AB674,16,1210 115.28 (3) Supervision of schools. Supervise and inspect the public schools
11and day schools for handicapped children with disabilities, advise the principals and
12local authorities thereof and give assistance in organizing such schools.
AB674, s. 34 13Section 34. 115.28 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,16,1714 115.28 (7) (c) Subject to s. 118.19 (4m), license and make rules for the
15examination and licensing of persons, including teachers, employed by to provide
16publicly funded
special education programs, as and related services, as those terms
17are
defined in s. 115.76 (10) (14) and (15).
AB674, s. 35 18Section 35. 115.28 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,17,219 115.28 (11) Driver education courses. Approve driver education courses
20offered by school districts, county handicapped children's children with disabilities
21education boards and technical college districts for the purposes of ss. 121.41 (1) and
22343.16 (1) (c) 1. and establish minimum standards for driver education courses
23offered in private schools for the purposes of s. 343.16 (1) (c) 3. All driver education
24courses approved or for which standards are established under this subsection shall

1acquaint each student with the hazards posed by farm machinery and animals on
2highways and shall provide instruction in safely dealing with such hazards.
AB674, s. 36 3Section 36. 115.28 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,17,94 115.28 (13) Uniform financial fund accounting. Prescribe a uniform financial
5fund accounting system, applicable to all school districts and county handicapped
6children's
children with disabilities education boards, which provides for the
7recording of all financial transactions inherent in the management of schools and
8county handicapped children's children with disabilities education board programs
9and the administration of the state's school aid programs.
AB674, s. 37 10Section 37. 115.28 (19) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB674, s. 38 11Section 38. 115.28 (19) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 115.28 (19).
AB674, s. 39 12Section 39. 115.29 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,17,1713 115.29 (5) Teacher supply, information and analysis. Assist school boards,
14cooperative educational service agencies and county handicapped children's children
15with disabilities
education boards to locate qualified professional school personnel,
16assist qualified professional school personnel to locate vacant positions and provide
17information and analysis of the professional school personnel supply.
AB674, s. 40 18Section 40. 115.362 (4) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
1927
, is amended to read:
AB674,17,2420 115.362 (4) (a) Each school board receiving a grant under sub. (2) (a) 2. shall
21ensure that its program meets standards established by the state superintendent by
22rule. The school board may establish the program individually or on a cooperative
23basis with one or more school districts, cooperative educational service agencies or
24county handicapped children's children with disabilities education boards.
AB674, s. 41
1Section 41. 115.37 of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is
2amended to read:
AB674,18,14 3115.37 Council on the education of the blind. The council on the education
4of the blind shall make recommendations as to procedures and policies affecting any
5problem of the visually handicapped children with visual impairments before the
6department. The council shall advise on such services, activities, programs,
7investigations and researches as in its judgment will contribute to the welfare of
8visually handicapped persons with visual impairments. The state superintendent
9shall seek the advice of and consult with the council on problems and policy changes
10affecting the visually handicapped persons with visual impairments in the
11department's jurisdiction, and the council may initiate consultations with the
12department. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the council shall have
13access to files, records and statistics kept in the department which relate to matters
14concerning the visually handicapped children with visual impairments.
AB674, s. 42 15Section 42. Subchapter III of chapter 115 (title) [precedes 115.51] of the
16statutes is amended to read:
AB674,18,1717 Chapter 115
AB674,18,2018 SUBCHAPTER III
19 STATE SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
20 FOR THE HANDICAPPED
AB674, s. 43 21Section 43. 115.51 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
22is amended to read:
AB674,18,2523 115.51 (1) "Blind" includes persons visually handicapped with visual
24impairments
, as determined by competent medical authority with the approval of
25the state superintendent.
AB674, s. 44
1Section 44. 115.52 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,19,62 115.52 (1) The object of the Wisconsin school for the visually handicapped and
3the Wisconsin school for the deaf is to afford the visually handicapped persons with
4visual impairments
and the deaf persons with hearing impairments a practical
5education and physical rehabilitation which may aid them to make a living,
6discharge their duties as citizens and secure to them all possible happiness.
AB674, s. 45 7Section 45. 115.52 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
8is amended to read:
AB674,19,159 115.52 (5) The state superintendent may grant approval for the maintenance
10of a summer school at the school for the deaf whenever it will be to the advantage of
11deaf persons with hearing impairments and may grant approval for the maintenance
12of a summer school at the school for the visually handicapped whenever it will be to
13the advantage of visually handicapped minors children with visual impairments.
14There shall be a summer school each year at the school for the visually handicapped
15for visually handicapped adults with visual impairments.
AB674, s. 46 16Section 46. 115.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,19,2217 115.52 (7) The Wisconsin school for the deaf may provide instruction for
18preschool deaf children with hearing impairments and their parents. The Wisconsin
19school for the visually handicapped may provide instruction for preschool visually
20handicapped
children with visual impairments and their parents. Such instruction
21or treatment shall be subject to the approval of, and shall comply with requirements
22established by, the department.
AB674, s. 47 23Section 47. 115.53 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,20,524 115.53 (2) Arrange for vocational, trade or academic training for any pupil in
25either state school qualified to take such training advantageously, in either a public

1school or technical college or a private business establishment in Janesville or
2Delavan. The public school and the technical college shall be paid the regular tuition
3for full-time attendance and proportionally for part-time attendance by the school
4district responsible for the pupil's placement in an appropriate program under s.
5115.85 (1)
provision of a free appropriate public education under subch. V.
AB674, s. 48 6Section 48. 115.55 of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is
7amended to read:
AB674,20,15 8115.55 (title) Library for the blind and visually handicapped persons
9with visual impairments
. Embossed, clear type or large type text books acquired
10by the school for the visually handicapped shall constitute a circulating collection for
11the blind and visually handicapped persons with visual impairments. The collection
12shall be kept at the school and be under the supervision of its superintendent. All
13blind and visually handicapped school age children with visual impairments of the
14state may use such books upon compliance with rules made by the superintendent
15and approved by the state superintendent.
AB674, s. 49 16Section 49. 115.74 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,20,1917 115.74 (1) (a) 3. Placement rates Rates of American Indian children in classes
18for handicapped pupils
receiving special education and related services under subch.
19V of ch. 115
in comparison with statewide and district-wide placement rates.
AB674, s. 50 20Section 50. Subchapter V of chapter 115 [precedes 115.758] of the statutes, as
21affected by 1997 Wisconsin Acts 27 and .... (Senate Bill 272), is repealed and
22recreated to read:
AB674,20,2323 CHAPTER 115
AB674,20,2524 SUBCHAPTER V
25 children with disabilities
AB674,21,2
1115.758 Construction. To the extent possible, this subchapter shall be
2construed in a manner that is consistent with 20 USC 1400 to 1487.
AB674,21,3 3115.76 Definitions. In this subchapter:
AB674,21,6 4(1) "Assistive technology device" means any item, piece of equipment or
5product system that is used to increase, maintain or improve the functional
6capabilities of a child with a disability.
AB674,21,9 7(2) "Assistive technology service" means any service that directly assists a child
8with a disability in the selection, acquisition or use of an assistive technology device,
9including all of the following:
AB674,21,1110 (a) The evaluation of the needs of the child, including a functional evaluation
11of the child in the child's customary environment.
AB674,21,1312 (b) Purchasing, leasing or otherwise providing for the acquisition of assistive
13technology devices by the child.
AB674,21,1514 (c) Selecting, designing, fitting, customizing, adapting, applying, maintaining,
15repairing or replacing of assistive technology devices.
AB674,21,1816 (d) Coordinating and using other therapies, interventions or services with
17assistive technology devices, such as those associated with existing education and
18rehabilitative plans and programs.
AB674,21,2019 (e) Training or technical assistance for the child or, where appropriate, the
20child's family.
AB674,21,2421 (f) Training or technical assistance for professionals, including individuals
22providing education and rehabilitative services, employers or other individuals who
23provide services to, employ or are otherwise substantially involved in the major life
24functions of the child.
AB674,22,2
1(3) "Child" means any person who is at least 3 years old but not yet 22 years
2old and who has not graduated from high school.
AB674,22,4 3(4) "Child caring institution" means a child welfare agency licensed under s.
448.60.
AB674,22,6 5(5) (a) "Child with a disability" means a child who, by reason of any of the
6following, needs special education and related services:
AB674,22,77 1. Cognitive disabilities.
AB674,22,88 2. Hearing impairments.
AB674,22,99 3. Speech or language impairments.
AB674,22,1010 4. Visual impairments.
AB674,22,1111 5. Emotional disturbance.
AB674,22,1212 6. Orthopedic impairments.
AB674,22,1313 7. Autism.
AB674,22,1414 8. Traumatic brain injury.
AB674,22,1515 9. Other health impairments.
AB674,22,1616 10. Learning disabilities.
AB674,22,1917 (b) "Child with a disability" may, at the discretion of the local educational
18agency and consistent with department rules, include a child who, by reason of his
19or her significant developmental delay, needs special education and related services.
AB674,22,21 20(6) "Division" means the division for learning support, equity and advocacy in
21the department.
AB674,23,2 22(7) "Free appropriate public education" means special education and related
23services that are provided at public expense and under public supervision and
24direction, meet the standards of the department, include an appropriate preschool,

1elementary or secondary school education and are provided in conformity with an
2individualized education program.
AB674,23,4 3(8) "Hearing officer" means an independent examiner appointed to conduct
4hearings under s. 115.80.
AB674,23,7 5(9) "Individualized education program" means a written statement for a child
6with a disability that is developed, reviewed and revised in accordance with s.
7115.787.
AB674,23,11 8(10) "Local educational agency", except as otherwise provided, means the
9school district in which the child with a disability resides, or the department of health
10and family services or the department of corrections if such department is
11responsible for providing a free appropriate public education to the child.
AB674,23,13 12(11) "Native language", when used with reference to an individual of limited
13English proficiency, means the language normally used by the individual.
AB674,24,2 14(12) "Parent" means a biological parent; a husband who has consented to the
15artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40; a male who is presumed to be the
16child's father under s. 891.41; a male who has been adjudicated the child's father
17under subch. VIII of ch. 48, under ss. 767.45 to 767.51, by final order or judgment of
18an Indian tribal court of competent jurisdiction or by final order or judgment of a
19court of competent jurisdiction in another state; an adoptive parent; a legal guardian;
20a person acting as a parent of a child; a person appointed as a sustaining parent
21under s. 48.428; or a person assigned as a surrogate parent under s. 115.792 (1) (a)
222. "Parent" does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated;
23the state or a county or a child welfare agency if a child was made a ward of the state
24or a county or child welfare agency under ch. 880 or if a child has been placed in the
25legal custody or guardianship of the state or a county or a child welfare agency under

1ch. 48 or ch. 767; or an American Indian tribal agency if the child was made a ward
2of the agency or placed in the legal custody or guardianship of the agency.
AB674,24,9 3(13) "Person acting as a parent of a child" means a relative of the child or a
4private individual allowed to act as a parent of a child by the child's biological or
5adoptive parents or guardian, and includes the child's grandparent, neighbor, friend
6or private individual caring for the child with the explicit or tacit approval of the
7child's biological or adoptive parents or guardian. "Person acting as a parent of a
8child" does not include any person that receives public funds to care for the child if
9such funds exceed the cost of such care.
AB674,24,17 10(14) "Related services" means transportation and such developmental,
11corrective and other supportive services as may be required to assist a child with a
12disability to benefit from special education, including speech-language pathology
13and audiology services; psychological services; physical and occupational therapy;
14recreation, including therapeutic recreation; social work services; counseling
15services, including rehabilitative counseling; orientation and mobility services;
16medical services for diagnostic and evaluative purposes only; and the early
17identification and assessment of disabling conditions in children.
AB674,24,21 18(15) "Special education" means specially designed instruction, regardless of
19where the instruction is conducted, that is provided at no cost to the child or the
20child's parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability, including
21instruction in physical education.
AB674,24,25 22(16) "Supplementary aids and services" means aids, services and other
23supports that are provided in regular education classes or other education-related
24settings to enable a child with a disability to be educated with nondisabled children
25to the maximum extent appropriate.
AB674,25,1
1(17) "Transition services" has the meaning given in 20 USC 1401 (30).
AB674,25,4 2115.762 Division for learning support, equity and advocacy. (1)
3Appointment of administrator. The state superintendent shall appoint the
4administrator of the division.
AB674,25,7 5(2) Staff. Subject to the approval of the state superintendent, the
6administrator of the division shall appoint qualified staff necessary to perform the
7duties required of the division.
AB674,25,8 8(3) Division duties. The division is responsible for all of the following:
AB674,25,119 (a) Ensuring that all children with disabilities, including children who are not
10yet 3 years of age, who reside in this state and who are in need of special education
11and related services are identified, located and evaluated.
AB674,25,1412 (am) Ensuring that a free appropriate public education is available to all
13children with disabilities who reside in this state, including such children who are
14suspended or expelled from school.
AB674,25,1615 (b) Developing and implementing a practical method to determine which
16children with disabilities are receiving special education and related services.
AB674,25,1817 (c) Complying with the requirements of this subchapter and applicable federal
18law, including 20 USC 1415 (k).
AB674,25,2319 (d) Coordinating and supervising the provision of all publicly funded special
20education and related services for children with disabilities in this state and
21ensuring that such education and services meet the educational standards of the
22department, including any criteria established by the department relating to
23enrollment.
AB674,25,2524 (e) Pursuant to s. 115.77 (4), approving the plan for the provision of all special
25education and related services provided by a local educational agency.
AB674,26,3
1(g) Monitoring and enforcing local educational agency and child caring
2institution compliance with this subchapter and applicable federal law, including 20
3USC 1415
(k).
AB674,26,54 (h) Maintaining current information on all publicly funded special education
5and related services within this state and making this information public.
AB674,26,116 (i) Coordinating a comprehensive system of personnel development that is
7designed to ensure an adequate supply of qualified special education, regular
8education and related services personnel and that meets the requirements of
9applicable federal law, including participation, as appropriate, by institutions of
10higher education, state and local agencies and other public and private
11organizations.
AB674,26,2012 (j) Examining data to determine if significant discrepancies are occurring in
13the rate of long-term suspensions and expulsions of children with disabilities among
14local educational agencies or compared to such rates for nondisabled children within
15such agencies. If such discrepancies are occurring, the division shall review and, if
16appropriate, revise or require the affected local educational agency to revise its
17policies, procedures and practices relating to the development and implementation
18of individualized education programs, the use of behavioral interventions and
19procedural safeguards to ensure that such policies, procedures and practices comply
20with this subchapter.
AB674,26,25 21(4) Limitation. Nothing in this subchapter requires that special education and
22related services be provided to a child with a disability who is at least 18 years old
23but not yet 22 years old and who, in the child's educational placement before his or
24her incarceration in a state prison, was not identified as a child with a disability or
25for whom an individualized education program was not developed.
AB674,27,4
1115.77 Local educational agency duties. (1) In sub. (1m) (a) to (d), except
2as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (a) and (b) 2., if a child with a disability is attending a
3public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.51, "local educational
4agency" means the school district that the child is attending.
AB674,27,6 5(1m) A local educational agency shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
6division that it does all of the following:
AB674,27,127 (a) Identifies, locates and evaluates all children with disabilities who are in
8need of special education and related services, including such children who are not
9yet 3 years of age. A local educational agency may provide special education and
10related services to children with disabilities who are not yet 3 years of age under an
11interagency agreement with a county agency responsible for the early intervention
12program under s. 51.44.
AB674,27,1413 (b) Makes available a free appropriate public education to children with
14disabilities as required by this subchapter and applicable state and federal law.
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