Wisconsin Legislature: School

Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils established; LAB duty and study required; DPI to prepare document comparing certain rights under state and federal handicapped education law - SB525

Talent incentive grants program modified re continuous enrollment - AB260

Talent incentive grants program modified re continuous enrollment - SB229

Technical Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program created - AB398

Technical Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program created [S.Amdt.1: recipients are not eligible for an Academic Excellence Higher Education Scholarship] - SB334

Tuition expenses and mandatory student fees individual income tax subtraction: phase-out range and maximum income indexed for inflation; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1301] - AB40

Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program grants revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 224e, 694g-k] - AB40

``Wisconsin higher education grants" renamed ``Wisconsin grants"; tuition grant program for private colleges established and called ``Wisconsin grants; private, nonprofit college students" - AB532

``Wisconsin higher education grants" renamed ``Wisconsin grants"; tuition grant program for private colleges established and called ``Wisconsin grants; private, nonprofit college students" - SB406

Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority (WSLRA) created; DFI duties re financial aid information; institutions of higher education required to provide student loan counseling; individual income tax subtraction for tuition and student fees revised; annual report from HEAB to JCF required re student loan debt; JSCTE appendix report - AB498

Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority (WSLRA) created; DFI duties re financial aid information; institutions of higher education required to provide student loan counseling; individual income tax subtraction for tuition and student fees revised; annual report from HEAB to JCF required re student loan debt; JSCTE appendix report - SB376

Academic and career plan for pupils in grades 6 to 12 required for public and charter schools; State Superintendent of Public Instruction and DPI duties; Youth Options Program revisions - SB49

Alternate counting date re pupils enrolled in each school district established; State Superintendent of Public Instruction duties [Sec. 1882, 1892, 1893] - AB40

Broadband expansion grant program: eligible applicant expanded to include school district, technical college district, and public library board - AB307

Charter school contract amended or new contract to allow operator to establish an additional charter school, conditions set - AB126

Charter school contract amended or new contract to allow operator to establish an additional charter school, conditions set - SB76

Charter school contract revisions re cannot impose school code that does not explicitly apply to charter schools, amount paid per pupil, and sole discretion over budget, curriculum, professional development, and hiring [Sec. 1772, 1789, 1790, 1795, 1807, 9334 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, contract provisions removed, UW--Milwaukee authority to establish expanded to adjacent counties, 1778m, 1780m, r, deletes 1772, 1789, 1790, 1795, 9334 (1)] - AB40

Charter school teaching license created [Sec. 1731] - AB40

Charter Schools Oversight Board (CSOB) created and attached to DPI [Sec. 36, 45, 1723-1727, 1730, 1770, 1771, 1773-1781, 1787, 1788, 1791-1794, 1796-1806, 1809, 1810, 1994, 2017, 9134 (1), 9334 (3), 9434 (3); original bill only] - AB40

Charter schools to be established by contract only; requirements for transfer of pupil's records when the pupil transfers schools applies to independent charter schools - AB379

Charter schools to be established by contract only; requirements for transfer of pupil's records when the pupil transfers schools applies to independent charter schools [deleted by S.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB286

Commencement of school term: prohibition on starting before September 1 eliminated - AB267

Commencement of school term: prohibition on starting before September 1 eliminated - SB228

Coverdell Education Savings Account contributions: individual income tax deduction created; JSCTE appendix report - AB121

Coverdell Education Savings Account contributions: individual income tax deduction created; JSCTE appendix report - SB111

Dahmen, Bruce: life and public service of the principal of James Madison Memorial High School in Madison commended upon his death - SJR80

Dahmen, Bruce: life and public service of the principal of James Madison Memorial High School in Madison commended upon his death - SR6

DPI provisions revised re the student information system, school and school district accountability system, low-performing schools and school districts, and charter school contracts [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, student information system provisions modified, all other provisions removed] - SB286

DPI provisions revised re the student information system, school and school district accountability system, low-performing schools and school districts, and charter school contracts - AB379

Education expenses credit created re tuition expenses at public and private elementary and secondary schools - AB195

Education expenses credit created re tuition expenses at public and private elementary and secondary schools - SB170

Educational supplies purchased by an eligible educator: state individual income tax deduction created; Internal Revenue Code re individual income tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers adopted; JSCTE appendix report - AB95

Educational supplies purchased by an eligible educator: state individual income tax deduction created; Internal Revenue Code re individual income tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers adopted; JSCTE appendix report - SB99

Educational technology grants created and administered by DOA; educational telecommunications access program re broadband services; digital learning resources for educational entities and public libraries from DPI - AB916

Educator effectiveness: certain charter schools allowed to use alternative method - AB777

Educator effectiveness: certain charter schools allowed to use alternative method [S.Amdt.2: credentialed school principal from another state may be granted an initial charter school principal license] - SB598

Educator effectiveness evaluation system: DPI may charge fee to use and award grants to implement [Sec. 227, 231, 243, 1748, 1749] - AB40

Exam to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in grades 9 and 11 required in public and charter schools and private schools participating in parental choice programs; exams offered by ACT, Inc. specified; State Superintendent of Public Instruction and DPI duties; report required - SB50

Examinations to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts expanded to grades 9 and 11; public, private, charter, and parental choice school provisions; Superintendent of Public Instruction duties [Sec. 1759-1769, 1872, 1874, 1875; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, fall session and spring session testing specified, 1760m, 1762m, 1764m, 1766m, 9434 (4L), deletes 1872, 1875] - AB40

Home-based private educational program: pupil attendance in public high school courses expanded to any public school; minimum standards and equalized aid provisions [Sec. 1756, 1828, 1858, 1878, 1881, 1889; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, counting for enrollment] - AB40

Home-based private educational program pupil must meet standards for admission to high school to attend courses in the high school - AB555

Home-based private educational program pupil must meet standards for admission to high school to attend courses in the high school [S.Amdt.1: pupils who do not meet minimum standards may attend up to 2 courses if the pupil qualifies for those courses] - SB458

Independent charter school authorizers expanded and other revisions; operating additional independent charter schools; eliminating noninstrumentality charter schools; school boards authorized to establish magnet schools; charter schools required to be operated by a governing board; alternative method of evaluating teachers and principals - AB549

Independent charter school per pupil payment amount [Sec. 244, 1744, 1782-1786; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1784m] - AB40

Local governmental units required to establish a civil service system; just cause, grievance procedure, and exception provisions - AB792

Low-performing schools and school districts: intervention by school board and DPI requirements revised; MPS, charter school, and parental choice program participating private school provisions - AB379

Low-performing schools and school districts: intervention by school board and DPI requirements revised; MPS, charter school, and parental choice program participating private school provisions [deleted by S.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB286

Parental choice programs: laws revised re family income for pupil eligibility, per pupil payments, teacher licensure, reading readiness assessments, criteria for awarding a high school diploma, corporal punishment, procedure for the expulsion of pupils, regular building inspections, release of certain data, public inspection of certain records, school must be located in this state, school operating for two years before participating in parental choice, and meetings between school's governing board and pupils, prospective pupils, and their parents - AB377

Parental choice programs: laws revised re family income for pupil eligibility, per pupil payments, teacher licensure, reading readiness assessments, criteria for awarding a high school diploma, corporal punishment, procedure for the expulsion of pupils, regular building inspections, release of certain data, public inspection of certain records, school must be located in this state, school operating for two years before participating in parental choice, and meetings between school's governing board and pupils, prospective pupils, and their parents - SB288

Parental Involvement Day: November 21, 2013 proclaimed as - SJR43

Pupil enrolled in home-based educational program: taking high school courses in residential school district and counting pupil for state aid purposes revised - AB329

Questioning pupils about criminal activity: notification to parent or guardian required unless the school official suspects child abuse or the pupil is a victim of other specified crimes - AB390

Questioning pupils about criminal activity: notification to parent or guardian required unless the school official suspects child abuse or the pupil is a victim of other specified crimes - SB309

Rural schools task force: JLC requested to establish, report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9127 (1i)] - AB40

Rural teacher grant program created in HEAB - AB817

Rural teacher grant program created in HEAB - SB622

Sale of city-owned property used for school purposes by the Milwaukee Common Council: eligible school buildings defined; sale to education operator only, conditions specified; inventory of school buildings required and Web site and attorney provisions - AB417

Sale of city-owned property used for school purposes by the Milwaukee Common Council: eligible school buildings defined; sale to education operator only, conditions specified; inventory of school buildings required and Web site and attorney provisions - SB318

Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT: designating December 14 as a day of remembrance for the 26 shooting victims - SJR42

Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT: designating December 14 as a day of remembrance for the 26 shooting victims - AJR44

School and school district accountability report: DPI to publish annually; independent charter school and parental choice participating private school provisions [Sec. 1746; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

School and school district accountability report from DPI: provisions eliminated and school and school district accountability system established for public schools, charter schools, and private schools participating in the parental choice program; DPI report and LAB audit provisions - AB379

School and school district accountability report from DPI: provisions eliminated and school and school district accountability system established for public schools, charter schools, and private schools participating in the parental choice program; DPI report and LAB audit provisions [deleted by S.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB286

School bond, promissory note, or state trust fund loan: school district notice requirements modified - AB533

School bond, promissory note, or state trust fund loan: school district notice requirements modified - SB408

School year 180 day requirement eliminated; withholding state aid for failing to provide required hours of instruction, strike by school district employees provision; state aid and revenue limit provisions for high school pupils enrolled in online summer courses, conditions specified - AB749

School year 180 day requirement eliminated; withholding state aid for failing to provide required hours of instruction, strike by school district employees provision; state aid and revenue limit provisions for high school pupils enrolled in online summer courses, conditions specified - SB589

School zone firearm prohibition: exceptions enumerated in statutes versus references to federal law; school board may contract with person, or person's employer, that allows possession of firearm in school zone - AB118

Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils established; LAB duty and study required; DPI to prepare document comparing certain rights under state and federal handicapped education law - AB682

Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils established; LAB duty and study required; DPI to prepare document comparing certain rights under state and federal handicapped education law - SB525

Spring Valley High School National Ocean Sciences Bowl Team commended for taking first place at the 12th Annual Lake Sturgeon Bowl Regional Competition - SJR16

Statewide student data system: collaboration of agencies to include DCF and DWD; work force data maintained by DWD incorporated into the system; report to DOA required [Sec. 1739-1743, 9134 (2)] - AB40

STEM grants: DPI to award to school boards and charter schools, matching fund provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 242m, 9134 (5q)] - AB40

Student information system appropriation and fee revisions [Sec. 226, 232, 236] - AB40

Student information system, disclosure of personally identifiable student data, and disclosure of pupil records: collection of data and privacy provisions; DPI duties - AB618

Student information system: include charter schools and private schools participating in a parental choice program [Sec. 1732-1734; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, JCF approval required, 1732m, deletes 1732] - AB40

Student information system software: State Superintendent of Public Instruction required to develop request-for-proposal procedures and criteria for selecting vendors; school districts may use other software if compatible - AB60

Student information system software: State Superintendent of Public Instruction required to develop request-for-proposal procedures and criteria for selecting vendors; school districts may use other software if compatible - SB54

Student information system: when independent charter schools and private schools participating in the parental choice program begin to use the system or compatible system revised; pupils attending private school but not under the parental choice program are not required to be included - AB379

Student information system: when independent charter schools and private schools participating in the parental choice program begin to use the system or compatible system revised; pupils attending private school but not under the parental choice program are not required to be included [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions; S.Amdt.1: State Superintendent may withhold payments to private schools] - SB286

Teaching online courses in public and charter schools: repeal related professional development requirement; virtual charter school provision [Sec. 1757, 1808, 1879] - AB40

Tuition expenses credit re dependents attending certain private elementary and secondary schools: refundable individual income tax credit created - AB928

Tuition expenses credit re dependents attending certain private elementary and secondary schools: refundable individual income tax credit created - SB693

Work based learning program: school boards and governing bodies of charter and private schools may create for pupils in grades 9 to 12 [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1828g, 1858p] - AB40

Academic and career plan for pupils in grades 6 to 12 required for public and charter schools; State Superintendent of Public Instruction and DPI duties; Youth Options Program revisions - SB49

Certificate of occupancy and building usage charges revisions for private schools in the parental choice program, MPCP, and Racine Parental Choice Program [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1852d, 1856r, 1867m, 1873p] - AB40

Exam to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in grades 9 and 11 required in public and charter schools and private schools participating in parental choice programs; exams offered by ACT, Inc. specified; State Superintendent of Public Instruction and DPI duties; report required - SB50