Amendment SSA1-SB51

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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 51

November 4, 2013 - Offered by Senator Olsen.

SB51-SSA1,1,4 An Act to renumber and amend 118.33 (1) (a) 1.; and to create 118.33 (1) (a) 1. e. of the statutes; relating to: the number of mathematics and science credits required for a high school diploma and high school credits for coursework in computer sciences.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a school board may not grant a high school diploma to any student unless the student has earned all of the following minimum credits in the high school grades: four credits of English; three credits of social studies; two credits of mathematics; two credits of science; and one and one-half credits of physical education. This substitute amendment increases the required credits in mathematics and science to three, and permits a school board to count towards one credit of mathematics a course in computer sciences.

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

SB51-SSA1,1 Section 1. 118.33 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 118.33 (1) (a) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

SB51-SSA1,2,1 118.33 (1) (a) 1. (intro.) In the high school grades, at all of the following:

SB51-SSA1,2,2 a. At least 4 credits of English including writing composition,.

SB51-SSA1,2,3 b. At least 3 credits of social studies including state and local government, 2 .

SB51-SSA1,2,7 c. At least 3 credits of mathematics, 2 . The school board shall award a pupil up to one mathematics credit for successfully completing in the high school grades a course in computer sciences that the department has determined qualifies as computer sciences according to criteria established by the department.

SB51-SSA1,2,11 d. At least 3 credits of science and 1.5 credits of physical education. The school board shall award a pupil a science credit for successfully completing in the high school grades each course in agriculture that the department has determined qualifies as science according to criteria established by the department.

SB51-SSA1,2 Section 2. 118.33 (1) (a) 1. e. of the statutes is created to read:

SB51-SSA1,2,13 118.33 (1) (a) 1. e. At least 1.5 credits of physical education.

SB51-SSA1,2,14 (End)