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115.28
(7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of
5applicants and granting and revocation of licenses
or certificates under par. (a), the
6state superintendent shall grant
certificates and licenses to teachers in private
7schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such
8certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private,
9or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license
or certificate unless the
10state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the
11applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the
12applicant's teaching therein.
Private Except as provided in ss. 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. and
13119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private schools are not obligated to employ only licensed or
14certified teachers.".
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Section 3247m. 118.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.19
(1) Except as provided in s. 118.40 (8) (b) 2., any person seeking to teach
7in a public school, including a charter school,
in a private school participating in a
8parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, or in a school or institution
9operated by a county or the state shall first procure a license or permit from the
10department.".
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9"
Section 3264m. 118.30 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.30
(6) A school board and an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40
11(2r)
or (2x) is not required to administer the 4th and 8th grade examinations adopted
12or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) if the school board or the
13operator of the charter school administers its own 4th and 8th grade examinations,
14the school board or operator of the charter school provides the state superintendent
15with statistical correlations of those examinations with the examinations adopted or
16approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1), and the federal department of
17education approves.".
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3"
Section 3266an. 118.305 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.305
(3) (e) It does not constitute corporal punishment, as defined in s.
5118.31 (1)
(a).
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6Section 3266ao. 118.31 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.31 (1) (intro.)
7and amended to read:
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118.31
(1) (intro.) In this section
, "
corporal:
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9(a) "Corporal punishment" means the intentional infliction of physical pain
10which is used as a means of discipline. "Corporal punishment" includes, but is not
11limited to, paddling, slapping or prolonged maintenance of physically painful
12positions, when used as a means of discipline. "Corporal punishment" does not
13include actions consistent with an individualized education program developed
14under s. 115.787 or reasonable physical activities associated with athletic training.
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15Section 3266ap. 118.31 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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118.31
(1) (b) "Private school" means a private school, as defined in s. 115.001
17(3r), that is participating in any parental choice program under ss. 118.60 and
18119.23.
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19Section 3266aq. 118.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.31
(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), no official, employee
, or agent of a
21school board
or of a private school may subject a pupil enrolled in the school district
22or in the private school to corporal punishment.
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23Section 3266ar. 118.31 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1118.31
(3) (intro.) Subsection (2) does not prohibit an official, employee
, or
2agent of a school board
or of a private school from:
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3Section 3266as. 118.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.31
(4) Each school board
and each private school shall adopt a policy that
5allows any official, employee
, or agent of the school board
or private school to use
6reasonable and necessary force for the purposes of sub. (3) (a) to (h). In determining
7whether or not
a person an official, employee, or agent of a school board or of a private
8school was acting within the exceptions in sub. (3), deference shall be given to
9reasonable, good faith judgments made by
an
the official, employee
, or agent
of a
10school board.
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11Section 3266at. 118.31 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.31
(5) Except as provided in s. 939.61 (1), this section does not create a
13separate basis for civil liability of a school board
or of a private school or
their
14officials, employees or agents of an official, employee, or agent of the school board or
15private school for damages arising out of claims involving allegations of improper or
16unnecessary use of force by
a school
employees official, employee, or agent against
17students a pupil.
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18Section 3266au. 118.31 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.31
(6) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, permit
, or otherwise affect any
20action taken by an official, employee
, or agent of a school board
or private school with
21regard to a person who is not a pupil enrolled in the school district
or in the private
22school.".