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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
April 20, 2023 - Introduced by
Joint Legislative Council. Referred to Committee
on Education.
AB212,1,3
1An Act to create 120.18 (1) (cm) of the statutes;
relating to: requiring school
2districts to report information related to American Indian children attending
3school in the school district.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill is explained in the Notes provided by the Joint Legislative Council in
the bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
Joint Legislative Council prefatory note: This bill was prepared for the Joint
Legislative Council's Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations.
Under current law, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction must conduct
a statewide, biennial assessment of the need for American Indian language and culture
education programs. Various information must be included in this assessment, including
information on the numbers, ages, location, and tribal affiliation of American Indian
pupils. While certain school districts began voluntarily reporting tribal affiliation data
to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) during the 2021-2022 academic school
year, current law does not explicitly require school districts to collect this information and
report it to DPI.
Current law also requires each school district to submit an annual school district
report to DPI. This report must include various information related to the school district,
including the number of children taught in the schools of the school district, the number
of hours of direct pupil instruction provided in each school of the school district, and the
names of all teachers employed by the school district during the school year. The bill
expands the requirements of this report, requiring each school district to report the
numbers, ages, and tribal affiliation of American Indian children attending the schools
of the school district.
AB212,1
1Section
1. 120.18 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB212,2,42
120.18
(1) (cm) The numbers, ages, and tribal affiliation of American Indian
3children attending the schools of the school district during the school year. In this
4paragraph, “American Indian” has the meaning given in s. 115.71 (2).
