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(1m) (b) (intro.) If the state superintendent
does any of the following 7determines that a contested case hearing is not necessary, the state superintendent
8shall notify the school district resident who filed the complaint under sub. (1) and the
9school board of his or her decision in writing
: 1. Determines that a contested case
10hearing is not necessary. A decision under this subdivision is subject to judicial
11review under ch. 227.
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10. 118.134 (1m) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
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11. 118.134 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.134 (2) and
14amended to read:
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(2) Except as provided in par. (b), at At the hearing, the school
board 16district resident who filed the complaint under sub. (1) has the burden of proving by
17clear and convincing evidence that the use of the race-based nickname, logo, mascot,
18or team name
does not promote promotes discrimination, pupil harassment, or
19stereotyping, as defined by the state superintendent by rule.
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12. 118.134 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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13. 118.134 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (a) The
state superintendent division of hearings and appeals shall
23issue a decision and order within 45 days after the hearing. If the
state
24superintendent division of hearings and appeals finds that the use of the race-based
25nickname, logo, mascot, or team name does not promote discrimination, pupil
1harassment, or stereotyping, the
state superintendent division of hearings and
2appeals shall dismiss the complaint. Except as provided in pars. (b) and (d), if the
3state superintendent division of hearings and appeals finds that the use of the
4race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name promotes discrimination, pupil
5harassment, or stereotyping, the
state superintendent
division of hearings and
6appeals shall order the school board to terminate its use of the race-based nickname,
7logo, mascot, or team name within 12 months after issuance of the order.
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14. 118.134 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (b) 2. a. If, at the hearing under sub. (2) or after a decision and order
10have been issued under par. (a), the school board presents evidence to the
state
11superintendent division of hearings and appeals that extenuating circumstances
12render full compliance with the decision and order within 12 months after the
13issuance of that decision and order impossible or impracticable, the
state
14superintendent division of hearings and appeals may issue an order to extend the
15time within which the school board must terminate its use of the race-based
16nickname, logo, mascot, or team name. Except as provided in subd. 2. b., the
17extension may not exceed 24 months and shall apply only to those portions of the
18decision and order to which extenuating circumstances apply.
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b. The
state superintendent division of hearings and appeals may extend the
20time granted to a school board under subd. 2. a. if the school board presents evidence
21to the
state superintendent division of hearings and appeals that compliance with
22a portion of the decision and order issued under par. (a) may be accomplished through
23a regularly scheduled maintenance program and that the cost of compliance with
24that portion of the decision and order exceeds $5,000. The extension granted under
25this subd. 2. b. may not exceed 96 months and applies only to that portion of the
1decision and order with which compliance will be accomplished through the
2regularly scheduled maintenance program and that costs more than $5,000.
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15. 118.134 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (c) Decisions
of the state superintendent under this subsection are
5subject to judicial review under ch. 227.
The venue for a proceeding to review a
6decision under this section is the circuit court in any county in which territory of the
7school district is located.
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16. 118.134 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(3) (d) No school district
is required
by to comply with a decision and
10order issued under this subsection
on or before
July 1, 2011 the effective date of this
11paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], to terminate the use of a race-based nickname,
12logo, mascot, or team name
shall be required to comply with the terms of that decision
13and order until January 15, 2013.
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17. 118.134 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
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(3r) A school district may not be a member of an interscholastic
16athletic association that prohibits the use of a nickname, logo, mascot, or team name
17on the basis that the nickname, logo, mascot, or team name is race-based unless the
18use of the nickname, logo, mascot, or team name violates a decision and order issued
19under sub. (3) on or after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date].
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18. 118.134 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 118.134 (4) (a) and
21amended to read:
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(4) (a)
The Except as provided in par. (b), the state superintendent
23shall promulgate rules necessary to implement and administer this section.
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19. 118.134 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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(4) (b) The state superintendent may not promulgate a rule that
2creates a presumption that a nickname, logo, mascot, or team name is race-based
3or promotes discrimination, pupil harassment, or stereotyping.
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20. 118.134 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(5) Any school board that uses a race-based nickname, logo, mascot,
6or team name in violation of sub. (3) shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than
7$1,000. Each day of use of the race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name in
8violation of sub. (3) constitutes a separate violation.
The state superintendent may
9not assess or collect a forfeiture under this subsection for a use that violates a
10decision and order issued under sub. (3) before the effective date of this subsection
11.... [LRB inserts date].
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21. 227.43 (1) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
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(1) (bd) Assign a hearing examiner to preside over any hearing of a
14contested case which is referred by the state superintendent under s. 118.134 (1).
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22. 227.43 (3) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
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(3) (br) The administrator of the division of hearings and appeals may
17set the fees to be charged for any services rendered to the department of public
18instruction by a hearing examiner under this section. The fee shall cover the total
19cost of the services less any costs covered by the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (f).
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23. 227.43 (4) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
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(4) (br) The department of public instruction shall pay all costs of the
22services of a hearing examiner, including support services, assigned under sub. (1)
23(bd), according to the fees set under sub. (3) (br).
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24.
Nonstatutory provisions.
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1(1) A complaint objecting to the use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or
2team name filed with the state superintendent of public instruction before the
3effective date of this subsection for which a decision and order has not been issued
4under section 118.134 (3) of the statutes is void.
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25.
Initial applicability.
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(1) The treatment of section 118.134 (1) (intro.), (a), and (b), (1m) (a) (intro.),
71., 2., and 3., and (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes first applies to a complaint objecting
8to the use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name filed with the state
9superintendent of public instruction on the effective date of this subsection.