AB96: Bill Text

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Assembly BILL 96

February 6, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Rhoades, Gronemus, Kestell, Huebsch, Gundrum, M. Lehman, Duff, Ainsworth, Ladwig, Albers, Krawczyk, Loeffelholz, Friske, Kedzie, Urban, McCormick, Jeskewitz, Olsen, Gunderson, Hundertmark, Owens, Williams, Grothman, D. Meyer, La Fave, Pettis, Nass, Vrakas, Powers and Leibham, cosponsored by Senators Darling, Roessler, Zien and Schultz. Referred to Committee on Children and Families.

AB96,1,2 An Act to renumber and amend 118.25 (3); and to create 118.25 (3) (b) of the statutes; relating to: physical health examinations of pupils.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, in a county with a population of less than 500,000, a school board may require periodic health examinations of pupils by physicians. This bill allows a school board to require that a pupil be examined by a physician only if the school board provides a schedule of examinations to the pupil's parent or guardian at the beginning of each school year and obtains the written consent of the pupil's parent or guardian for a specific examination. The school board may conduct an additional examination if it provides the pupil's parent or guardian with a revised schedule and obtains the written consent of the pupil's parent or guardian to conduct the additional examination.

For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB96, s. 1 Section 1. 118.25 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 118.25 (3) (a) and amended to read:

AB96,2,6 118.25 (3) (a) In Subject to par. (b), in counties having a population of less than 500,000, the school board may require periodic health examinations of pupils by physicians a pupil to be periodically examined by a physician, under the supervision of a local health departments department and the department of health and family services, and. The school board may pay the cost of the examinations out of school district funds.

AB96, s. 2 Section 2. 118.25 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB96,2,18 118.25 (3) (b) Annually, before the start of the school term, a school board that wishes to examine a pupil under par. (a) shall provide the adult pupil or the parent or guardian of a minor pupil with a schedule of the number and dates of the examinations that the school board plans to conduct during the school year and a detailed description of the nature of each examination. The school board may not conduct any examination for which the adult pupil or the parent or guardian of a minor pupil has not consented in writing. The school board may conduct an examination in addition to those on the schedule if the school board provides the adult pupil or the parent or guardian of a minor pupil with a revised schedule and obtains the written consent of the adult pupil or the parent or guardian of a minor pupil to conduct the additional examination.

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