AB674-ASA1, s. 28 3Section 28. 70.11 (22) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,11,114 70.11 (22) (title) Camps for handicapped persons with disabilities. Lands not
5exceeding 10 acres and the buildings thereon owned by the Wisconsin Easter Seal
6Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Incorporated, and known as Camp
7Wawbeek, used for camps for physically handicapped children and adults with
8orthopedic impairments
and not to exceed 371 acres of wooded and meadowland
9adjacent thereto used in connection therewith, excluding a caretaker's home and 10
10acres of land in connection therewith, so long as the property is used solely for such
11purposes and not for pecuniary profit of any individual.
AB674-ASA1, s. 29 12Section 29. 79.03 (3) (b) 4. a. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
1327
, is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,11,2314 79.03 (3) (b) 4. a. "Local general purpose taxes" means the portion of tax
15increments collected for payment to a municipality under s. 66.46 which is
16attributable to that municipality's own levy, the portion of environmental
17remediation tax increments collected for payment to a municipality or county under
18s. 66.462 that is attributable to that municipality's or county's own levy, general
19property taxes, excluding taxes for a county handicapped children's children with
20disabilities
education board, collected to finance the general purpose government
21unit, property taxes collected for sewage and sanitary districts, mobile home fees, the
22proceeds of county sales and use taxes and municipal and county vehicle registration
23fees under s. 341.35 (1).
AB674-ASA1, s. 30 24Section 30. 79.10 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,12,4
179.10 (1) (e) "School tax levies" means property taxes levied in a municipality
2for elementary and secondary school districts and for handicapped children's county
3children with disabilities
education board programs under s. 115.86 115.817, net of
4municipal surplus funds applied against those levies.
AB674-ASA1, s. 31 5Section 31. Chapter 115 (title) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin
6Act 27
, is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,12,77 CHAPTER 115
AB674-ASA1,12,118 state superintendent; GENERAL
9 CLASSIFICATIONS AND DEFINITIONS;
10HANDICAPPED CHILDREN with
11 disabilities
AB674-ASA1, s. 32 12Section 32. 115.001 (15) of the statutes is created to read:
AB674-ASA1,12,1413 115.001 (15) "State superintendent" means the state superintendent of public
14instruction.
AB674-ASA1, s. 33 15Section 33. 115.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,12,1816 115.28 (3) Supervision of schools. Supervise and inspect the public schools
17and day schools for handicapped children with disabilities, advise the principals and
18local authorities thereof and give assistance in organizing such schools.
AB674-ASA1, s. 34 19Section 34. 115.28 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,12,2320 115.28 (7) (c) Subject to s. 118.19 (4m), license and make rules for the
21examination and licensing of persons, including teachers, employed by to provide
22publicly funded
special education programs, as and related services, as those terms
23are
defined in s. 115.76 (10) (14) and (15).
AB674-ASA1, s. 35 24Section 35. 115.28 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,13,8
1115.28 (11) Driver education courses. Approve driver education courses
2offered by school districts, county handicapped children's children with disabilities
3education boards and technical college districts for the purposes of ss. 121.41 (1) and
4343.16 (1) (c) 1. and establish minimum standards for driver education courses
5offered in private schools for the purposes of s. 343.16 (1) (c) 3. All driver education
6courses approved or for which standards are established under this subsection shall
7acquaint each student with the hazards posed by farm machinery and animals on
8highways and shall provide instruction in safely dealing with such hazards.
AB674-ASA1, s. 36 9Section 36. 115.28 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,13,1510 115.28 (13) Uniform financial fund accounting. Prescribe a uniform financial
11fund accounting system, applicable to all school districts and county handicapped
12children's
children with disabilities education boards, which provides for the
13recording of all financial transactions inherent in the management of schools and
14county handicapped children's children with disabilities education board programs
15and the administration of the state's school aid programs.
AB674-ASA1, s. 37 16Section 37. 115.28 (19) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB674-ASA1, s. 38 17Section 38. 115.28 (19) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 115.28 (19).
AB674-ASA1, s. 39 18Section 39. 115.29 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,13,2319 115.29 (5) Teacher supply, information and analysis. Assist school boards,
20cooperative educational service agencies and county handicapped children's children
21with disabilities
education boards to locate qualified professional school personnel,
22assist qualified professional school personnel to locate vacant positions and provide
23information and analysis of the professional school personnel supply.
AB674-ASA1, s. 40 24Section 40. 115.362 (4) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
2527
, is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,14,5
1115.362 (4) (a) Each school board receiving a grant under sub. (2) (a) 2. shall
2ensure that its program meets standards established by the state superintendent by
3rule. The school board may establish the program individually or on a cooperative
4basis with one or more school districts, cooperative educational service agencies or
5county handicapped children's children with disabilities education boards.
AB674-ASA1, s. 41 6Section 41. 115.37 of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is
7amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,14,19 8115.37 Council on the education of the blind. The council on the education
9of the blind shall make recommendations as to procedures and policies affecting any
10problem of the visually handicapped children with visual impairments before the
11department. The council shall advise on such services, activities, programs,
12investigations and researches as in its judgment will contribute to the welfare of
13visually handicapped persons with visual impairments. The state superintendent
14shall seek the advice of and consult with the council on problems and policy changes
15affecting the visually handicapped persons with visual impairments in the
16department's jurisdiction, and the council may initiate consultations with the
17department. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the council shall have
18access to files, records and statistics kept in the department which relate to matters
19concerning the visually handicapped children with visual impairments.
AB674-ASA1, s. 42 20Section 42. Subchapter III of chapter 115 (title) [precedes 115.51] of the
21statutes is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,14,2222 Chapter 115
AB674-ASA1,14,2523 SUBCHAPTER III
24 STATE SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
25 FOR THE HANDICAPPED
AB674-ASA1, s. 43
1Section 43. 115.51 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
2is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,15,53 115.51 (1) "Blind" includes persons visually handicapped with visual
4impairments
, as determined by competent medical authority with the approval of
5the state superintendent.
AB674-ASA1, s. 44 6Section 44. 115.52 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,15,117 115.52 (1) The object of the Wisconsin school for the visually handicapped and
8the Wisconsin school for the deaf is to afford the visually handicapped persons with
9visual impairments
and the deaf persons with hearing impairments a practical
10education and physical rehabilitation which may aid them to make a living,
11discharge their duties as citizens and secure to them all possible happiness.
AB674-ASA1, s. 45 12Section 45. 115.52 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
13is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,15,2014 115.52 (5) The state superintendent may grant approval for the maintenance
15of a summer school at the school for the deaf whenever it will be to the advantage of
16deaf persons with hearing impairments and may grant approval for the maintenance
17of a summer school at the school for the visually handicapped whenever it will be to
18the advantage of visually handicapped minors children with visual impairments.
19There shall be a summer school each year at the school for the visually handicapped
20for visually handicapped adults with visual impairments.
AB674-ASA1, s. 46 21Section 46. 115.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,16,222 115.52 (7) The Wisconsin school for the deaf may provide instruction for
23preschool deaf children with hearing impairments and their parents. The Wisconsin
24school for the visually handicapped may provide instruction for preschool visually
25handicapped
children with visual impairments and their parents. Such instruction

1or treatment shall be subject to the approval of, and shall comply with requirements
2established by, the department.
AB674-ASA1, s. 47 3Section 47. 115.53 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,16,104 115.53 (2) Arrange for vocational, trade or academic training for any pupil in
5either state school qualified to take such training advantageously, in either a public
6school or technical college or a private business establishment in Janesville or
7Delavan. The public school and the technical college shall be paid the regular tuition
8for full-time attendance and proportionally for part-time attendance by the school
9district responsible for the pupil's placement in an appropriate program under s.
10115.85 (1)
provision of a free appropriate public education under subch. V.
AB674-ASA1, s. 48 11Section 48. 115.55 of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is
12amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,16,20 13115.55 (title) Library for the blind and visually handicapped persons
14with visual impairments
. Embossed, clear type or large type text books acquired
15by the school for the visually handicapped shall constitute a circulating collection for
16the blind and visually handicapped persons with visual impairments. The collection
17shall be kept at the school and be under the supervision of its superintendent. All
18blind and visually handicapped school age children with visual impairments of the
19state may use such books upon compliance with rules made by the superintendent
20and approved by the state superintendent.
AB674-ASA1, s. 49 21Section 49. 115.74 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674-ASA1,16,2422 115.74 (1) (a) 3. Placement rates Rates of American Indian children in classes
23for handicapped pupils
receiving special education and related services under subch.
24V of ch. 115
in comparison with statewide and district-wide placement rates.
AB674-ASA1, s. 50
1Section 50. Subchapter V of chapter 115 [precedes 115.758] of the statutes, as
2affected by 1997 Wisconsin Acts 27 and 59, is repealed and recreated to read:
AB674-ASA1,17,33 CHAPTER 115
AB674-ASA1,17,54 SUBCHAPTER V
5 children with disabilities
AB674-ASA1,17,7 6115.758 Construction. To the extent possible, this subchapter shall be
7construed in a manner that is consistent with 20 USC 1400 to 1487.
AB674-ASA1,17,8 8115.76 Definitions. In this subchapter:
AB674-ASA1,17,11 9(1) "Assistive technology device" means any item, piece of equipment or
10product system that is used to increase, maintain or improve the functional
11capabilities of a child with a disability.
AB674-ASA1,17,14 12(2) "Assistive technology service" means any service that directly assists a child
13with a disability in the selection, acquisition or use of an assistive technology device,
14including all of the following:
AB674-ASA1,17,1615 (a) The evaluation of the needs of the child, including a functional evaluation
16of the child in the child's customary environment.
AB674-ASA1,17,1817 (b) Purchasing, leasing or otherwise providing for the acquisition of assistive
18technology devices by the child.
AB674-ASA1,17,2019 (c) Selecting, designing, fitting, customizing, adapting, applying, maintaining,
20repairing or replacing of assistive technology devices.
AB674-ASA1,17,2321 (d) Coordinating and using other therapies, interventions or services with
22assistive technology devices, such as those associated with existing education and
23rehabilitative plans and programs.
AB674-ASA1,17,2524 (e) Training or technical assistance for the child or, where appropriate, the
25child's family.
AB674-ASA1,18,4
1(f) Training or technical assistance for professionals, including individuals
2providing education and rehabilitative services, employers or other individuals who
3provide services to, employ or are otherwise substantially involved in the major life
4functions of the child.
AB674-ASA1,18,6 5(3) "Child" means any person who is at least 3 years old but not yet 22 years
6old and who has not graduated from high school.
AB674-ASA1,18,8 7(4) "Child caring institution" means a child welfare agency licensed under s.
848.60.
AB674-ASA1,18,10 9(5) (a) "Child with a disability" means a child who, by reason of any of the
10following, needs special education and related services:
AB674-ASA1,18,1111 1. Cognitive disabilities.
AB674-ASA1,18,1212 2. Hearing impairments.
AB674-ASA1,18,1313 3. Speech or language impairments.
AB674-ASA1,18,1414 4. Visual impairments.
AB674-ASA1,18,1515 5. Emotional disturbance.
AB674-ASA1,18,1616 6. Orthopedic impairments.
AB674-ASA1,18,1717 7. Autism.
AB674-ASA1,18,1818 8. Traumatic brain injury.
AB674-ASA1,18,1919 9. Other health impairments.
AB674-ASA1,18,2020 10. Learning disabilities.
AB674-ASA1,18,2321 (b) "Child with a disability" may, at the discretion of the local educational
22agency and consistent with department rules, include a child who, by reason of his
23or her significant developmental delay, needs special education and related services.
AB674-ASA1,18,25 24(6) "Division" means the division for learning support, equity and advocacy in
25the department.
AB674-ASA1,19,5
1(7) "Free appropriate public education" means special education and related
2services that are provided at public expense and under public supervision and
3direction, meet the standards of the department, include an appropriate preschool,
4elementary or secondary school education and are provided in conformity with an
5individualized education program.
AB674-ASA1,19,7 6(8) "Hearing officer" means an independent examiner appointed to conduct
7hearings under s. 115.80.
AB674-ASA1,19,10 8(9) "Individualized education program" means a written statement for a child
9with a disability that is developed, reviewed and revised in accordance with s.
10115.787.
AB674-ASA1,19,14 11(10) "Local educational agency", except as otherwise provided, means the
12school district in which the child with a disability resides, or the department of health
13and family services or the department of corrections if such department is
14responsible for providing a free appropriate public education to the child.
AB674-ASA1,19,16 15(11) "Native language", when used with reference to an individual of limited
16English proficiency, means the language normally used by the individual.
AB674-ASA1,20,5 17(12) "Parent" means a biological parent; a husband who has consented to the
18artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40; a male who is presumed to be the
19child's father under s. 891.41; a male who has been adjudicated the child's father
20under subch. VIII of ch. 48, under ss. 767.45 to 767.51, by final order or judgment of
21an Indian tribal court of competent jurisdiction or by final order or judgment of a
22court of competent jurisdiction in another state; an adoptive parent; a legal guardian;
23a person acting as a parent of a child; a person appointed as a sustaining parent
24under s. 48.428; or a person assigned as a surrogate parent under s. 115.792 (1) (a)
252. "Parent" does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated;

1the state or a county or a child welfare agency if a child was made a ward of the state
2or a county or child welfare agency under ch. 880 or if a child has been placed in the
3legal custody or guardianship of the state or a county or a child welfare agency under
4ch. 48 or ch. 767; or an American Indian tribal agency if the child was made a ward
5of the agency or placed in the legal custody or guardianship of the agency.
AB674-ASA1,20,12 6(13) "Person acting as a parent of a child" means a relative of the child or a
7private individual allowed to act as a parent of a child by the child's biological or
8adoptive parents or guardian, and includes the child's grandparent, neighbor, friend
9or private individual caring for the child with the explicit or tacit approval of the
10child's biological or adoptive parents or guardian. "Person acting as a parent of a
11child" does not include any person that receives public funds to care for the child if
12such funds exceed the cost of such care.
AB674-ASA1,20,20 13(14) "Related services" means transportation and such developmental,
14corrective and other supportive services as may be required to assist a child with a
15disability to benefit from special education, including speech-language pathology
16and audiology services; psychological services; physical and occupational therapy;
17recreation, including therapeutic recreation; social work services; counseling
18services, including rehabilitative counseling; orientation and mobility services;
19medical services for diagnostic and evaluative purposes only; and the early
20identification and assessment of disabling conditions in children.
AB674-ASA1,20,24 21(15) "Special education" means specially designed instruction, regardless of
22where the instruction is conducted, that is provided at no cost to the child or the
23child's parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability, including
24instruction in physical education.
AB674-ASA1,21,4
1(16) "Supplementary aids and services" means aids, services and other
2supports that are provided in regular education classes or other education-related
3settings to enable a child with a disability to be educated with nondisabled children
4to the maximum extent appropriate.
AB674-ASA1,21,5 5(17) "Transition services" has the meaning given in 20 USC 1401 (30).
AB674-ASA1,21,8 6115.762 Division for learning support, equity and advocacy. (1)
7Appointment of administrator. The state superintendent shall appoint the
8administrator of the division.
AB674-ASA1,21,11 9(2) Staff. Subject to the approval of the state superintendent, the
10administrator of the division shall appoint qualified staff necessary to perform the
11duties required of the division.
AB674-ASA1,21,12 12(3) Division duties. The division is responsible for all of the following:
AB674-ASA1,21,1513 (a) Ensuring that all children with disabilities, including children who are not
14yet 3 years of age, who reside in this state and who are in need of special education
15and related services are identified, located and evaluated.
AB674-ASA1,21,1816 (am) Ensuring that a free appropriate public education is available to all
17children with disabilities who reside in this state, including such children who are
18suspended or expelled from school.
AB674-ASA1,21,2019 (b) Developing and implementing a practical method to determine which
20children with disabilities are receiving special education and related services.
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