AB100-ASA1,1275,224
118.19
(9) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), beginning on July 1, 1996,
25the
department state superintendent may not issue an initial teaching license,
1school district administrator's license or school administrator's license unless the
2applicant has demonstrated competency in all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,1275,64
118.19
(9) (b) The
department state superintendent may waive the
5requirements under par. (a) if the applicant demonstrates competency in the subjects
6under par. (a) 1. to 3. within 12 months after the date on which the license is issued.
AB100-ASA1,1275,98
118.19
(10) (b) (intro.) With the assistance of the department of justice, the
9department state superintendent shall do all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,1275,1311
118.19
(10) (b) 2. Over a 5-year period, conduct a background investigation of
12each person who holds a license, issued by the
department state superintendent, that
13has no expiration date and who is employed by an educational agency.
AB100-ASA1,1275,2215
118.19
(10) (c) If the person under par. (b) is a nonresident, or if the
department 16state superintendent determines that the person's employment, licensing or state
17court records provide a reasonable basis for further investigation, the
department
18state superintendent shall require the person to be photographed and fingerprinted
19on 2 fingerprint cards, each bearing a complete set of the person's fingerprints. The
20department of justice may provide for the submission of the fingerprint cards to the
21federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of the person
22fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal arrest and conviction.
AB100-ASA1,1276,224
118.19
(10) (d) (intro.) Upon request, an educational agency shall provide the
25department state superintendent with all of the following information about each
1person employed by the educational agency who holds a license, issued by the
2department state superintendent, that has no expiration date:
AB100-ASA1,1276,64
118.19
(10) (e) The
department state superintendent may issue or renew a
5license or permit conditioned upon the receipt of a satisfactory background
6investigation.
AB100-ASA1,1276,118
118.19
(10) (f) The
department state superintendent shall keep confidential all
9information received under this subsection from the department of justice or the
10federal bureau of investigation. Such information is not subject to inspection or
11copying under s. 19.35.
AB100-ASA1,1276,1613
118.192
(1) The
department state superintendent shall establish an
14alternative teacher training program for mathematics and science teachers. The
15program shall be conducted during the summer and shall consist of approximately
16100 hours of formal instruction.
AB100-ASA1,1276,24
17(2) An individual who holds a bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics,
18biology, chemistry or physics, has at least 5 years of experience as an engineer,
19mathematician or science professional and passes the appropriate subject area
20portion of the national teacher's examination administered by the educational
21testing service, inc., in mathematics or science may apply to the
department state
22superintendent for enrollment in the alternative teacher training program. The
23department state superintendent shall charge a fee sufficient to cover the costs of the
24program.
AB100-ASA1,1277,6
1(3) The
department state superintendent shall grant a professional teaching
2permit to any person who satisfactorily completes the program under sub. (2). The
3permit authorizes the person to teach mathematics or science, as specified by the
4department state superintendent, in grades kindergarten to 12 for 2 years, if the
5person is supervised by a person who holds a regular teaching license. The permit
6is renewable.
AB100-ASA1,1277,14
9118.195 Discrimination against handicapped teachers prohibited. (1) 10No person otherwise qualified may be denied a certificate or license from the
11department state superintendent under s. 118.19 (1) because the person is totally or
12partially blind, deaf or physically handicapped nor may any school district refuse to
13employ a teacher on such grounds, if such handicapped teacher is able to carry out
14the duties of the position which the person seeks.
AB100-ASA1,1277,16
15(2) Any school board may request the
department state superintendent for
16advice and assistance in interpreting this section.
AB100-ASA1,1277,2318
118.20
(2) The
department state superintendent or a person designated by the
19state superintendent may receive and investigate complaints charging
20discrimination in employment, assignment or reassignment of teachers or
21administrative personnel in the public schools and the
department state
22superintendent or designee may hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and take
23testimony to effectuate the purposes of this section.
AB100-ASA1,1278,12
1118.20
(3) If the
department
state superintendent finds probable cause to
2believe that any discrimination prohibited by this section has been or is being
3practiced, the
department state superintendent shall immediately endeavor to
4eliminate the practice by conference, conciliation or persuasion. In case of failure to
5eliminate the discrimination, the
department state superintendent shall issue and
6serve a written notice of hearing, specifying the nature of the discrimination which
7appears to have been committed, and requiring the public school official, employe,
8teacher agency or placement bureau named, hereinafter called the "respondent" to
9answer the complaint at a hearing before the
department state superintendent. The
10notice shall specify a time of hearing not less than 10 days after service of the
11complaint, and a place of hearing within the county in which the discrimination is
12alleged to have occurred.
AB100-ASA1,1278,2514
118.20
(4) After hearing, if the
department state superintendent finds that the
15respondent has engaged in discrimination prohibited by this section the
department 16state superintendent shall make written findings and recommend such action by the
17respondent as shall satisfy the purposes of this section and shall serve a certified
18copy of the findings and recommendations on the respondent together with an order
19requiring the respondent to comply with the recommendations. Any person
20aggrieved by noncompliance with the order shall be entitled to have the order
21enforced specifically by suit in equity. If the
department state superintendent finds
22that the respondent has not engaged in the alleged discrimination, the
department 23state superintendent shall serve a certified copy of the
department's state
24superintendent's findings on the complainant together with an order dismissing the
25complaint.
AB100-ASA1,1279,102
118.20
(5) If any public school official, employe, teachers agency or placement
3bureau violates sub. (1) or fails or refuses to obey any lawful order made by the
4department state superintendent pursuant to this section, such person shall forfeit
5and pay into the state treasury not less than $25 nor more than $50, or be imprisoned
6not less than 5 nor more than 30 days. Such violation or failure or refusal to obey
7an order shall be grounds for the removal of any school district administrator,
8member of a school board or other public school official. Findings and orders of the
9department state superintendent under this section shall be subject to judicial
10review under ch. 227.
AB100-ASA1,1279,1612
118.20
(6) Upon request of the
department state superintendent, the attorney
13general or district attorney of the county in which any investigation, hearing or trial
14under this section is pending, shall aid and prosecute under supervision of the
15department state superintendent, all necessary actions or proceedings for the
16enforcement of this section and for the punishment of all violations thereof.
AB100-ASA1,1279,2018
118.20
(7) In administering this section the
department state superintendent 19shall have authority to make, amend and rescind rules necessary to carry out the
20purposes of this section.
AB100-ASA1,1280,222
118.22
(1) (b) "Teacher" means any person who holds a teacher's certificate or
23license issued by the
department state superintendent or a classification status
24under the technical college system board and whose legal employment requires such
1certificate, license or classification status, but does not include part-time teachers
2or teachers employed by any board of school directors in a city of the 1st class.
AB100-ASA1,1280,64
118.25
(6) As a condition of employment, employes of the
department state
5superintendent whose work brings them into contact with school children or with
6school employes shall have physical examinations under sub. (2).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2120
7Section
2120. 118.255 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB100-ASA1,1280,118
118.255
(3) The school board, cooperative educational service agency or county
9handicapped children's education board maintaining health treatment services shall
10report annually to the department, and at such other times as the department
11directs, such information as the department requires.
AB100-ASA1,1280,2413
118.255
(4) If the
department state superintendent is satisfied that the health
14treatment services program has been maintained during the preceding school year
15in accordance with law, the
department state superintendent shall certify to the
16department of administration in favor of each school board, cooperative educational
17service agency and county handicapped children's education board maintaining such
18health treatment services, an amount equal to 63% of the amount expended for items
19listed in s. 115.88 (1) by the school board, cooperative educational service agency and
20county handicapped children's education board during the preceding year for these
21health treatment services. The department of administration, upon such
22certification shall distribute the amounts to the appropriate school board,
23cooperative educational service agency and county handicapped children's education
24board.
AB100-ASA1,1281,3
1118.258
(2) (b) The school board shall submit a copy of the rules under sub. (1)
2to the
department state superintendent when the rule is first adopted and whenever
3the rule is amended.
AB100-ASA1,1281,8
5118.26 Claim against school district. No action may be brought or
6maintained against a school district upon a claim or cause of action unless the
7claimant complies with s. 893.80. This section does not apply to actions commenced
8under s. 19.37
or, 19.97
or 281.99.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2123
9Section
2123. 118.30 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.30 (1) (a) and
10amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1281,1311
118.30
(1) (a) The
department state superintendent shall adopt or approve
12examinations designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in
13the 4th, 8th and 10th grades.
AB100-ASA1,1281,2015
118.30
(1) (b) If the governor has issued pupil academic standards as an
16executive order, the governor shall submit the standards to the education
17committees in the senate and assembly. Upon the approval of the academic
18standards by both committees, the department shall develop a high school
19graduation examination that is designed to measure whether pupils meet the pupil
20academic standards.
AB100-ASA1,1282,222
118.30
(1g) Each school board operating high school grades shall adopt a high
23school graduation examination. If the school board has adopted the pupil academic
24standards approved by the education committees in the senate and assembly under
25sub. (1) (b), the school board may adopt the high school graduation examination
1developed by the department under sub. (1) (b). If a school board develops and adopts
2its own high school graduation examination, it shall notify the department.
AB100-ASA1,1282,54
118.30
(1m) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in this section
and in s.
5118.40 (2r) (d), annually each school board shall do all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,1282,107
118.30
(1m) (b) Administer the 10th grade examination to all pupils enrolled
8in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school
9district, in the 10th grade.
This paragraph does not apply after the 2000-01 school
10year.
AB100-ASA1,1282,1612
118.30
(1m) (d) If the school board operates high school grades, beginning in
13the 1999-2000 school year administer the high school graduation examination
14adopted by the school board under sub. (1g). The school board shall administer the
15examination at least twice each school year. The school board shall determine the
16high school grades in which the examination will be administered each school year.
AB100-ASA1,1282,2318
118.30
(2) (b) 2. According to criteria established by the
department state
19superintendent by rule, the school board may determine not to administer an
20examination under this section to a limited-English speaking pupil, as defined
21under s. 115.955 (7), may permit the pupil to be examined in his or her native
22language or may modify the format and administration of an examination for such
23pupils.
AB100-ASA1,1283,4
1118.30
(3) The
department
state superintendent shall make available upon
2request, within 90 days after the date of administration, any examination required
3to be administered under this section. This subsection does not apply while the
4examination is being developed or validated.
AB100-ASA1,1283,86
118.33
(1) (am) The
department state superintendent shall encourage school
7boards to require an additional 8.5 credits selected from any combination of
8vocational education, foreign languages, fine arts and other courses.
AB100-ASA1,1283,1410
118.33
(1) (cm) Except as provided in par. (e), beginning on September 1, 2001,
11a school board may not grant a high school diploma to any pupil unless the pupil has
12passed the high school graduation examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m)
13(d). A school board shall provide a pupil with at least 4 opportunities to take the
14examination in the high school grades.
AB100-ASA1,1283,2116
118.33
(1) (e) Each school board shall develop alternative criteria for
17evaluating a pupil who has been excused from high school graduation examination
18under s. 118.30 (2) (b) 3. A school board may grant a high school diploma to a pupil
19who has been excused from the high school graduation examination under s. 118.30
20(2) (b) 3. if the pupil satisfies all of the other requirements under this subsection and
21satisfies the other criteria.
AB100-ASA1,1283,2323
118.33
(2) (intro.) The
department state superintendent shall:
AB100-ASA1,1284,3
1118.33
(2) (c) Establish course requirements under sub. (1)
(a) and approve any
2school board's high school graduation standards policy that is equivalent to the
3requirements under sub. (1).
AB100-ASA1,1284,125
118.33
(3) By September 1, 1986, each school board operating high school
6grades shall submit to the
department state superintendent a report describing the
7school board's policies and guidelines on high school graduation standards, including
8a list of courses required under sub. (1) (a) and the number of hours in each school
9term required to earn one credit under sub. (1) (a), and thereafter shall notify the
10department state superintendent whenever changes are made in such policies or
11guidelines. The department shall make reasonable efforts to combine the reports
12required under this subsection with other required school board reports.
AB100-ASA1,1284,2214
118.33
(3m) A course taken at a technical college by a child attending the school
15part-time or in lieu of high school under s. 118.15 (1) (b), or attending the school
16under s. 118.15 (1) (cm), does not fulfill any of the high school graduation
17requirements under sub. (1) (a) unless the
department
state superintendent has
18approved the course for that purpose.
If a pupil satisfies all of the high school
19graduation requirements under sub. (1), the school board shall grant a high school
20diploma to the pupil regardless of whether the pupil satisfied all or a portion of the
21requirements while attending an institution of higher education under s. 118.55 or
22a technical college.
AB100-ASA1,1285,224
118.33
(4) (a) The
department state superintendent shall establish procedures
25for school boards to certify to the
department state superintendent whether they are
1in compliance with the requirements under sub. (1) and the rules promulgated under
2sub. (2).
AB100-ASA1,1285,63
(b) The
department state superintendent may periodically review school
4district high school graduation standards and shall notify any school board not in
5compliance with the requirements under sub. (1) or the rules promulgated under
6sub. (2), identifying the changes necessary.
AB100-ASA1,1285,128
118.34
(3) The department and the technical college system board shall provide
9technical assistance to school boards to develop technical preparation programs in
10each high school. Annually, the school board shall evaluate its program and report
11the results to the
department state superintendent and the technical college system
12board.
AB100-ASA1,1285,1514
118.35
(2) The
department state superintendent shall by rule establish
15guidelines for the identification of gifted and talented pupils.
AB100-ASA1,1285,2017
118.35
(3) (b) Annually by August 15, report to the
department state
18superintendent the number of gifted and talented pupils who participated in a
19program under par. (a) in the previous school year and such other information as the
20department state superintendent requests.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2131
21Section
2131. 118.37 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 118.55 (title) and
22amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1285,23
23118.55 (title)
Postsecondary enrollment Youth options program.
