal under this subsection
13shall be initiated by filing a written request for review with the
state superintendent 14department. The request for review shall contain a brief statement of the grounds
15on which the review is requested and shall be served on all parties. The
state
16superintendent secretary shall appoint an impartial reviewing officer to conduct the
17appeal. The reviewing officer shall review the record established at the hearing
18under sub. (6) and issue a written decision within 30 days of receipt of the request
19for review. A reviewing officer may receive additional testimony and may grant
20specific extensions of time for cause at the request of either party.
AB150-engrossed,1413,2422
115.81
(8) Appeal to court. Within 45 days after the decision of the reviewing
23officer appointed by the
state superintendent secretary under sub. (7), either party
24may appeal the decision to the circuit court for the county in which the child resides.