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(8) (g) The service coordinator shall assemble the results of all prior
21relevant assessments and evaluations documenting the service needs of the child
22with severe disabilities and the child's family, including
multidisciplinary 23individualized education program team evaluations under s.
115.80 (3) 115.782 or
24independent educational evaluations, court-ordered evaluations under s. 48.295 or
25938.295, family support program evaluations, community integration program or
1community options program assessments, and any other available medical,
2psychiatric, psychological, vocational or developmental evaluations.
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3Section
17. 46.56 (15) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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46.56
(15) (d) In order to apply for funding, at least one school district,
5cooperative educational service agency or county
handicapped children's children
6with disabilities education board serving children with severe disabilities in the
7county must participate in the program.
SB384, s. 18
8Section
18. 48.14 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.14
(7) Appeals under s.
115.81
115.80 (7).
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10Section
19. 48.345 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1148.345 Disposition of child adjudged in need of protection or services. 12(intro.) If the judge finds that the child is in need of protection or services, the judge
13shall enter an order deciding one or more of the dispositions of the case as provided
14in this section under a care and treatment plan, except that the order may not place
15any child not specifically found under chs. 46, 49, 51, 115 and 880 to be
16developmentally disabled, mentally ill or to have
exceptional educational needs a
17disability specified in s. 115.76 (5) in facilities which exclusively treat those
18categories of children. The dispositions under this section are as follows:
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19Section
20. 48.345 (12) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.345
(12) (d) This subsection does not apply to a child with
exceptional
21educational needs a disability, as defined under s. 115.76
(3) (5).
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22Section
21. 48.428 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.428
(3) (e) The authority to act as the child's parent under
ss. 115.80, 115.81 24subch. V of ch. 115 and
s. 118.125.
SB384, s. 22
25Section
22. 48.60 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.60
(4) (a) In this subsection, "child with
exceptional educational needs a
2disability" has the meaning given in s. 115.76
(3)
(5).
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(b) Notwithstanding ss.
115.85 (2), 121.78 (3) (a) and 121.79 (1) (a), a child
4welfare agency shall pay for the costs incurred by a school district in providing
5special education and related services to a child with
exceptional educational needs 6a disability who is a resident of the child welfare agency, if the child was placed in
7the child welfare agency pursuant to the interstate compact on the placement of
8children under s. 48.988.
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51.05
(5) School activities. If an individual over the age of 2 and under the
12age of 22 and eligible for
schooling special education and related services under
ss.
13115.76 (2) and 115.85 subch. V of ch. 115 is committed, admitted or transferred to or
14is a resident of the Mendota mental health institute or Winnebago mental health
15institute, the individual shall attend a school program operated by the applicable
16mental health institute or a school outside the applicable mental health institute
17which is approved by the department of public instruction. A school program
18operated by the Mendota mental health institute or Winnebago mental health
19institute shall be under the supervision of the department of public instruction and
20shall meet standards prescribed by that agency.
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51.06
(2) School activities. If an individual over the age of 2 years and under
24the age of 22 years and eligible for
schooling special education and related services 25under
ss. 115.76 (2) and 115.85 subch. V of ch. 115 is admitted to, is placed in or is
1a resident of a center, the individual shall attend a school program operated by the
2center or a school outside the center which is approved by the department of public
3instruction. A school program operated by the center shall be under the supervision
4of the department of public instruction and shall meet standards prescribed by that
5agency.
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6Section
25. 51.42 (3) (ar) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
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51.42
(3) (ar) 7. Acknowledge receipt of the notification received under s.
115.85
8(4) 115.812 (2).
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9Section
26. 51.437 (4m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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51.437
(4m) (g) Acknowledge receipt of the notification received under s.
115.85
11(4) 115.812 (2).
SB384, s. 27
12Section
27. 70.11 (10m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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70.11
(10m) (title)
Lions foundation camps for visually handicapped children
14with visual impairments. Lands not exceeding 40 acres and the buildings thereon
15owned by the Wisconsin Lions Foundation and used as camps for
visually
16handicapped children
with visual impairments, so long as the property is used for
17such purposes and not for pecuniary profit of any individual.
SB384, s. 28
18Section
28. 70.11 (22) of the statutes is amended to read:
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70.11
(22) (title)
Camps for handicapped persons with disabilities. Lands not
20exceeding 10 acres and the buildings thereon owned by the Wisconsin Easter Seal
21Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Incorporated, and known as Camp
22Wawbeek, used for camps for
physically handicapped children and adults
with
23orthopedic impairments and not to exceed 371 acres of wooded and meadowland
24adjacent thereto used in connection therewith, excluding a caretaker's home and 10
1acres of land in connection therewith, so long as the property is used solely for such
2purposes and not for pecuniary profit of any individual.
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79.03
(3) (b) 4. a. "Local general purpose taxes" means the portion of tax
6increments collected for payment to a municipality under s. 66.46 which is
7attributable to that municipality's own levy, the portion of environmental
8remediation tax increments collected for payment to a municipality or county under
9s. 66.462 that is attributable to that municipality's or county's own levy, general
10property taxes, excluding taxes for a county
handicapped children's children with
11disabilities education board, collected to finance the general purpose government
12unit, property taxes collected for sewage and sanitary districts, mobile home fees, the
13proceeds of county sales and use taxes and municipal and county vehicle registration
14fees under s. 341.35 (1).
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15Section
30. 79.10 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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79.10
(1) (e) "School tax levies" means property taxes levied in a municipality
17for elementary and secondary school districts and for
handicapped children's county
18children with disabilities education
board programs under s.
115.86 115.817, net of
19municipal surplus funds applied against those levies.
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CHAPTER 115
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state superintendent; GENERAL
24
CLASSIFICATIONS AND DEFINITIONS;
1HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
with
2
disabilities
SB384, s. 32
3Section
32. 115.001 (15) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.001
(15) "State superintendent" means the state superintendent of public
5instruction.
SB384, s. 33
6Section
33. 115.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(3) Supervision of schools. Supervise and inspect the public schools
8and day schools for
handicapped children
with disabilities, advise the principals and
9local authorities thereof and give assistance in organizing such schools.
SB384, s. 34
10Section
34. 115.28 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(7) (c) Subject to s. 118.19 (4m), license and make rules for the
12examination and licensing of persons, including teachers, employed
by to provide
13publicly funded special education
programs, as
and related services, as those terms
14are defined in s. 115.76
(10) (14) and (15).
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15Section
35. 115.28 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.28
(11) Driver education courses. Approve driver education courses
17offered by school districts, county
handicapped children's children with disabilities 18education boards and technical college districts for the purposes of ss. 121.41 (1) and
19343.16 (1) (c) 1. and establish minimum standards for driver education courses
20offered in private schools for the purposes of s. 343.16 (1) (c) 3. All driver education
21courses approved or for which standards are established under this subsection shall
22acquaint each student with the hazards posed by farm machinery and animals on
23highways and shall provide instruction in safely dealing with such hazards.
SB384, s. 36
24Section
36. 115.28 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1115.28
(13) Uniform financial fund accounting. Prescribe a uniform financial
2fund accounting system, applicable to all school districts and county
handicapped
3children's children with disabilities education boards, which provides for the
4recording of all financial transactions inherent in the management of schools and
5county
handicapped children's children with disabilities education board programs
6and the administration of the state's school aid programs.
SB384, s. 37
7Section
37. 115.28 (19) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
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8Section
38. 115.28 (19) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 115.28 (19).
SB384, s. 39
9Section
39. 115.29 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.29
(5) Teacher supply, information and analysis. Assist school boards,
11cooperative educational service agencies and county
handicapped children's children
12with disabilities education boards to locate qualified professional school personnel,
13assist qualified professional school personnel to locate vacant positions and provide
14information and analysis of the professional school personnel supply.
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115.362
(4) (a) Each school board receiving a grant under sub. (2) (a) 2. shall
18ensure that its program meets standards established by the state superintendent by
19rule. The school board may establish the program individually or on a cooperative
20basis with one or more school districts, cooperative educational service agencies or
21county
handicapped children's children with disabilities education boards.
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24115.37 Council on the education of the blind. The council on the education
25of the blind shall make recommendations as to procedures and policies affecting any
1problem of
the visually handicapped children with visual impairments before the
2department. The council shall advise on such services, activities, programs,
3investigations and researches as in its judgment will contribute to the welfare of
4visually handicapped persons
with visual impairments. The state superintendent
5shall seek the advice of and consult with the council on problems and policy changes
6affecting
the visually handicapped persons with visual impairments in the
7department's jurisdiction, and the council may initiate consultations with the
8department. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the council shall have
9access to files, records and statistics kept in the department which relate to matters
10concerning
the visually handicapped children with visual impairments.
SB384, s. 42
11Section
42. Subchapter III of chapter 115 (title) [precedes 115.51] of the
12statutes is amended to read:
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Chapter 115
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SUBCHAPTER III
15
STATE SCHOOLS
AND SCHOLARSHIPS
16
FOR THE HANDICAPPED
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115.51
(1) "Blind" includes persons
visually handicapped with visual
20impairments, as determined by competent medical authority with the approval of
21the state superintendent.
SB384, s. 44
22Section
44. 115.52 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.52
(1) The object of the Wisconsin school for the visually handicapped and
24the Wisconsin school for the deaf is to afford
the visually handicapped persons with
25visual impairments and
the deaf persons with hearing impairments a practical
1education and physical rehabilitation which may aid them to make a living,
2discharge their duties as citizens and secure to them all possible happiness.
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115.52
(5) The state superintendent may grant approval for the maintenance
6of a summer school at the school for the deaf whenever it will be to the advantage of
7deaf persons
with hearing impairments and may grant approval for the maintenance
8of a summer school at the school for the visually handicapped whenever it will be to
9the advantage of
visually handicapped minors children with visual impairments.
10There shall be a summer school each year at the school for the visually handicapped
11for
visually handicapped adults
with visual impairments.
SB384, s. 46
12Section
46. 115.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.52
(7) The Wisconsin school for the deaf may provide instruction for
14preschool
deaf children
with hearing impairments and their parents. The Wisconsin
15school for the visually handicapped may provide instruction for preschool
visually
16handicapped children
with visual impairments and their parents. Such instruction
17or treatment shall be subject to the approval of, and shall comply with requirements
18established by, the department.
SB384, s. 47
19Section
47. 115.53 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.53
(2) Arrange for vocational, trade or academic training for any pupil in
21either state school qualified to take such training advantageously, in either a public
22school or technical college or a private business establishment in Janesville or
23Delavan. The public school and the technical college shall be paid the regular tuition
24for full-time attendance and proportionally for part-time attendance by the school
1district responsible for the
pupil's placement in an appropriate program under s.
2115.85 (1) provision of a free appropriate public education under subch. V.
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5115.55 (title)
Library for the blind and visually handicapped persons
6with visual impairments. Embossed, clear type or large type text books acquired
7by the school for the visually handicapped shall constitute a circulating collection for
8the blind and visually handicapped persons with visual impairments. The collection
9shall be kept at the school and be under the supervision of its superintendent. All
10blind and visually handicapped school age children
with visual impairments of the
11state may use such books upon compliance with rules made by the superintendent
12and approved by the state superintendent.
SB384, s. 49
13Section
49. 115.74 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.74
(1) (a) 3.
Placement rates
Rates of American Indian children
in classes
15for handicapped pupils receiving special education and related services under subch.
16V of ch. 115 in comparison with statewide and district-wide
placement rates.
SB384, s. 50
17Section
50. Subchapter V of chapter 115 [precedes 115.758] of the statutes, as
18affected by
1997 Wisconsin Acts 27 and .... (Senate Bill 272), is repealed and
19recreated to read:
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CHAPTER 115
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SUBCHAPTER V
22
children with disabilities
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23115.758 Construction. To the extent possible, this subchapter shall be
24construed in a manner that is consistent with
20 USC 1400 to
1487.
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25115.76 Definitions. In this subchapter:
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1(1) "Assistive technology device" means any item, piece of equipment or
2product system that is used to increase, maintain or improve the functional
3capabilities of a child with a disability.
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4(2) "Assistive technology service" means any service that directly assists a child
5with a disability in the selection, acquisition or use of an assistive technology device,
6including all of the following:
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(a) The evaluation of the needs of the child, including a functional evaluation
8of the child in the child's customary environment.
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(b) Purchasing, leasing or otherwise providing for the acquisition of assistive
10technology devices by the child.
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(c) Selecting, designing, fitting, customizing, adapting, applying, maintaining,
12repairing or replacing of assistive technology devices.
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(d) Coordinating and using other therapies, interventions or services with
14assistive technology devices, such as those associated with existing education and
15rehabilitative plans and programs.
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(e) Training or technical assistance for the child or, where appropriate, the
17child's family.
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(f) Training or technical assistance for professionals, including individuals
19providing education and rehabilitative services, employers or other individuals who
20provide services to, employ or are otherwise substantially involved in the major life
21functions of the child.
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22(3) "Child" means any person who is at least 3 years old but not yet 22 years
23old and who has not graduated from high school.
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24(4) "Child caring institution" means a child welfare agency licensed under s.
2548.60.
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1(5) (a) "Child with a disability" means a child who, by reason of any of the
2following, needs special education and related services:
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1. Cognitive disabilities.
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2. Hearing impairments.
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3. Speech or language impairments.
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4. Visual impairments.
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5. Emotional disturbance.