2009 WISCONSIN ACT 302
An Act to amend 6.28 (2) (c), 7.30 (2) (am), 15.377 (4) (f), 15.57 (3), 16.971 (15), 16.972 (2) (b), 16.974 (2) and (3), 16.9785, 16.99 (2g), 20.505 (1) (is), 27.01 (7) (c) 10., 28.06 (1), 29.301 (1) (a), 30.74 (1) (a), 36.11 (36m), 38.001 (3) (a), 38.04 (27), 38.14 (3) (a) and (bm), 39.41 (1) (bm), 39.41 (1m) (a) (intro.), (b), (c) 4. and 5., (e), (em), (g) and (j), 45.09 (2), 45.20 (2) (a) 1., (c) 1. and (d) 1., 46.275 (3r) (a) 3., 48.345 (12) (c), 48.355 (2) (c), 48.396 (1), 48.65 (2) (b), 48.78 (2) (b), 49.26 (1) (g) 2., 51.45 (4) (d), 103.23 (2) (intro.) and (a), 103.25 (3m) (c) and (5), 103.27 (3), 103.275 (8), 103.67 (2) (c), 103.71 (1) (b), 115.28 (7) (b) and (e) 1. and (11) (intro.), 115.28 (53), 115.34 (2), 115.341, 115.343 (1), 115.345 (7m), 115.36 (1) and (2) (a), (b) and (d) 3., 115.365 (1), (2) (a) and (b) and (3), 115.368 (1) and (2) (a) and (b), 115.42 (1) (a) 2., 115.42 (2) (a) 2., 115.52 (3) (b) 1., 115.52 (3) (b) 2., 115.52 (3) (b) 10., 115.525 (3) (b) 2., 116.01, 116.032 (1) and (3) (a) (intro.), 118.025, 118.07 (3), 118.08 (1), 118.125 (2) (n), 118.125 (4), 118.127 (2), 118.145 (3) and (4), 118.15 (1) (a), 118.15 (1) (d) 4., 118.153 (1) (b), 118.16 (2) (e), 118.255 (2), 118.257 (1) (d), 118.29 (2) (a) (intro.) and 3. and (b) and (3), 118.291 (1g) (b), 118.295, 120.18 (1) (a) 2. and (s), 121.05 (1) (a) 7., 121.76 (1) (a), 121.76 (2) (c), 121.78 (4), 125.09 (2) (a) 2., 125.68 (3) (intro.), 252.15 (1) (ab) and (2) (a) 7. a., 255.30 (4), 301.45 (1d) (c), 301.46 (4) (a) 1., 343.06 (1) (c), 343.07 (1c), 343.16 (1) (c) 3., 447.06 (2) (a) 2., 895.48 (1m) (a) (intro.), 895.515 (2), 938.34 (7d) (c), 938.34 (14t), 938.342 (1r), 938.355 (2) (c), 938.396 (1) (b) 2., 938.396 (1) (c) 3. (intro.), a., c. and d. and 4., 938.396 (2g) (m), 938.78 (2) (b), 939.632 (1) (a) and (d) 3., 944.21 (8) (b) 2., 948.095 (1) (a), 948.11 (4) (b) 2., 948.50 (2) (a), 948.61 (1) (b), 961.49 (1m) (b) 6. and 961.495; and to create 15.377 (8) (c) 14., 16.972 (1) (cm), 38.01 (9m), 39.41 (1) (br), 45.09 (1) (d), 48.02 (18m), 48.345 (12) (a) 5., 49.26 (1) (a) 2. bm., 103.21 (7), 103.64 (6), 115.001 (15m), 118.16 (2) (f), 118.162 (1) (am) and (m), 118.29 (4m), 118.291 (2) (c), 121.78 (5), 938.02 (18e), 938.34 (7d) (a) 5. and 938.396 (1) (b) 2m. of the statutes; relating to: providing benefits and protections to tribal schools and tribal school pupils and staff similar to those provided to private schools and private school pupils and staff and making an appropriation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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. 6.28 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
6.28 (2) (c) The principal of any private high school having or of any tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates high school grades that has a substantial number of students residing in a municipality may request the municipal clerk to establish registration dates when a special registration deputy will be present in the high school, or to appoint a special school registration deputy in accordance with par. (b). The clerk shall establish registration dates or appoint a special school registration deputy in the high school if the clerk determines the school to have a substantial number of students residing in the municipality.
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. 7.30 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
7.30 (2) (am) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a pupil who is 16 or 17 years of age and who is enrolled in grades 9 to 12 in a public or private school or in a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), may serve as an inspector at the polling place serving the pupil's residence, with the approval of the pupil's parent or guardian. Any pupil who has at least a 3.0 grade point average or the equivalent may serve. In addition, a school board or governing body of a private school or tribal school may establish criteria for service by a pupil who does not have at least a 3.0 grade point average or the equivalent. A pupil may serve as an inspector at a polling place under this paragraph only if at least one election official at the polling place other than the chief inspector is a qualified elector of this state. No pupil may serve as chief inspector at a polling place under this paragraph. Before appointment by any municipality of a pupil as an inspector under this paragraph, the municipal clerk shall obtain written authorization from the pupil's parent or guardian for the pupil to serve for the election for which he or she is appointed. In addition, if a pupil does not have at least a 3.0 grade point average or the equivalent, the municipal clerk shall obtain written certification from the principal of the school where the pupil is enrolled that the pupil meets any criteria established by the school board or governing body for service as an inspector. Upon appointment of a pupil to serve as an inspector, the municipal clerk shall notify the principal of the school where the pupil is enrolled of the name of the pupil and the date of the election at which the pupil has been appointed to serve.
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. 15.377 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.377 (4) (f) Representatives of private schools
and, charter schools, and tribal schools, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m).
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. 15.377 (8) (c) 14. of the statutes is created to read:
15.377 (8) (c) 14. One person licensed as a teacher and actively employed in a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), recommended by a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state that has a tribal school.
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. 15.57 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.57 (3) One representative of public schools and one representative of private schools or of tribal schools, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), appointed for 4-year terms.
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. 16.971 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.971 (15) Provide private schools and tribal schools, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), with telecommunications access under s. 16.997 and contract with telecommunications providers to provide that access.
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. 16.972 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
16.972 (1) (cm) "Qualified tribal school" means a tribal school as defined in s. 115.001 (15m).
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. 16.972 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.972 (2) (b) Except as provided in par. (a), provide such computer services and telecommunications services to local governmental units and the broadcasting corporation and provide such telecommunications services to qualified private schools, tribal schools, postsecondary institutions, museums, and zoos, as the department considers to be appropriate and as the department can efficiently and economically provide. The department may exercise this power only if in doing so it maintains the services it provides at least at the same levels that it provides prior to exercising this power and it does not increase the rates chargeable to users served prior to exercise of this power as a result of exercising this power. The department may charge local governmental units, the broadcasting corporation, and qualified private schools, tribal schools, postsecondary institutions, museums
, and zoos, for services provided to them under this paragraph in accordance with a methodology determined by the department. Use of telecommunications services by a qualified private school, tribal school, or postsecondary institution shall be subject to the same terms and conditions that apply to a municipality using the same services. The department shall prescribe eligibility requirements for qualified museums and zoos to receive telecommunications services under this paragraph.
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. 16.974 (2) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:
16.974 (2) Subject to s. 16.972 (2) (b), enter into and enforce an agreement with any agency, any authority, any unit of the federal government, any local governmental unit, or any entity in the private sector, or any tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), to provide services authorized to be provided by the department to that agency, authority, unit, or entity, or tribal school at a cost specified in the agreement.
(3) Develop or operate and maintain any system or device facilitating Internet or telephone access to information about programs of agencies, authorities, local governmental units, or entities in the private sector, or any tribal schools, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), or otherwise permitting the transaction of business by agencies, authorities, local governmental units, or entities in the private sector, or tribal schools by means of electronic communication. The department may assess executive branch agencies, other than the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, for the costs of systems or devices relating to information technology or telecommunications that are developed, operated, or maintained under this subsection in accordance with a methodology determined by the department. The department may also charge any agency, authority, local governmental unit, or entity in the private sector, or tribal school for such costs as a component of any services provided by the department to that agency, authority, local governmental unit, or entity, or tribal school.
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. 16.9785 of the statutes is amended to read:
16.9785 Purchases of computers by teachers. The department shall negotiate with private vendors to facilitate the purchase of computers and other educational technology, as defined in s. 24.60 (1r), by public and
, private, and tribal elementary and secondary school teachers for their private use. The department shall attempt to make available types of computers and other educational technology under this section that will encourage and assist teachers in becoming knowledgeable about the technology and its uses and potential uses in education.
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. 16.99 (2g) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.99 (2g) "Educational agency" means a school district, charter school sponsor, juvenile correctional facility, private school, tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, private college, public library system, public library board, public museum, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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. 20.505 (1) (is) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.505 (1) (is) Information technology and communications services; nonstate entities. From the sources specified in ss. 16.972 (2) (b) and (c), 16.974 (2) and (3), and 16.997 (2) (d), to provide computer, telecommunications, electronic communications, and supercomputer services to state authorities, units of the federal government, local governmental units, tribal schools, and entities in the private sector, the amounts in the schedule.
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. 27.01 (7) (c) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (c) 10. Any motor vehicle operated for the purpose of transporting pupils to or from curricular or extracurricular activities of a public or private school or
, a tribal school as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), or a home-based private educational program under s. 118.15 (4) or for the purpose of transporting students to or from an outdoor academic class given by an accredited college or university in this state. The operator of a motor vehicle transporting pupils or students under this subdivision shall possess and exhibit for inspection a written authorization from an administrator of the school, home-based private educational program, or college or university indicating that admission to the vehicle admission area is part of an official school, home-based private educational program, or college or university function and indicating the date for which the authorization is applicable. A separate authorization is required for each date on which the motor vehicle is admitted to the vehicle admission area under this subdivision.
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. 28.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
28.06 (1) Limitation. Only planting stock of species and sizes suitable for forest and woodlot planting and for planting by school pupils, including pupils at a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), to celebrate arbor day under s. 118.025 shall be produced in state forest nurseries. The department may employ labor at prevailing local wages for nursery operation or reforestation.
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. 29.301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
29.301 (1) (a) In this subsection, "school" means a public or private elementary or secondary school, including a charter school, a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), or a technical college.
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. 30.74 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.74 (1) (a) The department shall create comprehensive courses on boating safety and operation. These courses shall be offered in cooperation with schools, including tribal schools, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), private clubs and organizations, and may be offered by the department in areas where requested and where other sponsorship is unavailable. The department shall issue certificates to persons 10 years of age or older successfully completing such courses. The department shall prescribe the course content and the form of the certificate.
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. 36.11 (36m) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.11 (36m) School safety research. The board shall direct the schools of education and other appropriate research-oriented departments within the system, to work with the technical college system board under s. 38.04 (27), school districts, private schools, tribal schools, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), and the department of public instruction to present to school districts and, private schools, and tribal schools the results of research on models for and approaches to improving school safety and reducing discipline problems in schools and at school activities.
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. 38.001 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.001 (3) (a) 1. Contract with secondary schools, including tribal schools, to provide educational opportunities for high school age students in order to enhance their potential for benefiting from postsecondary education and for obtaining employment.
2. Coordinate and cooperate with secondary schools, including tribal schools, to facilitate the transition of secondary school students into postsecondary technical college education through curriculum articulation and collaboration.
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. 38.01 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
38.01 (9m) "Tribal school" has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (15m).
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. 38.04 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.04 (27) School safety. The board shall work with schools of education and other departments of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 36.11 (36m), school districts, private schools, tribal schools, and the department of public instruction to present to school districts and, private schools, and tribal schools the results of research on models for and approaches to improving school safety and reducing discipline problems in schools and at school activities.
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. 38.14 (3) (a) and (bm) of the statutes are amended to read:
38.14 (3) (a) The district board may enter into contracts to provide educational services to public and private educational institutions, tribal schools, federal and state agencies, local governmental bodies, industries, and businesses.
(bm) The district board may enter into contracts to provide fiscal and management services to public and private educational institutions, tribal schools, federal and state agencies, and local governmental units.
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. 39.41 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.41 (1) (bm) "Senior" means a pupil enrolled in the 12th grade in a public or private high school, a tribal school, the school operated by the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, or the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
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. 39.41 (1) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
39.41 (1) (br) "Tribal school" has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (15m).
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. 39.41 (1m) (a) (intro.), (b), (c) 4. and 5., (e), (em), (g) and (j) of the statutes are amended to read:
39.41 (1m) (a) (intro.) Subject to par. (d), by February 15 of each school year, the school board of each school district operating one or more high schools and the governing body of each private high school and of each tribal high school shall:
(b) By February 15 of each school year, the school board of each school district operating one or more high schools and the governing body of each private high school and of each tribal high school may, for each high school with an enrollment of less than 80 pupils, nominate the senior with the highest grade point average in all subjects who may be designated as a scholar by the executive secretary under par. (c) 3.
(c) 4. For each public or, private, or tribal high school with an enrollment of at least 80 pupils, notify the school board of the school district operating the public high school or the governing body of the private or tribal high school of the number of scholars to be designated under par. (a).
5. For each public or, private, or tribal high school with an enrollment of less than 80 pupils, notify the school board of the school district operating the public high school or the governing body of the private or tribal high school that the school board or governing body may nominate a senior under par. (b) who may be designated as a scholar by the executive secretary.
(e) Except as provided under par. (em), if 2 or more seniors from the same high school of less than 80 pupils have the same grade point average and, except for the limitation of one nominated senior, are otherwise eligible for nomination under par. (b), the faculty of the high school shall select the senior who may be nominated by the school board of the school district operating the public high school or the governing body of the private or tribal high school for designation under par. (b) as a scholar by the executive secretary. If that senior is designated as a scholar by the executive secretary and does not qualify for a higher education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), faculty of the high school shall select one or more of the remaining seniors with the same grade point average for certification as a scholar and the school board of the school district operating the high school or the governing body of the private or tribal high school shall certify to the board one or more of these seniors as eligible for a higher education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the scholarship may be awarded by the board.
(em) If the high school weights different courses differently to determine a pupil's grade point average, and the senior designated as a scholar by the executive secretary under par. (e) does not qualify for a higher education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), the faculty of the high school shall select one senior with the same grade point average for certification as a scholar, or, if there is no senior with the same grade point average, one senior with the next highest grade point average for certification as a scholar, and the school board of the school district operating the high school or the governing body of the private or tribal high school shall certify to the board the selected senior as eligible for a higher education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the scholarship may be awarded by the board.
(g) Notwithstanding par. (a), if a high school of at least 80 pupils closes or merges in the 1991-92 school year or in any school year thereafter, the school board of the school district operating the high school or the governing body of the private or tribal high school shall, subject to par. (d), for each of the 2 school years following the closure or merger, designate the same number of scholars from among the pupils enrolled in the high school at the time of closure or merger as the number of scholars designated for that high school in the school year the high school closed or merged. Any seniors designated under this paragraph shall be eligible for an original scholarship under this section.
(j) In the event that 2 or more seniors from the same high school of at least 80 pupils have the same grade point average and are otherwise eligible for designation under par. (a), the school board of the school district operating the high school or the governing body of the private or tribal high school shall make the designation of the faculty of the high school for purposes of par. (d) or (i).
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. 45.09 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
45.09 (1) (d) "Tribal school" has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (15m).
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. 45.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.09 (2) Subject to sub. (3), the department shall award a certificate of achievement and appreciation to any veteran who completes 20 hours of volunteer service in a public or, private, or tribal school during a school term.
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. 45.20 (2) (a) 1., (c) 1. and (d) 1. of the statutes are amended to read:
45.20 (2) (a) 1. The department shall administer a tuition reimbursement program for eligible veterans enrolling as undergraduates in any institution of higher education in this state, enrolling in a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), enrolling in a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50, enrolling in a public or private high school, enrolling in a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.011 (15m), in any grade from 9 to 12, or receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47.
(c) 1. A veteran who meets the eligibility requirements under par. (b) 1. may be reimbursed upon satisfactory completion of an undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education in this state, or upon satisfactory completion of a course at any school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), any proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50, any public or private high school, any tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or any institution from which the veteran receives a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47. Except as provided in par. (e), the amount of reimbursement may not exceed the total cost of the veteran's tuition minus any grants or scholarships that the veteran receives specifically for the payment of the tuition, or, if the tuition is for an undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education, the standard cost of tuition for a state resident for an equivalent undergraduate semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whichever is less.
(d) 1. A veteran's eligibility for reimbursement under this subsection at any institution of higher education in this state, at a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), at a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50, at a public or private high school, at a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or at an institution where he or she is receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47 is limited to the following:
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. 46.275 (3r) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
46.275 (3r) (a) 3. The person will be relocated into the home of the person's parent or guardian and will be receiving state monitoring of the relocation and services provided by a public or private school or a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m).
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. 48.02 (18m) of the statutes is created to read:
48.02 (18m) "Tribal school" has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (15m).
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. 48.345 (12) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
48.345 (12) (a) 5. Pursuant to a contractual agreement with the school district in which the child resides, an educational program provided by a tribal school.
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. 48.345 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
