(3) Services. The program shall provide services that benefit children throughout the state who are hearing impaired.
(a) School. 1. `Residents 3 to 20 years old.' The program shall operate a school at which any resident of this state 3 to 20 years old who is hearing impaired, and for the duration of a school term any resident of this state who is hearing impaired and becomes 21 years old during that school term, shall be received and taught free of charge if the individualized education program for the resident under s. 115.787 and the educational placement under s. 115.79 specify the school operated by the program as the appropriate placement.
2. `Residents 21 years old or older.' The state superintendent may admit to the school operated by the program a resident of the state who is hearing impaired and is 21 years of age or older prior to the beginning of a school term upon the payment of fees fixed by the state superintendent and upon the recommendation of the secretary of health and family services, the director of the technical college system, or the director of the program.
3. `Nonresidents.' A nonresident of this state, who is hearing impaired, who either is 3 to 20 years old or becomes 21 years old during a school term, whose individualized education program under
20 USC 1414 (d) and educational placement specify the school operated by the program as the appropriate placement, and who is capable of receiving instruction may be received at the school upon payment in advance of the fees fixed by the state superintendent, but no nonresident may be received to the exclusion of a resident pupil.
4. `Pupil use of residential facilities.' Except as provided in sub. (4), the director of the program shall make the residential facilities of the program available to all pupils received at the school operated by the program.
5. `School term.' The state superintendent shall fix the period of the school term at the school operated by the program at not less than 38 weeks, prescribe the school sessions, and confer diplomas upon meritorious pupils who have completed the prescribed curriculum. Pursuant to a pupil's individualized education program under s. 115.787, a pupil may be placed at the school for less than a school term.
6. `Transportation.' The program may provide transportation for resident pupils at the school operated by the program.
(b) Other statewide services. The program may do any of the following:
1. Provide evaluation services to assist local educational agencies, cooperative educational service agencies, county children with disabilities education boards, private schools, and others.
2. Provide technical assistance and consultation services to local educational agencies, cooperative educational service agencies, county children with disabilities education boards, private schools, and others.
3. Develop and disseminate curriculum and instructional materials.
4. Provide in-service and other training to teachers and other staff serving pupils who are hearing impaired.
5. Provide training, technical assistance, and consultation services for parents of children who are hearing impaired and for professionals who work with children who are hearing impaired.
6. Provide access to educational materials to children who are hearing impaired.
7. Loan books and other materials from the library described in par. (c) 2.
8. Serve as a clearinghouse for information about children who are hearing impaired.
9. Teach American sign language, and teach other subjects using American sign language, through the use of distance education technology.
10. Rent or lease technological materials and assistive technology devices, as defined in s. 115.76 (1), to local educational agencies, cooperative educational service agencies, county children with disabilities education boards, and private schools.
11. Facilitate the preparation of teachers of pupils who are hearing impaired by providing assistance to teacher preparation programs.
12. Provide other statewide services that relate to the education of children who are hearing impaired.
(c) Additional services. 1. `Birth-to-3 services.' The program may provide instruction or services, or both, for children who are under the age of 3 and are hearing impaired and their parents. The instruction or services are subject to the approval of, and shall comply with requirements established by, the department.
2. `Library.' Educational media and materials acquired by the program constitute a circulating collection for persons who are hearing impaired. The collection shall be kept at the program's facility and be under the supervision of its director. All school age children of the state who are hearing impaired may use the media and materials upon compliance with criteria established by the director of the program and approved by the state superintendent.
3. `Summer programs.' The program shall provide summer programs each year for children who are hearing impaired.
4. `Independent living skills.' With the approval of the state superintendent, the program may allow individuals to receive instruction in and practice independent living skills in state-owned housing at the program's facility in Delavan.
(d) Provision of services. In addition to providing services at the program's facility in Delavan, the program may provide services at any location in the state and may operate regional satellite facilities throughout the state to provide services.
(4) Nondiscrimination. All pupils in the program may equally and freely enjoy the benefits and privileges of the program, have the use of the library and books of instruction, and receive board, lodging, and linens, without discrimination, except that the director of the program may determine that board, lodging, and linens may not be provided to an individual because appropriate services are not available for that individual at the program's residential facilities.
(5) Charges. The state superintendent may charge for meals, living quarters, laundry, and other services furnished to employees of the program and their families. The state superintendent may charge for services furnished to visitors to the program's facilities and participants in training programs and institutes.
(6) Leasing of space. The state superintendent may lease space at the program's facilities in Delavan that is not required by the program to any person if the state superintendent determines that the use will not be inconsistent with the operation of the program.
(7) Audit. In the 2004-05 fiscal year, the legislative audit bureau shall perform a performance evaluation audit of the program. The bureau shall submit copies of the audit report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) by June 30, 2005.
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Section 2661m. 115.53 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.53 (2) Arrange for vocational, trade or academic training for any pupil in either the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Wisconsin School Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing qualified to take such training advantageously, in either a public school or technical college or a private business establishment in Janesville or Delavan. The public school and the technical college shall be paid the regular tuition for full-time attendance and proportionally for part-time attendance by the school district responsible for the provision of a free appropriate public education under subch. V.
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Section 2661p. 115.53 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.53 (3) (a) Arrange for otological or ophthalmic examination of any pupil or prospective pupil of the Wisconsin School Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The examination shall be paid for from the appropriation in s. 20.255 (1) (b), (gh) or (gs).
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Section 2661r. 115.53 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.53 (4) Apply to the board of directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority for admission to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics of any pupil at the school operated by the Wisconsin School Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
(a) The application shall be accompanied by the report of a physician appointed by the superintendent director of the Wisconsin School
Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or the director of the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired and shall be in the same form as reports of other physicians for admission of patients to such hospital.
(b) The net cost of hospital treatment shall be at the rate established under s. 233.40 (1) and shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (b), (gh) or (gs) if the patient is a pupil at the school operated by the Wisconsin School Educational Services Program for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing or from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (b), (gh), (gL) or (gs) if the patient is a pupil at the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The state superintendent likewise may authorize payment for the expense of transporting patients to and from the hospital. The state superintendent shall make payments for the treatment to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. Funds collected by the state superintendent on account of the hospitalization shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (gh) for the school or center concerned.
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Section 2661t. 115.53 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.53 (5) Arrange for visits by members of the staff of either the Wisconsin School Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired to other public schools or to families of deaf children
who are hearing impaired or children who are visually impaired, whenever it appears to the state superintendent that such visits will be of advantage to such children.
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Section 2662g. 115.54 of the statutes is amended to read:
115.54 Compulsory education. If it appears, by affidavit, to any circuit judge that any deaf child
who is either hearing impaired or child who is visually impaired and who is between the ages of 6 and 21 is deprived of a suitable education by the failure of the person having the care and custody of the child to provide a suitable education, the judge shall order the person to bring the child before the judge. If the material allegations of the affidavit are denied, the judge shall subpoena witnesses and hear testimony. If the allegations are admitted or established, the judge may order the child sent to the school operated by the Wisconsin School Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or to some class or other school for instruction, but the order may not make a direct charge for the class or school against any county.
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Section 2666m. 115.817 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
115.817 (5) (b) 1. At the close of each fiscal year, the board shall employ a licensed certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 to audit its accounts and certify the audit. The cost of the audit shall be paid from board funds.
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Section 2667. 115.88 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.88 (2) Transportation aid. If upon receipt of the plan under s. 115.77 (4) the state superintendent is satisfied that the transportation of children with disabilities has been maintained during the preceding year in accordance with the law, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of each county, cooperative educational service agency, or school district transporting such pupils an amount equal to the amount expended for such transportation as costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriations appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b) and (br). Pupils for whom aid is paid under this subsection shall not be eligible for aid under s. 121.58 (2) or (4). This subsection applies to any child with a disability who requires special assistance in transportation, including any such child attending regular classes who requires special or additional transportation. This subsection does not apply to any child with a disability attending regular or special classes who does not require any special or additional transportation.
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Section 2670m. 118.019 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.019 (2) Subjects. (intro.) A school board may provide an instructional program in human growth and development in grades kindergarten to 12. If provided, the program shall offer information and instruction appropriate to each grade level and the age and level of maturity of the pupils. The Except as provided in sub. (2m), the program may include instruction in any of the following areas:
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Section 2670p. 118.019 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.019 (2) (e) Human sexuality; reproduction; family planning, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (a), including natural family planning; human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; prenatal development; childbirth; adoption; available prenatal and postnatal support; and male and female responsibility.
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Section 2670q. 118.019 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
118.019 (2m) Marriage and parental responsibility. If a school board provides instruction in any of the areas under sub. (2) (e), the school board shall also provide instruction in marriage and parental responsibility.
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Section 2671m. 118.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.02 (2) February 12, Abraham Lincoln's birthday.
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Section 2671n. 118.02 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.02 (4) February 22, George Washington's birthday.
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Section 2671p. 118.02 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.02 (12) October 12, Christopher Columbus' birthday.
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Section 2671q. 118.02 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.02 (13) November 11,Veterans Day.
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Section 2671r. 118.02 (17) of the statutes is created to read:
118.02 (17) April 19, Patriots' Day.
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Section 2672m. 118.025 of the statutes is amended to read:
118.025 Arbor day observance. A school principal may request one free tree provided from state forest nurseries by the department of natural resources
forestry under s. 28.06 for each 4th grade pupil in the school for planting in conjunction with an annual observance and celebration of arbor day.
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Section 2673m. 118.035 of the statutes is created to read:
118.035 School uniforms. (1) In this section, "school" means a public school and includes a charter school other than a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r).
(2) A school board may adopt a policy that requires all pupils enrolled in school in the school district, or all pupils enrolled in one or more schools in the school district, to wear a uniform while in school or while under the supervision of a school authority.
(3) If a school board adopts a policy under sub. (2), it shall do all of the following:
(a) Establish a method whereby the parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a school in which the policy is in effect may exempt his or her child from complying with the policy.
(b) Ensure that no pupil is penalized academically or otherwise discriminated against because the pupil's parent or guardian has chosen to exempt the pupil from complying with the policy.
(c) Notify each parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a school in which the policy will be implemented of the policy at least 3 months before the school board implements the policy.
(d) Assist economically disadvantaged pupils to obtain the uniforms.
(4) The requirements under sub. (3) do not apply to any school board that has in effect on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], a school uniform policy for pupils enrolled in a school in the school district and has had such a policy in effect continuously since that date.
(5) By July 1, 2005, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3). The report shall address all of the following issues relating to the imposition of school uniforms by school boards:
(a) Methods of encouraging the involvement of the parents or guardians of pupils enrolled in a school district in a school board's decision to require school uniforms.
(b) The ability of pupils to obtain the uniforms.
(c) The effect of the imposition of the requirement on crime in the school, including weapons possession, assault, battery, and vandalism, and on pupil suspensions and expulsions.
(6) Nothing in this section affects the authority of a school board to require pupils to wear uniforms for extracurricular activities, and the provisions of sub. (3) do not apply to such a requirement.
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Section 2673p. 118.045 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.045 (3) A school board may commence the school term before September 1 in any school year if it holds a public hearing on the issue and adopts a resolution to that effect in that school year the school board requests the department to allow it to commence the school term before September 1 and the school board includes reasons with its request. The department may grant a request only if it determines that there are extraordinary reasons for granting it. The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this subsection.
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Section 2674d. 118.06 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.06 (title) Flag and, pledge of allegiance, and national anthem.
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Section 2674j. 118.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.06 (2) Every public and private school shall offer the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem in grades one to 8 at the beginning of 12 each school at least one day per week. Every private school shall offer the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem in grades one to 12 each school day unless the governing body of the private school determines that the requirement conflicts with the school's religious doctrines. No pupil may be compelled, against the pupil's objections or those of the pupil's parents or guardian, to recite the pledge or to sing the anthem.
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Section 2679m. 118.135 of the statutes is created to read:
118.135 Eye examinations and evaluations. (1) Beginning in the 2002-03 school year, each school board and each charter school shall request each pupil entering kindergarten to provide evidence that the pupil has had his or her eyes examined by an optometrist licensed under ch. 449 or evaluated by a physician licensed under ch. 448.
(2) A pupil who complies with a request under sub. (1) shall provide evidence of an eye examination or evaluation by December 31 following the pupil's enrollment in kindergarten. The school board or charter school shall provide pupils with the form distributed by the department of regulation and licensing under s. 440.03 (16) for that purpose.
(3) To the extent feasible, the medical examining board and the optometry examining board shall encourage physicians and optometrists, for the purpose of this section, to conduct free eye examinations or evaluations of pupils who are in financial need and do not have insurance coverage for eye examinations or evaluations.
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Section 2679t. 118.163 (1m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
118.163 (1m) (c) An order for the person to report to a youth report center after school, in the evening, on weekends, on other nonschool days, or at any other time that the person is not under immediate adult supervision, for participation in the social, behavioral, academic, community service, and other programming of the center as described in s. 938.342 (1d) (c).
