AB130: Bill Text

AB130,124,7 103.87 Employe not to be disciplined for testifying. No employer may discharge an employe because the employe is subpoenaed to testify in an action or proceeding pertaining to a crime or pursuant to ch. 48 or 938. On or before the first business day after the receipt of a subpoena to testify, the employe shall give the employer notice if he or she will have to be absent from employment because he or she has been subpoenaed to testify in an action or proceeding pertaining to a crime or pursuant to ch. 48 or 938. If a person is subpoenaed to testify in an action or proceeding as a result of a crime, as defined in s. 950.02 (1m), against the person's employer or an incident involving the person during the course of his or her employment, the employer shall not decrease or withhold the employe's pay for any time lost resulting from compliance with the subpoena. An employer who violates this section may be fined not more than $200 and may be required to make full restitution to the aggrieved employe, including reinstatement and back pay. Except as provided in this section, restitution shall be in accordance with s. 973.20.

AB130, s. 417 Section 417. 115.31 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,124,16 115.31 (1) (b) "Educational agency" means a school district, cooperative educational service agency, state correctional institution under s. 302.01, secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 48.02 938.02 (15m), secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), the Wisconsin school for the visually handicapped, the Wisconsin school for the deaf, the Mendota mental health institute, the Winnebago mental health institute, a state center for the developmentally disabled, a private school or a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian agency under contract with a school board under s. 118.153 (3) (c).

AB130, s. 418 Section 418. 115.81 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,124,21 115.81 (9) (c) Notwithstanding ss. 48.34 (4) and (4m), 48.345, 48.363, 48.427 (3), 767.24 (3), 880.12 and, 880.15, 938.183, 938.34 (4) and (4m), 938.345 and 938.363, a surrogate parent has the authority to act as the child's parent in all matters relating to this subchapter.

AB130, s. 419 Section 419. 115.85 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,125,5 115.85 (2m) Placement disputes. If a dispute arises between the school board and the department of health and social services or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23, or between school boards under s. 115.815 (4) (c), over the placement of a child in an appropriate program under sub. (2), the state superintendent shall resolve the dispute. This subsection applies only to placements in nonresidential educational programs made under ss. 48.48 (4) and, 48.57 (1) (c), 938.48 (4) and 938.57 (1) (c) and to placements in child caring institutions made under s. 115.815.

AB130, s. 420 Section 420. 118.125 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,125,13 118.125 (1) (a) "Behavioral records" means those pupil records which include psychological tests, personality evaluations, records of conversations, any written statement relating specifically to an individual pupil's behavior, tests relating specifically to achievement or measurement of ability, the pupil's physical health records other than his or her immunization records or any lead screening records required under s. 254.162, peace officers' records obtained under s. 48.396 938.396 (1m) and any other pupil records that are not progress records.

AB130, s. 421 Section 421. 118.125 (2) (cg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB130,125,17 118.125 (2) (cg) A law enforcement agency shall, upon request, be provided by the school district clerk with a copy of the attendance record of a pupil who is the subject of an investigation by the law enforcement agency.

AB130, s. 422 Section 422. 118.125 (2) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,125,22 118.125 (2) (cm) If school attendance is a condition of a child's dispositional order under s. 48.355 (2) (b) 7. or 938.355 (2) (b) 7., the school board shall notify the county department that is responsible for supervising the child within 5 days after any violation of the condition by the child.

AB130, s. 423 Section 423. 118.125 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,126,14 118.125 (2) (d) Pupil records may be made available to persons employed by the school district which the pupil attends who are required by the department under s. 115.28 (7) to hold a license and other school district officials who have been determined by the school board to have legitimate educational or safety interests in the pupil records. Peace officers' records obtained under s. 48.396 (1m) 938.396 (1m) (a) may be made available under this paragraph only for the purposes of s. 118.127 (2) and only to those designated personnel involved in employes of the school district who have been designated by the school board to receive that information for the purpose of providing alcohol and other drug abuse programs. Peace officers' records obtained under s. 938.396 (1m) (b) shall be made available under this paragraph for the purposes of s. 118.127 (3) to persons employed by the school district which the pupil attends who are required by the department under s. 115.28 (7) to hold a license, to other school district officials who have been determined by the school board to have legitimate educational or safety interests in those records and to those employes of the school district who have been designated by the school board to receive that information for the purpose of providing treatment programs.

AB130, s. 424 Section 424. 118.125 (2) (j) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,127,3 118.125 (2) (j) 3. If a school has notified the parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem of the information that it has designated as directory data with respect to any pupil, the school has allowed 14 days for the parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem of the pupil to inform the school that such information may not be released without the prior consent of the parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem and the parent, legal guardian or guardian ad litem has not so informed the school, the school district clerk, upon request, shall provide any representative of a law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.83 (1) (b), district attorney or corporation counsel, county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 or a court of record or municipal court with such information relating to any such pupil enrolled in the school district for the purpose of enforcing that pupil's school attendance or to respond, investigating alleged criminal or delinquent activity by the pupil or responding to a health or safety emergency.

AB130, s. 425 Section 425. 118.125 (2) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,127,8 118.125 (2) (L) A school board shall disclose the pupil records of a pupil in compliance with a court order under s. 48.34 (12) (b) 938.34 (7d) (b), 938.396 (1m) (c) or 938.78 (2) (b) 2. after making a reasonable effort to notify the pupil's parent or legal guardian.

AB130, s. 426 Section 426. 118.125 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,127,21 118.125 (3) Maintenance of records. Each school board shall adopt rules in writing specifying the content of pupil records and the time during which pupil records shall be maintained. No behavioral records may be maintained for more than one year after the pupil ceases to be enrolled in the school, unless the pupil specifies in writing that his or her behavioral records may be maintained for a longer period. A pupil's progress records shall be maintained for at least 5 years after the pupil ceases to be enrolled in the school. A school board may maintain the records on microfilm or optical disk if authorized under s. 19.21 (4) (c), or in such other form as the school board deems appropriate. A school board shall maintain peace officers' records obtained under s. 48.396 938.396 (1m) separately from a pupil's other pupil records. Rules adopted under this subsection shall be published by the school board as a class 1 notice under ch. 985.

AB130, s. 427 Section 427. 118.125 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Acts 377 and 491, is amended to read:

AB130,128,10 118.125 (4) Transfer of records. Within 5 working days, a school district shall transfer to another school or school district all pupil records relating to a specific pupil if the transferring school district has received written notice from the pupil if he or she is an adult or his or her parent or guardian if the pupil is a minor that the pupil intends to enroll in the other school or school district or written notice from the other school or school district that the pupil has enrolled or from a court that legal custody of the pupil has been transferred to the department of corrections or that the pupil has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g). In this subsection, "school" and "school district" include any state juvenile correctional facility or secured child caring institution which provides an educational program for its residents instead of or in addition to that which is provided by public and private schools.

AB130, s. 428 Section 428. 118.125 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 118.125 (5) (a) and amended to read:

AB130,128,15 118.125 (5) (a) Nothing Except as provided in par. (b), nothing in this section prohibits the use of a pupil's records in connection with the suspension or expulsion of the pupil or the use of such records by a multidisciplinary team under ch. 115.

AB130, s. 429 Section 429. 118.125 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB130,128,20 118.125 (5) (b) Peace officers' records obtained under s. 938.396 (1m) and records of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938 obtained under s. 938.396 (7) may not be used as the sole basis for expelling or suspending a pupil.

AB130, s. 430 Section 430. 118.127 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,128,25 118.127 (1) Upon receipt of information from peace officers' records obtained under s. 48.396 938.396 (1m), the school district administrator shall notify any pupil named in the records, and the parent or guardian of any minor pupil named in the records, of the information.

AB130, s. 431 Section 431. 118.127 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,129,6 118.127 (2) A school district may use information from peace officers' records obtained under s. 48.396 (1m) 938.396 (1m) (a) only for the purpose of providing alcohol and other drug abuse programs for pupils enrolled in the school district. A school district may not use peace officers' records obtained under s. 938.396 (1m) (a) as the sole basis for expelling or suspending a pupil.

AB130, s. 432 Section 432. 118.127 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB130,129,13 118.127 (3) A school district may use information from peace officers' records obtained under s. 938.396 (1m) (b) only for legitimate educational or safety purposes and for the purpose of providing treatment programs for pupils enrolled in the school district. A school district may not use information from peace officers' records obtained under s. 938.396 (1m) (b) as the sole basis for expelling or suspending a pupil.

AB130, s. 433 Section 433. 118.15 (1) (cm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,129,21 118.15 (1) (cm) 1. Upon the child's request and with the approval of the child's parent or guardian, any child who is 17 years of age or over shall be excused by the school board from regular school attendance if the child began a program leading to a high school equivalency diploma in a secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 48.02 938.02 (15m), or a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), and the child and his or her parent or guardian agree under subd. 2. that the child will continue to participate in such a program.

AB130, s. 434 Section 434. 118.15 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,130,6 118.15 (5) (a) Except as provided under par. (b) or if a person has been found guilty of a misdemeanor under s. 948.45, whoever violates this section may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both, after evidence has been provided by the school attendance officer that the activities under s. 118.16 (5) have been completed or were not completed due to the child's absence from school as provided in s. 118.16 (5m). In a prosecution under this paragraph, if the defendant proves that he or she is unable to comply with the law because of the disobedience of the child, the action shall be dismissed and the child shall be referred to the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. chs. 48 and 938.

AB130, s. 435 Section 435. 118.15 (5) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB130,130,9 118.15 (5) (am) The court may order any person who violates this section to participate in counseling at the person's own expense.

AB130, s. 436 Section 436. 118.16 (2m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,130,14 118.16 (2m) (a) (intro.) A school district administrator may designate any of the following individuals to take a child who resides in the school district and who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse under s. 118.15 into custody under s. 48.19 938.19 (1m):

AB130, s. 437 Section 437. 118.16 (2m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,130,22 118.16 (2m) (d) A school district administrator who makes a designation under par. (a) shall provide each individual so designated with an identification card of a form determined by the school board. The designee shall carry the identification card on his or her person at all times while the designee is on official duty under s. 48.19 938.19 (1m) and shall exhibit the identification card to any person to whom the designee represents himself or herself as a person authorized to take a child into custody under s. 48.19 938.19 (1m).

AB130, s. 438 Section 438. 118.16 (2m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,131,6 118.16 (2m) (e) A school district administrator who makes a designation under par. (a) or the individual designated under par. (a) shall immediately attempt to notify, by personal contact or telephone call, the child's parent, guardian and legal custodian that the designation has been made and that the child may be taken into custody under s. 48.19 938.19 (1m). The school district administrator, or the designee, is not required to notify a parent, guardian or legal custodian under this paragraph if the parent, guardian or legal custodian is the person who requested that the child be taken into custody under s. 48.19 938.19 (1m).

AB130, s. 439 Section 439. 118.16 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,131,11 118.16 (4) (e) A school board may establish one or more youth service centers for the counseling of children who are taken into custody under s. 48.19 938.19 (1) (d) 9. or 10. for being absent from school without an acceptable excuse under s. 118.15.

AB130, s. 440 Section 440. 118.16 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,131,20 118.16 (5) (intro.) Prior to Except as provided in sub. (5m), before any proceeding being may be brought against a child under s. 48.13 (6) 938.13 (6) for habitual truancy or under s. 938.125 (2) or 938.17 (2) for a violation of an ordinance enacted under s. 118.163 (2) or against the child's parent or guardian under s. 118.15 for failure to cause the child to attend school regularly, the school attendance officer shall provide evidence that appropriate school personnel in the school or school district in which the child is enrolled have, within the school year during which the truancy occurred, done all of the following:

AB130, s. 441 Section 441. 118.16 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,131,24 118.16 (5) (a) Met with the child's parent or guardian to discuss the child's truancy or have attempted to meet with the child's parent or guardian and been received no response or were refused.

AB130, s. 442 Section 442. 118.16 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,132,5 118.16 (5) (c) Evaluated the child to determine whether learning problems may be a cause of the child's truancy and, if so, have taken steps to overcome the learning problems, except that the child need not be evaluated if tests administered to the child within the previous year indicate that the child is performing at his or her grade level.

AB130, s. 443 Section 443. 118.16 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB130,132,9 118.16 (5m) Subsection (5) (b), (c) and (d) does not apply if the school attendance officer provides evidence that appropriate school personnel were unable to carry out the activity due to the child's absences from school.

AB130, s. 444 Section 444. 118.16 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,132,17 118.16 (6) Following receipt of evidence that activities under sub. (5) have been completed or were not completed due to the child's absence from school as provided in sub. (5m), the school attendance officer may file information on any child who continues to be truant with the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. chs. 48 and 938 in accordance with s. 48.24 938.24. Filing information on a child under this subsection does not preclude concurrent prosecution of the child's parent or guardian under s. 118.15 (5).

AB130, s. 445 Section 445. 118.162 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,132,22 118.162 (4) (e) The types of truancy cases to be referred to the district attorney for the filing of information under s. 48.24 938.24 or prosecution under s. 118.15 (5) and the time periods within which the district attorney will respond to and take action on the referrals.

AB130, s. 446 Section 446. 118.163 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,133,3 118.163 (2) (b) An order for the child to participate in counseling, community service or a supervised work program as provided or other community service work under s. 48.34 (9) 938.34 (5g).

AB130, s. 447 Section 447. 118.163 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,133,6 118.163 (2) (d) An order for the child to attend an educational program under s. 48.34 (12) 938.34 (7d).

AB130, s. 448 Section 448. 118.163 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB130,133,10 118.163 (2) (e) An order for the department of industry, labor and human relations to revoke or refuse to issue, under s. 103.72, a permit under s. 103.70 authorizing the employment of the child.

AB130, s. 449 Section 449. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,133,18 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.03 (3) (c), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.364, 115.366, 115.38 (2), 115.40, 115.45, 118.01 to 118.04, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.30 to 118.42, 120.12 (5) and (15) to (23) (24), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34) and (35) and 120.14 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board.

AB130, s. 450 Section 450. 120.12 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,134,7 120.12 (18) Continuity of educational programming. Coordinate and provide for continuity of educational programming for pupils receiving educational services as the result of a court order under s. 48.34 (12) 938.34 (7d), including but not limited to providing a written report to the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. chs. 48 and 938 and the agency which is required to submit an educational plan for a child under s. 48.33 938.33 (1) (e). The written report shall describe the child's educational status and make recommendations regarding educational programming for the child. The written report shall be in writing, except that if the educational plan under s. 938.33 (1) (e) is presented orally at the dispositional hearing the report may be presented orally to the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938 and the agency at the dispositional hearing. If written, the report shall be provided to the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. chs. 48 and 938 and the agency at least 3 days before the date of the child's dispositional hearing.

AB130, s. 451 Section 451. 120.12 (24) of the statutes is created to read:

AB130,134,12 120.12 (24) Secure detention facility educational programming. If a county provides educational programming for a pupil residing in the school district who is placed in a secure detention facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (16), reimburse the county for the cost of providing that programming.

AB130, s. 452 Section 452. 121.78 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,134,24 121.78 (4) Court-ordered educational services. If a pupil is receiving educational services as the result of a court order under s. 48.34 48.345 (12) or 938.34 (7d), the school board of the school district in which the pupil resided at the time of issuance of the court order shall pay tuition for the pupil. A school board paying tuition for a pupil under this subsection shall count the pupil as 1.0 pupil in membership for general aid under subch. II. The school board shall pay each agency specified under s. 48.34 48.345 (12) (a) 2. to 4. or 938.34 (7d) (a) 2. to 4., for each full-time equivalent pupil served by the agency, an amount equal to at least 80% of the average per pupil cost for the school district. No state aid may be paid to the technical college district for pupils attending the technical college under s. 48.34 48.345 (12) (a) 4. or 938.34 (7d) (a) 4.

AB130, s. 453 Section 453. 125.07 (4) (bs) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,135,4 125.07 (4) (bs) 1. For a first violation, a forfeiture of not less than $250 nor more than $500, suspension of the person's operating privilege as provided under s. 343.30 (6) (b) 1., participation in a supervised work program or other community service work under par. (cg) or any combination of these penalties.

AB130, s. 454 Section 454. 125.07 (4) (bs) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,135,10 125.07 (4) (bs) 2. For a violation committed within 12 months of a previous violation, either a forfeiture of not less than $300 nor more than $500, suspension of the person's operating privilege as provided under s. 343.30 (6) (b) 2., participation in a supervised work program or other community service work under par. (cg) or any combination of these penalties.

AB130, s. 455 Section 455. 125.07 (4) (bs) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,135,16 125.07 (4) (bs) 3. For a violation committed within 12 months of 2 previous violations, either a forfeiture of not less than $500 nor more than $750, revocation of the person's operating privilege under s. 343.30 (6) (b) 3., participation in a supervised work program or other community service work under par. (cg) or any combination of these penalties.

AB130, s. 456 Section 456. 125.07 (4) (bs) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,135,22 125.07 (4) (bs) 4. For a violation committed within 12 months of 3 or more previous violations, either a forfeiture of not less than $750 nor more than $1,000, revocation of the person's operating privilege under s. 343.30 (6) (b) 3., participation in a supervised work program or other community service work under par. (cg) or any combination of these penalties.

AB130, s. 457 Section 457. 125.07 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,136,2 125.07 (4) (c) 1. For a first violation, a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $200, suspension of the person's operating privilege as provided under s. 343.30 (6) (b) 1., participation in a supervised work program or other community service work under par. (cg) or any combination of these penalties.

AB130, s. 458 Section 458. 125.07 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,136,8 125.07 (4) (c) 2. For a violation committed within 12 months of a previous violation, either a forfeiture of not less than $200 nor more than $300, suspension of the person's operating privilege as provided under s. 343.30 (6) (b) 2., participation in a supervised work program or other community service work under par. (cg) or any combination of these penalties.

AB130, s. 459 Section 459. 125.07 (4) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,136,14 125.07 (4) (c) 3. For a violation committed within 12 months of 2 previous violations, either a forfeiture of not less than $300 nor more than $500, revocation of the person's operating privilege under s. 343.30 (6) (b) 3., participation in a supervised work program or other community service work under par. (cg) or any combination of these penalties.

AB130, s. 460 Section 460. 125.07 (4) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,136,20 125.07 (4) (c) 4. For a violation committed within 12 months of 3 or more previous violations, either a forfeiture of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, revocation of the person's operating privilege under s. 343.30 (6) (b) 3., participation in a supervised work program or other community service work under par. (cg) or any combination of these penalties.