AB100, s. 2781
6Section
2781. Subchapter I (title) of chapter 118 [precedes 118.001] of the
7statutes is created to read:
AB100,1185,88
Chapter 118
AB100,1185,109
Subchapter I
10
General school operations
AB100, s. 2782
11Section
2782. 118.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1185,2212
118.01
(1) Purpose. Public education is a fundamental responsibility of the
13state. The constitution
vests in the state superintendent the supervision of public
14instruction and directs the legislature to provide for the establishment of district
15schools. The effective operation of the public schools is dependent upon a common
16understanding of what public schools should be and do. Establishing such goals and
17expectations is a necessary and proper complement to the state's financial
18contribution to education. Each school board should provide curriculum, course
19requirements and instruction consistent with the goals and expectations established
20under sub. (2). Parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district share
21with the state and school board the responsibility for pupils meeting the goals and
22expectations under sub. (2).
AB100, s. 2783
23Section
2783. 118.125 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1186,224
118.125
(2) Confidentiality. (intro.) All pupil records maintained by a public
25school shall be confidential, except as provided in pars. (a) to
(m) (n) and sub. (2m).
1The school board shall adopt regulations to maintain the confidentiality of such
2records.
AB100, s. 2784
3Section
2784. 118.125 (2) (n) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1186,74
118.125
(2) (n) Subject to the requirements of
34 CFR 99.34 (a), a school board
5shall provide to the school board of a school district to which a pupil has applied under
6s. 118.51 or 118.52, upon request by that school board, a copy of any pupil record
7relating to the pupil's suspension or expulsion from school.
AB100, s. 2785
8Section
2785. 118.125 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1186,209
118.125
(4) Transfer of records. Within 5 working days, a school district shall
10transfer to another school or school district all pupil records relating to a specific
11pupil if the transferring school district has received written notice from the pupil if
12he or she is an adult or his or her parent or guardian if the pupil is a minor that the
13pupil intends to enroll in the other school or school district
, or attend the other school
14district under s. 118.51, or written notice from the other school or school district that
15the pupil has enrolled
, or is attending under s. 118.51, or from a court that the pupil
16has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured child caring
17institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g). In this subsection, "school" and "school
18district" include any state juvenile correctional facility or secured child caring
19institution which provides an educational program for its residents instead of or in
20addition to that which is provided by public and private schools.
AB100, s. 2786
21Section
2786. 118.14 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1186,2222
118.14
(1) (intro.) Except as provided in s.
115.28 (8) 120.12 (25):
AB100, s. 2787
23Section
2787. 118.145 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1187,3
1118.145
(1) The school board of a
school district operating high school grades
2shall determine
, with the advice and consent of the department, the minimum
3standards for admission to high school.
AB100, s. 2788
4Section
2788. 118.15 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1187,95
118.15
(2) (c) Pupils attending a technical college under this subsection may
6receive general education subjects at the technical college
and shall be counted as
7pupils enrolled in the high school for all purposes including computing state aid for
8the school district. Payments by the school district under par. (a) shall be deemed
9costs of operation and maintenance.
AB100, s. 2789
10Section
2789. 118.165 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1187,1411
118.165
(2) An institution may request the
department state superintendent 12to approve the institution's educational program as a private school. The
department 13state superintendent shall base
its
his or her approval solely on the criteria under
14sub. (1).
AB100, s. 2790
15Section
2790. 118.167 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1187,25
16118.167 (title)
Private school determination by department state
17superintendent. If an association that regulates or accredits private educational
18institutions in this state submits an affidavit to the
department state
19superintendent attesting that the institution meets or exceeds all of the criteria
20under s. 118.165 and the
department state superintendent finds that the institution
21does meet or exceed all of the criteria under s. 118.165, the
department state
22superintendent shall determine that the institution is a private school. If at any time
23the
department state superintendent finds that an institution determined to be a
24private school under this section no longer meets the criteria under s. 118.165, the
25department state superintendent may withdraw the determination.
AB100, s. 2791
1Section
2791. 118.19 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1188,72
118.19
(1m) (a) The department of public instruction may not issue or renew
3a license or permit or revalidate a license that has no expiration date unless the
4applicant provides the department of public instruction with his or her social
5security number. The department of public instruction may not disclose the social
6security number except to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of
7requesting certifications under s. 73.0301 and except as provided in sub. (1r).
AB100,1188,118
(b) The department of public instruction may not issue or renew a license or
9permit or revalidate a license that has no expiration date if the department of
10revenue certifies under s. 73.0301 that the applicant, licensee or permit holder is
11liable for delinquent taxes.
AB100, s. 2792
12Section
2792. 118.19 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1188,1813
118.19
(1r) (a) As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s.
1449.857, the department may not issue or renew a license or permit or revalidate a
15license that has no expiration date unless the applicant provides the department
16with his or her social security number. The department may not disclose the social
17security number except to the department of industry, labor and job development for
18the sole purpose of administering s. 49.22 and except as provided in sub. (1m).
AB100,1188,2419
(b) As provided in the memorandum of understanding under s. 49.857, the
20department may not issue or renew a license or permit or revalidate a license that
21has no expiration date if the applicant, licensee or permit holder is delinquent in
22making court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth
23expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or
24former spouse.
AB100, s. 2793
25Section
2793. 118.19 (10) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1189,4
1118.19
(10) (f) The department shall keep confidential all information received
2under this subsection from the department of justice or the federal bureau of
3investigation.
Such Except as provided in par. (g), such information is not subject
4to inspection or copying under s. 19.35.
AB100, s. 2794
5Section
2794. 118.19 (10) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1189,86
118.19
(10) (g) At the request of the department of industry, labor and job
7development under s. 49.22 (2m), the department shall release information obtained
8under this subsection to the department of industry, labor and job development.
AB100, s. 2795
9Section
2795. 118.192 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2796
10Section
2796. 118.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1189,1611
118.20
(2) The
department state superintendent or a person designated by the
12state superintendent may receive and investigate complaints charging
13discrimination in employment, assignment or reassignment of teachers or
14administrative personnel in the public schools and the
department state
15superintendent or designee may hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and take
16testimony to effectuate the purposes of this section.
AB100, s. 2797
17Section
2797. 118.20 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1190,418
118.20
(3) If the
department state superintendent finds probable cause to
19believe that any discrimination prohibited by this section has been or is being
20practiced, the
department state superintendent shall immediately endeavor to
21eliminate the practice by conference, conciliation or persuasion. In case of failure to
22eliminate the discrimination, the
department state superintendent shall issue and
23serve a written notice of hearing, specifying the nature of the discrimination which
24appears to have been committed, and requiring the public school official, employe,
25teacher agency or placement bureau named, hereinafter called the "respondent" to
1answer the complaint at a hearing before the
department state superintendent. The
2notice shall specify a time of hearing not less than 10 days after service of the
3complaint, and a place of hearing within the county in which the discrimination is
4alleged to have occurred.
AB100, s. 2798
5Section
2798. 118.20 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1190,176
118.20
(4) After hearing, if the
department state superintendent finds that the
7respondent has engaged in discrimination prohibited by this section the
department 8state superintendent shall make written findings and recommend such action by the
9respondent as shall satisfy the purposes of this section and shall serve a certified
10copy of the findings and recommendations on the respondent together with an order
11requiring the respondent to comply with the recommendations. Any person
12aggrieved by noncompliance with the order shall be entitled to have the order
13enforced specifically by suit in equity. If the
department state superintendent finds
14that the respondent has not engaged in the alleged discrimination, the
department 15state superintendent shall serve a certified copy of the
department's state
16superintendent's findings on the complainant together with an order dismissing the
17complaint.
AB100, s. 2799
18Section
2799. 118.20 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1191,219
118.20
(5) If any public school official, employe, teachers agency or placement
20bureau violates sub. (1) or fails or refuses to obey any lawful order made by the
21department state superintendent pursuant to this section, such person shall forfeit
22and pay into the state treasury not less than $25 nor more than $50, or be imprisoned
23not less than 5 nor more than 30 days. Such violation or failure or refusal to obey
24an order shall be grounds for the removal of any school district administrator,
25member of a school board or other public school official. Findings and orders of the
1department state superintendent under this section shall be subject to judicial
2review under ch. 227.
AB100, s. 2800
3Section
2800. 118.20 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1191,84
118.20
(6) Upon request of the
department state superintendent, the attorney
5general or district attorney of the county in which any investigation, hearing or trial
6under this section is pending, shall aid and prosecute under supervision of the
7department state superintendent, all necessary actions or proceedings for the
8enforcement of this section and for the punishment of all violations thereof.
AB100, s. 2801
9Section
2801. 118.20 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1191,1210
118.20
(7) In administering this section the
department state superintendent 11shall have authority to make, amend and rescind rules necessary to carry out the
12purposes of this section.
AB100, s. 2802
13Section
2802. 118.255 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100,1191,1714
118.255
(3) The school board, cooperative educational service agency or county
15handicapped children's education board maintaining health treatment services shall
16report annually to the department, and at such other times as the department
17directs, such information as the department requires.
AB100, s. 2803
18Section
2803. 118.255 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1192,519
118.255
(4) If the
department state superintendent is satisfied that the health
20treatment services program has been maintained during the preceding school year
21in accordance with law, the
department state superintendent shall certify to the
22department of administration in favor of each school board, cooperative educational
23service agency and county handicapped children's education board maintaining such
24health treatment services, an amount equal to 63% of the amount expended for items
25listed in s. 115.88 (1) by the school board, cooperative educational service agency and
1county handicapped children's education board during the preceding year for these
2health treatment services. The department of administration, upon such
3certification shall distribute the amounts to the appropriate school board,
4cooperative educational service agency and county handicapped children's education
5board.
AB100, s. 2804
6Section
2804. 118.26 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1192,10
7118.26 Claim against school district. No action may be brought or
8maintained against a school district upon a claim or cause of action unless the
9claimant complies with s. 893.80. This section does not apply to actions commenced
10under s. 19.37
or, 19.97
or 281.99.
AB100, s. 2805
11Section
2805. 118.30 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.30 (1) (a).
AB100, s. 2806
12Section
2806. 118.30 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1192,1613
118.30
(1) (b) If the governor has issued pupil academic standards as an
14executive order under s. 14.23, the department shall develop a high school
15graduation examination that is designed to measure whether pupils meet the pupil
16academic standards.
AB100, s. 2807
17Section
2807. 118.30 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1192,2118
118.30
(1g) (a) By August 1, 1998, each school board shall adopt pupil academic
19standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography and history. If
20the governor has issued pupil academic standards as an executive order under s.
2114.23, the school board may adopt those standards.
AB100,1193,322
(b) Each school board operating high school grades shall adopt a high school
23graduation examination that is designed to measure whether pupils meet the pupil
24academic standards adopted by the school board under par. (a). If the school board
25has adopted the pupil academic standards issued as an executive order under s.
114.23, the school board may adopt the high school graduation examination developed
2by the department under sub. (1) (b). If a school board develops and adopts its own
3high school graduation examination, it shall notify the department.
AB100, s. 2808
4Section
2808. 118.30 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1193,65
118.30
(1m) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in this section
and in s.
6118.40 (2r) (d), annually each school board shall do all of the following:
AB100, s. 2809
7Section
2809. 118.30 (1m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1193,138
118.30
(1m) (d) If the school board operates high school grades, beginning in
9the 1999-2000 school year administer the high school graduation examination
10adopted by the school board under sub. (1g) (b). The school board shall administer
11the examination at least twice each school year. The school board shall determine
12the high school grades in which the examination will be administered each school
13year.
AB100, s. 2810
14Section
2810. 118.33 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,1193,1915
118.33
(1) (cm) Beginning on September 1, 2001, a school board may not grant
16a high school diploma to any pupil unless the pupil has passed the high school
17graduation examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (d). A school board shall
18provide a pupil with at least 4 opportunities to take the examination in the high
19school grades.
AB100, s. 2811
20Section
2811. 118.33 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1193,2321
118.33
(2) (c) Establish course requirements under sub. (1)
(a) and approve any
22school board's high school graduation standards policy that is equivalent to the
23requirements under sub. (1)
(a).
AB100, s. 2812
24Section
2812. 118.33 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1194,8
1118.33
(3m) A course taken at a technical college by a child attending the school
2part-time or in lieu of high school under s. 118.15 (1) (b), or attending the school
3under s. 118.15 (1) (cm), does not fulfill any of the high school graduation
4requirements under sub. (1) (a) unless the department has approved the course for
5that purpose.
If a pupil satisfies all of the high school graduation requirements
6under sub. (1), the school board shall grant a high school diploma to the pupil
7regardless of whether the pupil satisfied all or a portion of the requirements while
8attending an institution of higher education under s. 118.55 or a technical college.
AB100, s. 2813
9Section
2813. 118.34 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1194,1810
118.34
(1) In cooperation with a technical college district board, each school
11board shall establish a technical preparation program in each public high school
12located in the school district. The program shall consist of a
coherent sequence of
13courses, approved by the technical college system board under s. 38.04 (26),
that
14integrate applied academic and technical competency-based curricula and that are 15designed to
allow provide high school
pupils to gain juniors and seniors with both
16high school and technical college credit or with advanced standing in
the technical
17college district's associate degree program a postsecondary institution upon
18graduation from high school.
AB100, s. 2814
19Section
2814. 118.34 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2815
20Section
2815. 118.34 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,1195,221
118.34
(3) The
department state superintendent, the department of industry,
22labor and job development and the technical college system board shall provide
23technical assistance to school boards to develop technical preparation programs in
24each high school. Annually, the school board shall evaluate its program and report
1the results to the
department state superintendent, the department of industry,
2labor and job development and the technical college system board.
AB100, s. 2816
3Section
2816. 118.37 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (title) and
4amended to read:
AB100,1195,5
5118.55 (title)
Postsecondary enrollment Youth options program.
AB100, s. 2817
6Section
2817. 118.37 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2818
7Section
2818. 118.37 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.50 (2) and amended
8to read:
AB100,1195,119
118.50
(2) In this section, "institution "Institution of higher education" means
10a center or institution within the university of Wisconsin system
, a technical college 11or a private, nonprofit institution of higher education located in this state.
AB100, s. 2819
12Section
2819. 118.37 (2) and (3) of the statutes are renumbered 118.55 (2) and
13(3), and 118.55 (2) (a) and (3), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB100,1195,2414
118.55
(2) (a) Beginning in the 1992-93 school year, any public school pupil
15enrolled in the 11th or 12th grade who is not attending a technical college under
sub.
16(7r) or s. 118.15 (1) (b) may enroll in an institution of higher education for the purpose
17of taking one or more nonsectarian courses at the institution of higher education,
18subject to par. (b). The pupil shall submit an application to the institution of higher
19education in the previous school semester. The pupil shall indicate on the application
20whether he or she will be taking the course or courses for high school credit or
21postsecondary credit. The pupil shall also specify on the application that if he or she
22is admitted the institution of higher education may disclose the pupil's grades, the
23courses that he or she is taking and his or her attendance record to the public school
24in which the pupil is enrolled.
AB100,1196,9
1(3) Notification of school board; determination of high school credit. (a)
2A pupil who intends to enroll in an institution of higher education under this section
3shall notify the school board of the school district in which he or she is enrolled of that
4intention
no later than March 1 if the pupil intends to enroll in the fall semester, and
5no later than October 1 if the pupil intends to enroll in the spring at least 90 days
6before the start of the technical college semester. The notice shall include the titles
7of the courses in which the pupil intends to enroll and the number of credits of each
8course, and shall specify whether the pupil will be taking the courses for high school
9or postsecondary credit.
AB100,1196,2510
(b) If the pupil specifies in the notice under par. (a) that he or she intends to
11take a course at an institution of higher education for high school credit, the school
12board shall determine
whether the course is comparable to a course offered in the
13school district, and whether the course satisfies any of the high school graduation
14requirements under s. 118.33 and the number of high school credits to award the
15pupil for the course, if any.
The department In cooperation with institutions of higher
16education, the state superintendent shall develop guidelines to assist school districts
17in making the determinations. The school board shall notify the pupil of its
18determinations, in writing, before the
end beginning of the semester in which
it
19received the notice under par. (a) the pupil will be enrolled. If the pupil disagrees
20with the school board's decision regarding
comparability of courses, satisfaction of
21high school graduation requirements or the number of high school credits to be
22awarded, the pupil may appeal the school board's decision to the
department state
23superintendent within 30 days after the decision. The
department's state
24superintendent's decision shall be final and is not subject to review under subch. III
25of ch. 227.
AB100, s. 2820
1Section
2820. 118.37 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 2821
2Section
2821. 118.37 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (4), and 118.55
3(4) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB100,1197,64
118.55
(4) (a) An institution of higher education may admit a pupil under this
5section only if it has space available.
A pupil may attend a technical college under
6this section only if he or she is a resident of this state.