Wisconsin Legislature: School

Teacher licensure renewal requirements revised; periodic background check responsibility transferred from DPI to school board [Sec. 1462, 1463, 1474, 1475, 1509-1519, 1525, 1623; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, lifetime license and administrator license and pupil services license provisions added, transfer of background check responsibility removed, 1506n, 1512d-t, deletes 1513-1515, 1623] - AB64

Teacher rights and protections re certain pupil behaviors; DPI and law enforcement duties, civil liability immunity, and records and reporting provisions - AB693

Teacher rights and protections re certain pupil behaviors; DPI and law enforcement duties, civil liability immunity, and records and reporting provisions - SB821

Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin: annual conference requirement eliminated [Sec. 174, 439] - AB64

Technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin: annual conference requirement eliminated [Sec. 174, 439] - SB30

Text message-based intervention pilot program for higher education aimed at college-intending high school seniors: DCF and DPI to cooperate on grant program [Sec. 393, 771; original bill only] - AB64

Text message-based intervention pilot program for higher education aimed at college-intending high school seniors: DCF and DPI to cooperate on grant program [Sec. 393, 771] - SB30

Timing of state aid payments to school districts and payments to independent charter schools and private schools participating in a choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program changed - AB471

Timing of state aid payments to school districts and payments to independent charter schools and private schools participating in a choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program changed - SB383

UW Flexible Options platform expanded; assistance becoming a registered nurse and preparing for initial teaching license and permits required [Sec. 9148 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, nursing provision removed, teaching license provision changed to teacher residency program between a UW school of education and a school district, 9148 (2p)] - AB64

Virtual charter school funding study: DPI to conduct and report to JCF [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9135 (1t)] - AB64

Virtual charter school: pupil may not begin attending with 4 or more unexcused absences from school [Sec. 1534; original bill only] - AB64

Virtual charter school: pupil may not begin attending with 4 or more unexcused absences from school [Sec. 1534] - SB30

Youth membership organizations identified as patriotic societies under federal law: school principal required to allow representative to speak to pupils - SB786

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program repealed and SAGE reinstated and expanded; parental choice programs (Milwaukee, Racine, and statewide), and the Special Needs Scholarship Program phased out - AB452

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program repealed and SAGE reinstated and expanded; parental choice programs (Milwaukee, Racine, and statewide), and the Special Needs Scholarship Program phased out - SB364

Background checks of teachers and administrators of private schools participating in a parental choice program [Sec. 1593, 1613; original bill only] - AB64

Background checks of teachers and administrators of private schools participating in a parental choice program [Sec. 1593, 1613] - SB30

Class space determinations modified re open enrollment [Sec. 1535; original bill only] - AB64

Class space determinations modified re open enrollment [Sec. 1535] - SB30

DPI cannot require certain private schools participating in a parental choice program to submit an annual operating budget [Sec. 1592, 1594, 1612, 1614; original bill only] - AB64

DPI cannot require certain private schools participating in a parental choice program to submit an annual operating budget [Sec. 1592, 1594, 1612, 1614] - SB30

DPI to make payments to schools that increase spending on school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and nurses - AB1054

Driver education courses: DPI to reimburse school districts, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in parental choice programs; conditions set - AB1036

Dual enrollment programs in high schools: Office of Educational Opportunity in UW System to award grants to high school teachers in meeting minimal qualifications; sunset provision - AB851

Dual enrollment programs in high schools: Office of Educational Opportunity in UW System to award grants to high school teachers in meeting minimal qualifications; sunset provision [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, HEAB to award grants, private, nonprofit colleges added; S.Amdt.1: DPI issuance of lifetime licenses revised] - SB711

Early College Credit Program: excluding certain college-level courses offered to high school pupils [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, private and tribal school provisions added; A.Amdt.1: teacher certification provisions revised] - AB805

Early College Credit Program: excluding certain college-level courses offered to high school pupils - SB677

Individualized education program (IEP) team for pupil attending public school in nonresident school district: requirement to include person from pupil's resident school board eliminated [Sec. 1485; original bill only] - AB64

Individualized education program (IEP) team for pupil attending public school in nonresident school district: requirement to include person from pupil's resident school board eliminated [Sec. 1485] - SB30

MPCP, Racine Parental Choice Program, and statewide parental choice program changes [Sec. 1577-1580, 1582, 1584-1591, 1595-1598, 1602, 1604-1611, 1615-1618; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 1580, 1584-1591, 1595-1598, 1602, 1604-1611, 1615-1618] - AB64

MPCP, Racine Parental Choice Program, and statewide parental choice program changes [Sec. 1577-1580, 1582, 1584-1591, 1595-1598, 1602, 1604-1611, 1615-1618] - SB30

MPCP, Racine Parental Choice Program, statewide parental choice program, and Special Needs Scholarship Program changes - AB383

MPCP, Racine Parental Choice Program, statewide parental choice program, and Special Needs Scholarship Program changes [S.Amdt.3: financial audit provisions modified] - SB293

MPS summer school grant program [Sec. 215, 1601] - SB30

Open enrollment aid: process for which the transfer amount for a child with a disability can be adjusted [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 208v, 1483m, 1485m, 1534s-1535h, j-v, 1640cm, 1641p] - AB64

Open enrollment aid transfer amount [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1535ig, im] - AB64

Open enrollment program expired provision eliminated; 2017 WisAct 107 tuberculosis screening requirement correction; expired or outdated DPI reporting requirements eliminated (remedial legislation) [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, Office of School Safety created in DOJ, school safety plan provisions including on-site assessment by law enforcement and annual drills, mandatory reporting of threats of violence, DOJ grants for school safety, reports and penalty provisions] - AB843

Open enrollment program expired provision eliminated; 2017 WisAct 107 tuberculosis screening requirement correction; expired or outdated DPI reporting requirements eliminated (remedial legislation) - SB718

Open enrollment (remedial legislation) - AB11

Parental choice program: criminal penalties re false statement on application, concealing events to fraudulently participate, or unauthorized use of payments; DOJ and DA duties - AB493

Parental choice program: family income does not need to be verified under certain condition [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1580g, 1598at, 1602d, 9335 (4d)] - AB64

Parental choice programs: pupils may not attend and private schools may not participate in 2020-21 school year unless they attended or participated in the 2019-20 school year; Special Needs Scholarship Program sunsetted - AB968

Private schools participating in a parental choice program must have been in operation for at least two school years and maximum percentage of enrollment from the program set; exceptions provision - AB980

Property tax bill required to include certain information re state aid reductions to school districts - AB267

Property tax bill required to include certain information re state aid reductions to school districts - SB183

Pupil examination required by state or federal law, grades 3 to 12: parent or guardian may request their pupil be excused; civics test exemption - AB304

Pupil examination required by state or federal law, grades 3 to 12: parent or guardian may request their pupil be excused; civics test exemption - SB234

Racine and statewide parental choice program attendance criteria when a non-participating private school shares a governing body with a participating private school [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1580k, 1598b] - AB64

Reduction of state aid payments to school districts re pupils participating in the Racine or statewide parental choice program: DPI prohibited from making certain reductions until electors have approved the reduction via referendum - AB315

Reduction of state aid payments to school districts re pupils participating in the Racine or statewide parental choice program: DPI prohibited from making certain reductions until electors have approved the reduction via referendum - SB227

School Choice Week: January 21-27, 2018 declared as - AJR99

School Choice Week: January 21-27, 2018 declared as - SJR94

School mental health program aids: DPI to award re hiring and retaining social workers [Sec. 211, 1470, 1599; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, private school participating in a parental choice program added] - AB64

School performance incentive program created for MPS; DPI and DOA duties [Sec. 213, 214, 1620; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, incentive program replaced with improvement grants and eligibility expanded, accountability report provisions, 1473k, deletes 213, 1620] - AB64

Special Needs Scholarship Program eligibility: prior year open enrollment and prior year public school enrollment requirements repealed [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1486c, em, 9335 (5d)] - AB64

Statewide parental choice program: pupil who attended school in another state is eligible to attend [Sec. 1581; original bill only] - AB64

Statewide parental choice program: pupil who attended school in another state is eligible to attend [Sec. 1581] - SB30

Statewide private school choice program: additional prior year attendance criterion [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1580p] - AB64

Summary of pupil assessment examinations: school board, independent charter school operator, and opportunity school managing entity required to provide to parent or guardian on annual basis; private school participating in a parental choice program provision - AB300

Summary of pupil assessment examinations: school board, independent charter school operator, and opportunity school managing entity required to provide to parent or guardian on annual basis; private school participating in a parental choice program provision - SB222

Summer school: prorated payment to private school participating in school choice program if pupil attends for at least 15 days [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1598c-e, 1619m-s, 9335 (3p)] - AB64

Teacher rights and protections re certain pupil behaviors; DPI and law enforcement duties, civil liability immunity, and records and reporting provisions - AB693

Teacher rights and protections re certain pupil behaviors; DPI and law enforcement duties, civil liability immunity, and records and reporting provisions - SB821

Timing of state aid payments to school districts and payments to independent charter schools and private schools participating in a choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program changed - AB471

Timing of state aid payments to school districts and payments to independent charter schools and private schools participating in a choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program changed - SB383

Virtual charter school: pupil may not begin attending with 4 or more unexcused absences from school [Sec. 1534; original bill only] - AB64

Virtual charter school: pupil may not begin attending with 4 or more unexcused absences from school [Sec. 1534] - SB30

Youth membership organizations identified as patriotic societies under federal law: school principal required to allow representative to speak to pupils - SB786

Youth Options Program modified and renamed Early College Credit Program; part-time Open Enrollment Program restored with some exceptions [Sec. 209, 210, 400, 599, 629, 630, 631, 633, 642, 1396, 1465, 1471, 1473, 1536-1576, 1635; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, private schools may participate and conditions set, DPI duties, 1554d-p, 1556m, 1560g, r, 1561m, 1564m, 1566g, r, 1570b-y, 1572m, 9135 (1p), 9435 (1p), (1q), deletes 599, 642, 1555, 1557, 1562, 1570] - AB64

Youth Options Program modified and renamed Early College Credit Program; part-time Open Enrollment Program restored with some exceptions [Sec. 209, 210, 400, 599, 629-631, 633, 642, 1396, 1465, 1471, 1473, 1536-1576, 1635] - SB30

Chronic absenteeism in schools and public benefits: DCF, DPI, DHS, and DWD to collaborate on a report [Sec. 9152 (1)] - AB64

Chronic absenteeism in schools and public benefits: DCF, DPI, DHS, and DWD to collaborate on a report [Sec. 9152 (1)] - SB30

Early absenteeism pilot program: DCF to award grants to public elementary schools for reducing chronic absenteeism [Sec. 844, 917; original bill only] - AB64

Early absenteeism pilot program: DCF to award grants to public elementary schools for reducing chronic absenteeism [Sec. 844, 917] - SB30

Learnfare program: school attendance requirement re habitual truancy - AB240

Learnfare program: school attendance requirement re habitual truancy [Sec. 922, 923] - AB64

Learnfare program: school attendance requirement re habitual truancy [Sec. 922, 923] - SB30

Pupil with extended absence from school: school attendance officer required to direct pupil services professional to determine if child should be referred for disability evaluation; notification to parent or guardian re requesting a disability evaluation - AB700

Pupil with extended absence from school: school attendance officer required to direct pupil services professional to determine if child should be referred for disability evaluation; notification to parent or guardian re requesting a disability evaluation - SB556

Truant pupil: school attendance officer permitted to notify parent or guardian by electronic communication - AB341

Truant pupil: school attendance officer permitted to notify parent or guardian by electronic communication [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1506m] - AB64

Truant pupil: school attendance officer permitted to notify parent or guardian by electronic communication - SB252

Child care programs established or contracted for by school boards with Wisconsin Shares funding: DCF oversight [Sec. 785, 834, 1625] - AB64

Child care programs established or contracted for by school boards with Wisconsin Shares funding: DCF oversight [Sec. 785, 834, 1625] - SB30

Child sexual abuse prevention policy and instructional program for kindergarten through sixth grade: DPI to develop and school boards required to adopt DPI program or their own policy and program - AB535