Amendment SSA1-SB51

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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 1997 SENATE BILL 51

February 25, 1997 - Offered by Committee on Education.

SB51-SSA1,1,3 An Act to create 119.23 (2) (a) 6. and 119.23 (2) (a) 7. of the statutes; relating to: employment of persons by private schools participating in the Milwaukee parental choice program.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB51-SSA1, s. 1 Section 1. 119.23 (2) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

SB51-SSA1,1,11 119.23 (2) (a) 6. Annually, the private school verifies to the department that it conducts a background investigation of each applicant for employment in the private school and, once every 5 years, of each private school employe, that is similar to the investigations conducted under s. 118.19 (10). This subdivision applies only to those individuals who hold a license, issued by the department, that has no expiration date, and to those individuals who are not licensed by the department but who would be required to be licensed if employed in a public school.

SB51-SSA1, s. 2 Section 2. 119.23 (2) (a) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

SB51-SSA1,2,9 119.23 (2) (a) 7. The private school agrees not to employ any person who has been convicted of any Class A, B, C or D felony under ch. 940 or 948, except ss. 940.08 and 940.205, for a violation that occurs on or after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], unless the person's conviction has been revised, set aside or vacated. This subdivision applies only to those applicants for employment who are licensed by the department or who would be required to be licensed by the department if employed in a public school and to those employes who are licensed by the department or who would be required to be licensed by the department if employed in a public school.

SB51-SSA1,2,10 (End)