AB100: Bill Text Engrossed

AB100-engrossed,1391,14 b) Annually, the department state superintendent shall determine whether the amount allocated for each program under par. (a) will be fully utilized based upon the applications received that meet the specified criteria for each program. If an amount will not be fully utilized, the department state superintendent may transfer the unutilized funds to programs for which qualified applications exceed the amounts allocated. The transfer shall be made by November 1 of each school year, except that in any school year in which a biennial budget act takes effect, the transfer shall be made by November 1 or within 120 days after the effective date of the biennial budget act, whichever is later. Annually, the department state superintendent shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance describing all transfers under this paragraph.

AB100-engrossed,1391,19 (c) The department state superintendent shall collect and analyze information about the programs funded under this section, evaluate their effectiveness and submit a report of the evaluation to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) and to the governor by July 1, 1994, and biennially by July 1 thereafter.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2741m Section 2741m. 115.3615 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1392,7 115.3615 Head start supplement. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (eh), the department state superintendent shall distribute funds to agencies determined by the department state superintendent to be eligible for designation as head start agencies under 42 USC 9836 to provide comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, social and other services to economically disadvantaged children and their families. The department state superintendent shall distribute the funds in a manner consistent with 42 USC 9831 to 9852 except that there is no matching fund requirement. The department state superintendent shall give preference in funding under this section to an agency that is receiving federal funds under 42 USC 9831 to 9852. Funds distributed under this section may be used to match available federal funds under 42 USC 9831 to 9852 only if the funds are used to secure additional federal funds for the purposes under this section.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2745ag Section 2745ag. 115.362 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1392,13 115.362 (4) (a) Each school board receiving a grant under sub. (2) (a) 2. shall ensure that its program meets standards established by the department state superintendent by rule. The school board may establish the program individually or on a cooperative basis with one or more school districts, cooperative educational service agencies or county handicapped children's education boards.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2745ar Section 2745ar. 115.362 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1392,18 115.362 (5) The department state superintendent shall promulgate rules establishing criteria for the awarding of grants under sub. (2) (a). The rules shall require that the department state superintendent give priority in awarding grants to school districts in which no pupil assistance program is available.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2745b Section 2745b. 115.37 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1393,5 115.37 Council on the education of the blind. The council on the education of the blind shall make recommendations as to procedures and policies affecting any problem of the visually handicapped before the department. The council shall advise on such services, activities, programs, investigations and researches as in its judgment will contribute to the welfare of visually handicapped persons. The department state superintendent shall seek the advice of and consult with the council on problems and policy changes affecting the visually handicapped in the department's jurisdiction, and the council may initiate consultations with the department. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the council shall have access to files, records and statistics kept in the department which relate to matters concerning the visually handicapped.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2745g Section 2745g. 115.375 of the statutes is renumbered 36.54, and 36.54 (1) and (2) (b), (c) and (d), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1393,14 36.54 (1) (a) The environmental education board shall consult with the department state superintendent of public instruction in identifying needs and establishing priorities for environmental education in public schools, including needs for teacher training, curriculum development and the development and dissemination of curriculum materials. The department state superintendent of public instruction shall seek the advice of the environmental education board in carrying out these activities.

AB100-engrossed,1393,18 (b) The environmental education board shall consult with other state agencies, including the university of Wisconsin-extension, conservation and environmental groups, youth organizations and nature and environmental centers in identifying needs and establishing priorities for environmental education.

AB100-engrossed,1394,2 (2) (b) From the appropriations under s. 20.255 (1) (jr) and (2) (ee) and (ra) 20.285 (1) (ee), (j), (r) and (rc), the environmental education board shall award grants to corporations and public agencies for the development, dissemination and presentation of environmental education programs. Programs shall be funded on an 18-month basis. The environmental education board may not award a grant unless the grant recipient matches at least 25% of the amount of the grant. Private funds and in-kind contributions may be applied to meet the matching requirement. Grants under this paragraph may not be used to replace funding available from other sources.

AB100-engrossed,1394,9 (c) The environmental education board shall promulgate rules establishing the criteria and procedures for the awarding of grants for programs and projects under par. (b). The environmental education board shall use the priorities established under sub. (1) for awarding grants if the amount in the appropriations under s. 20.255 (1) (jr) and (2) (ee) and (ra) 20.285 (1) (ee), (j), (r) and (rc) in any fiscal year is insufficient to fund all applications under this subsection. The department shall assist the board in administering this section.

AB100-engrossed,1394,11 (d) The environmental education board shall seek private funds for the purpose of the grants under this subsection.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2745k Section 2745k. 115.38 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1394,15 115.38 (1) (intro.) The department state superintendent shall develop a school and school district performance report for use by school districts under sub. (2). The report shall include all of the following by school and by school district:

AB100-engrossed, s. 2745n Section 2745n. 115.38 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1394,20 115.38 (1) (c) Staffing and financial data information, as determined by the department state superintendent, not to exceed 10 items. The department state superintendent may not request a school board to provide information solely for the purpose of including the information in the report under this paragraph.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2745p Section 2745p. 115.38 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,1394,25 115.38 (1) (d) The number and percentage of resident pupils attending a course in a nonresident school district under s. 118.52, the number of nonresident pupils attending a course in the school district under s. 118.52, and the courses taken by those pupils.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2745pm Section 2745pm. 115.38 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,1395,3 115.38 (1) (e) The method of reading instruction used in the school district and the textbook series used to teach reading in the school district.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2745s Section 2745s. 115.38 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1395,10 115.38 (2) By January 1, 1993, and annually thereafter by January 1, each school board shall distribute to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, or give to each pupil to bring home to his or her parent or guardian, a school and school district performance report that includes the information specified by the department state superintendent under sub. (1).

AB100-engrossed, s. 2745w Section 2745w. 115.38 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1395,14 115.38 (3) Annually, the department state superintendent shall publish and distribute to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) a summary of the reports under sub. (2).

AB100-engrossed, s. 2745y Section 2745y. 115.38 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1395,23 115.38 (4) Beginning in the 1993-94 school year and annually thereafter, the department state superintendent shall identify those school districts that are low in performance and those schools in which there are pupils enrolled who do not meet the state minimum performance standards on the examinations administered under s. 118.30. The department state superintendent shall make recommendations regarding how the programs and operations of the identified school districts and schools may be improved and periodically assess school district implementation of the recommendations.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2746m Section 2746m. 115.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1396,5 115.40 (2) (a) A school board, in conjunction with one or more public agencies or private, nonprofit, community-based organizations, may submit an application to the department state superintendent for a 3-year grant to develop and implement a collaborative service program for preschool or elementary-grade pupils, or both, and their families.

AB100-engrossed,1396,9 (b) A public agency or a private, nonprofit, community-based organization, in conjunction with a school board, may submit an application to the department state superintendent for a 3-year grant to develop and implement a collaborative service program for preschool or elementary-grade pupils, or both, and their families.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2747 Section 2747. 115.40 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1396,13 115.40 (4) (a) The secretary state superintendent and the secretary of health and social services shall provide technical assistance to and consult with applicants regarding the preparation of their applications.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2748 Section 2748. 115.40 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1396,21 115.40 (4) (b) The secretary state superintendent and the secretary of health and social services shall review the applications and jointly determine the grant recipients and the amount of each grant. A grant may not be awarded to a school board, agency or organization unless the percentage of the participating school district's membership in the previous school year for whom aid to families with dependent children was being received under s. 49.19 was greater than 5%. In this paragraph, "membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (5).

AB100-engrossed, s. 2749 Section 2749. 115.40 (4) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1396,25 115.40 (4) (c) (intro.) The secretary state superintendent and the secretary of health and social services shall give preference in awarding grants under this section to all of the following:

AB100-engrossed, s. 2749g Section 2749g. 115.40 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1397,4 115.40 (6) The department state superintendent shall include in the department's biennial report under s. 15.04 (1) (d) information on the programs funded under this section.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2749k Section 2749k. 115.41 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1397,12 115.41 Teacher improvement program. The department state superintendent shall operate a program to provide prospective teachers with one-semester internships under the supervision of licensed teachers. The program may also fund in-service activities and professional staff development research projects. The department state superintendent shall charge school districts fees for participation in the program. Program costs shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (hg).

AB100-engrossed, s. 2749m Section 2749m. 115.43 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1397,14 115.43 (2) Scholarships. (intro.) The department state superintendent shall:

AB100-engrossed, s. 2749p Section 2749p. 115.43 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1397,22 115.43 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (fz), award precollege scholarships, on a competitive basis, to minority group pupils who enroll in a technical college or in college or university classes or programs designed to improve academic skills that are essential for success in postsecondary school education. The department state superintendent shall give preference to minority group pupils who are inadequately represented in the technical college and university of Wisconsin systems.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2749r Section 2749r. 115.44 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1398,5 115.44 Early identification program. (1) The department state superintendent shall establish an early identification program as part of the Wisconsin educational opportunity program under s. 115.28 (23). Early identification program costs shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (a). The early identification program shall assist minority and economically disadvantaged pupils in grades 8 to 12 in pursuing higher educational opportunities by providing direction toward attainment of career goals.

AB100-engrossed,1398,11 (2) Biennially, the department state superintendent shall provide the governor and any appropriate standing committee of the legislature information on the performance of the early identification program and the postsecondary educational progress of the pupils who were enrolled in the program. The information shall include the number and ethnic backgrounds of the pupils who were enrolled in the program and college acceptance, retention and graduation rates of the pupils.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2750 Section 2750. 115.45 (2) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1398,21 115.45 (2) (a) Annually by September 15, the school board, on its own initiative or upon receipt of an application from the principal of an elementary school located in the school district, may apply to the department state superintendent for a grant under this section. The application shall include a plan specifying how the school board intends to meet the requirements under sub. (4), explaining the school board's selection process for individual schools and private service providers and identifying the schools in the school district, or the private service providers certified by the school board as providing the services under sub. (4) (b), to which the grant funds will be applied.

AB100-engrossed,1399,2 (b) The council for Milwaukee public schools grant programs under s. 115.28 (20) shall review the applications submitted under par. (a) and make recommendations to the secretary state superintendent regarding the schools to be selected and amounts of the grants to be awarded. The council's recommendations shall be based upon and include information regarding the degree to which the proposed projects will effectively meet the requirements under sub. (4).

AB100-engrossed,1399,8 (3) The department state superintendent shall determine the amount of the grant, if any, to be awarded a school board submitting an application under sub. (2) (a). Amounts awarded shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (do). Amounts awarded shall be used by the school board to supplement existing elementary school programs and not to supplant or replace funds otherwise available for such programs.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2750d Section 2750d. 115.45 (3m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1399,11 115.45 (3m) (b) (intro.) The department state superintendent shall give priority in awarding grants under this section to all of the following programs:

AB100-engrossed, s. 2750g Section 2750g. 115.45 (4) (h) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1399,14 115.45 (4) (h) (intro.) Annually, each identified school or private service provider shall report to the department state superintendent all of the following:

AB100-engrossed, s. 2750r Section 2750r. 115.45 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1399,16 115.45 (6) (intro.) The department state superintendent shall:

AB100-engrossed, s. 2751 Section 2751. 115.45 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1400,2 115.45 (6) (b) By March 1, 1986, and annually thereafter, submit to the joint committee on finance and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), a budget report detailing the grants the department he or she intends to award under this section in the next fiscal year. The report shall provide summary data on the results of the annual testing required under sub. (4) (b) and include a description of the guidelines used to determine the individual schools and private service providers that will receive funds under this section and the types of expenditures eligible for such funds.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2751g Section 2751g. 115.45 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1400,6 115.45 (9) (b) The department state superintendent may authorize a school district to use up to 8% of a grant to pay the costs of transporting pupils under par. (a).

AB100-engrossed, s. 2751r Section 2751r. 115.45 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1400,14 115.45 (10) Grants under this section shall be awarded for a 3-year period. The department state superintendent and the grant recipient shall jointly establish performance objectives for each proposed project and criteria for evaluating whether the project meets the objectives. At the end of the 3-year period, the department state superintendent shall determine whether the project met its objectives. A grant may not be renewed unless the department state superintendent determines that the project met its objectives.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2752 Section 2752. 115.47 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1400,17 115.47 Designated state official under agreement. The "designated state official" for this state under s. 115.46 shall be the secretary state superintendent.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2753 Section 2753. 115.48 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100-engrossed,1400,22 115.48 Contracts under agreement. True copies of all contracts made on behalf of this state pursuant to the agreement shall be kept on file in the department and in the office of the secretary of state. The department shall publish all such contracts in convenient form.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2753b Section 2753b. 115.51 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1401,3 115.51 (1) "Blind" includes persons visually handicapped, as determined by competent medical authority with the approval of the department state superintendent.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2753c Section 2753c. 115.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1401,9 115.52 (2) The department state superintendent shall maintain and govern the school for the visually handicapped and the school for the deaf. The department state superintendent may fix the period of the school year at the schools at not less than 38 weeks, prescribe the school terms and confer diplomas upon meritorious pupils who have completed the prescribed curricula.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2753d Section 2753d. 115.52 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1401,25 115.52 (3) All the blind and the deaf residents of this state 6 to 20 years old, and for the duration of a school term all the blind or deaf residents of this state who become 21 years old during that school term, who are capable of receiving instruction shall be received and taught in the schools free of charge. Like nonresident pupils also may be received upon payment in advance of the fees fixed by the department state superintendent at an amount not less than $75 per month, but no nonresident shall be received to the exclusion of a resident pupil. The department state superintendent also may admit pupils who are 21 years of age or older prior to the beginning of a school term upon the payment of fees fixed by the superintendent and upon the recommendation of the secretary of health and family services, the director of the technical college system or the superintendent of the school to which the pupil will be assigned. All pupils shall equally and freely enjoy the benefits and privileges of the schools and have the use of the library and books of instruction and receive board, lodging and laundry, without discrimination. The schools may provide transportation for resident pupils.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2753f Section 2753f. 115.52 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1402,7 115.52 (5) The department state superintendent may grant approval for the maintenance of a summer school at the school for the deaf whenever it will be to the advantage of deaf persons and may grant approval for the maintenance of a summer school at the school for the visually handicapped whenever it will be to the advantage of visually handicapped minors. There shall be a summer school each year at the school for the visually handicapped for visually handicapped adults.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2753h Section 2753h. 115.52 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1402,13 115.52 (6) The department state superintendent may make charges for meals, living quarters, laundry and other services furnished to employes of the schools and their families. The department state superintendent also may make charges for services furnished to visitors at the schools and participants in training programs and institutes.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2753j Section 2753j. 115.53 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1402,16 115.53 (title) Department State superintendent; powers. (intro.) The department state superintendent may:

AB100-engrossed, s. 2753L Section 2753L. 115.53 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1402,25 115.53 (4) (b) The net cost of hospital treatment shall be at the rate established under s. 233.40 (1) and shall be chargeable to the appropriation for operating the patient's school. The department state superintendent likewise may authorize payment for the expense of transporting patients to and from the hospital. The department state superintendent shall make payments for the treatment to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. Funds collected by the department state superintendent on account of the hospitalization shall be deposited in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (b) for the school concerned.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2753n Section 2753n. 115.53 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1403,5 115.53 (5) Arrange for visits by members of the staff of either school to other public schools or to families of blind or deaf children, whenever it appears to the department state superintendent that such visits will be of advantage to blind or deaf children.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2753p Section 2753p. 115.55 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1403,13 115.55 Library for the blind and visually handicapped. Embossed, clear type or large type text books acquired by the school for the visually handicapped shall constitute a circulating collection for the blind and visually handicapped. The collection shall be kept at the school and be under the supervision of its superintendent. All blind and visually handicapped school age children of the state may use such books upon compliance with rules made by the superintendent and approved by the department state superintendent.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2753r Section 2753r. 115.58 of the statutes is amended to read: