AB150: Bill Text

AB150, s. 3848 Section 3848. 115.28 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1352,25 115.28 (7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state, make rules establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.192 and 118.195, prescribe by rule standards and procedures for the approval of teacher preparatory programs leading to licensure, file in his or her the secretary's office all papers relating to state teachers' licenses and register each such license.

AB150, s. 3849 Section 3849. 115.28 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1353,5 115.28 (7m) Certification of school nurses. Certify school nurses, make rules for the examination and certification of school nurses and file in the superintendent's secretary's office all papers relating to school nurses certification and register each such certification.

AB150, s. 3850 Section 3850. 115.28 (20) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1353,9 115.28 (20) (a) Advise the state superintendent secretary on funding criteria and evaluation plans for grant programs for the school district operating under ch. 119.

AB150, s. 3851 Section 3851. 115.28 (20) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1353,12 115.28 (20) (b) Advise the state superintendent secretary on the programs that meet or do not meet the funding criteria.

AB150, s. 3852 Section 3852. 115.28 (20) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1353,15 115.28 (20) (c) Assist the state superintendent secretary in monitoring the progress of funded programs.

AB150, s. 3853 Section 3853. 115.28 (20) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1353,18 115.28 (20) (d) Recommend to the state superintendent secretary needed changes in statutes or rules relating to grant programs.

AB150, s. 3854 Section 3854. 115.28 (20) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1353,21 115.28 (20) (e) Submit to the state superintendent secretary an annual report detailing the council's activities, accomplishments and projected needs.

AB150, s. 3855 Section 3855. 115.28 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1354,5 115.28 (24) Priority in awarding grants. Give priority in awarding grants to local community organizations under sub. (21), and to school boards under s. ss. 115.36, and 115.362 and 118.019 (6) and to cooperative educational service agencies under s. 118.019 (6), and in awarding grants from federal funds received under 20 USC 2301 to 2471, 20 USC 4601 to 4665 and 29 USC 1602 (b) (1), to programs that provide more than one of the educational services specified under sub. (21), s. 115.36, 115.362, 115.915, 118.01 (2) (d) 7. or 8., 118.019 (6) or 118.153 or 20 USC 2301 to 2471, 20 USC 4601 to 4665 or 29 USC 1602 (b) (1).

AB150, s. 3856 Section 3856. 115.28 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1354,10 115.28 (27) Wisconsin geography alliance. Annually allocate the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (3) (ec) to the Wisconsin geography alliance to train teachers and develop curricula for primary and secondary education in geography. This subsection does not apply after June 30, 1996.

AB150, s. 3857 Section 3857. 115.28 (27m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,1354,14 115.28 (27m) Wisconsin Institute for School Executives. Beginning in the 1996-97 school year, annually allocate the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (ed) to the Wisconsin Institute for School Executives.

AB150, s. 3858 Section 3858. 115.28 (38) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1355,2 115.28 (38) (title) Reporting of pupils attending vocational schools technical colleges. In consultation with the technical college system board of vocational, technical and adult education, promulgate rules establishing a uniform format for school boards to use in reporting the number of pupils attending vocational, technical and adult education college districts under ss. 118.15 (1) (b), (cm) and (d) and 118.37 118.55 and in reporting pupil participation in technical preparation programs under s. 118.34, including the number of courses taken for advanced standing in a vocational, technical and adult education college district's associate degree program and for vocational, technical and adult education college credit. The format shall be identical to the format established by the technical college system board of vocational, technical and adult education under s. 38.04 (11) (a) 2.

AB150, s. 3859 Section 3859. 115.29 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1355,4 115.29 General powers. (intro.) The state superintendent secretary may:

AB150, s. 3860 Section 3860. 115.29 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1355,10 115.29 (1) Designate representative. Designate the deputy state superintendent secretary or another employe of the department as the state superintendent's secretary's representative on any body on which the state superintendent secretary is required to serve, except the board of regents of the university of Wisconsin system.

AB150, s. 3861 Section 3861. 115.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1355,15 115.29 (2) Educational meetings. Attend such educational meetings and make such investigations as the state superintendent secretary deems important and as will acquaint the state superintendent secretary with the different systems of public schools in the United States.

AB150, s. 3862 Section 3862. 115.29 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1355,24 115.29 (3) Auxiliary instructional employes. By order, establish classes of auxiliary instructional employes and authorize their employment in the instructional program of the elementary and high schools for specific purposes and their reimbursement from the instructional budget. Auxiliary instructional employes shall not be covered as teachers as defined in s. 40.02 (55) or under ss. s. 118.21 to 118.23, 118.215, 118.22 or 121.006 (2) but shall be eligible under the public employe trust fund as participating employes as defined in s. 40.02 (46), if it is made applicable, other than through s. 40.21 (3), to the school district employing them.

AB150, s. 3863 Section 3863. 115.29 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1356,13 115.29 (4) High school graduation equivalency. Grant declarations of equivalency of high school graduation to persons, if in the state superintendent's secretary's judgment they have presented satisfactory evidence of having completed a recognized high school course of study or its equivalent. The state superintendent secretary may establish the standards by which high school graduation equivalency is determined. Such standards may consist of evidence of high school courses completed in high schools recognized by the proper authorities as accredited, results of examinations given by or at the request of the state superintendent secretary, successful completion of correspondence study courses given by acceptable correspondence study schools, a general educational development certificate of high school equivalency issued by an agency of the U.S. government, course credits received in schools meeting the approval of the state superintendent secretary or other standards established by the state superintendent secretary.

AB150, s. 3864 Section 3864. 115.30 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1356,16 115.30 (4) (a) The condition of all schools under the state superintendent's department's supervision.

AB150, s. 3865 Section 3865. 115.30 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1356,19 115.30 (4) (c) The state superintendent's secretary's visits to educational institutions.

AB150, s. 3866 Section 3866. 115.30 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1356,22 115.30 (4) (f) A summary of the receipts and disbursements of all schools under the state superintendent's department's jurisdiction.

AB150, s. 3867 Section 3867. 115.33 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1357,3 115.33 (2) (a) (intro.) The state superintendent may request the department of industry, labor and human relations development to inspect a public school if any of the following occurs:

AB150, s. 3868 Section 3868. 115.33 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1357,7 115.33 (2) (b) The department of industry, labor and human relations development shall inspect the school within 30 days after receiving a request from the state superintendent under par. (a).

AB150, s. 3869 Section 3869. 115.33 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1357,14 115.33 (3) (a) If the state superintendent determines that a school is not in compliance, and the department of industry, labor and human relations development, based on its inspection of the school, concurs in the determination, the state superintendent may order the school board to repair, improve, remodel or close the school by a stated date. An order issued under this paragraph constitutes a preliminary finding of noncompliance with the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i).

AB150, s. 3870 Section 3870. 115.33 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1358,2 115.33 (3) (b) 1. If the state superintendent determines that a school is not in compliance and is not worth repairing, and the department of industry, labor and human relations development, based on its inspection of the school, concurs in the determination, the state superintendent may order the school board to develop a plan that describes how the school board will achieve compliance with the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i). The plan shall specify the time within which compliance with the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i) shall be achieved. The state superintendent shall hold a public hearing on the plan in the school district and may, as a result of the hearing, recommend changes to the plan. The state superintendent may withhold up to 25% of the school district's state aid if the school district fails to achieve compliance with the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i) within the period specified in the plan.

AB150, s. 3871 Section 3871. 115.345 (1) to (4) and (6) to (8) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB150,1358,12 115.345 (1) Any school district approved by the superintendent department may establish a system to provide the opportunity for authorized elderly persons to participate in its school lunch program. If a school board desires to establish such a service, it shall develop a plan for the provision of food services for elderly persons and submit the plan to the superintendent department. Upon petition of 5% of the voters in the school district who voted in the last school board election, the school board shall formulate a food services plan, provided that hot food service facilities are available to school children in the district.

AB150,1358,17 (2) Each plan shall provide at least one meal per day for each day that school is in regular session. The school board may provide additional service at other times in its discretion, if the number of eligible persons in the district or adjacent districts is of sufficient size, in the opinion of the superintendent department, so that unwarranted production expense is not incurred.

AB150,1358,24 (3) Any school board which operates a food services plan for elderly persons under this section shall make facilities available for service to elderly persons at every high school and junior high school in the district which provides hot food service to its students. Upon application, the superintendent department may grant exceptions from compliance with this subsection for reasons of safety, convenience or insufficient interest in a given neighborhood. The school board may, in addition, provide service at elementary schools if desired.

AB150,1359,8 (4) Meals may be served at schools where they are served to students or at any site more convenient to the majority of authorized elderly persons interested in the service. Food may be transported to authorized elderly persons who are unable to leave their homes or distributed to nonprofit organizations for such purposes. However, no state funds under this section may be used for food delivery to individual homes. The superintendent department may require consolidation of programs between districts and between schools if such a procedure will be convenient and economical.

AB150,1359,15 (6) All meals served must meet the approval of the superintendent who department which shall establish minimum nutritional standards not inconsistent with federal standards and reasonable expenditure limits such that the average cost per meal is not excessive. The superintendent department shall give special consideration to dietary problems of elderly persons in formulating a nutritional plan. However, no school board shall be required to provide special foods for individual persons with allergies or medical disorders.

AB150,1359,19 (7) Participants in a program under this section may be required to document their Wisconsin residency in a manner approved by the department. The superintendent department may issue identification cards to such persons if necessary.

AB150,1359,23 (7m) A private school may establish a food services plan for elderly persons. If the plan meets all of the requirements of this section and is approved by the state superintendent department, the private school is eligible for reimbursement in the same manner as school districts under sub. (5).

AB150,1359,25 (8) The superintendent department shall adopt reasonable rules necessary to implement this section.

AB150, s. 3872 Section 3872. 115.347 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1360,8 115.347 Direct certification of eligibility for school nutrition programs. (1) Beginning in the 1994-95 school year, a school board may submit enrollment data to the department of health and social services industry, labor and human relations for the purpose of directly certifying children as eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the federal school nutrition programs. The department of health and social services industry, labor and human relations shall prescribe a format for the report.

AB150,1360,18 (2) Whenever a school district that is located in whole or in part in a county that has converted to the client assistance for reemployment and economic support data system submits a report under sub. (1) in the prescribed format, the department of health and social services industry, labor and human relations shall determine which children enrolled in the school district are members of families receiving aid to families with dependent children or food stamps, or both, and shall provide the information to the school board as soon thereafter as possible. The school board shall use the information to directly certify children as eligible for free or reduced-price meals served by the school district under federal school nutrition programs, pursuant to 42 USC 1758 (b) (2) (C) (ii) and (iii).

AB150,1360,21 (3) The state superintendent shall assist school boards in developing a method for submitting enrollment data to the department of health and social services industry, labor and human relations under sub. (1).

AB150, s. 3873 Section 3873. 115.35 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1360,24 115.35 (5) (c) As to the state superintendent's department's recommendations to improve such programs and cooperation.

AB150, s. 3874 Section 3874. 115.361 (5) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1361,4 115.361 (5) (c) 3. Annually by July 1, evaluate the programs funded under this subsection and submit a report describing his or her its conclusions and recommendations to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).

AB150, s. 3875 Section 3875. 115.363 of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 3876 Section 3876. 115.364 of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 3877 Section 3877. 115.366 of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 3878 Section 3878. 115.367 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,1361,11 115.367 Pioneering partners grants. (1) A school board, or a school board in conjunction with one or more of the following, may apply to the department for a pioneering partners grant:

AB150,1361,12 (a) Another school board, operating under an agreement under s. 66.30.

AB150,1361,13 (b) The board of control of a cooperative educational service agency.

AB150,1361,14 (c) A technical college district board.

AB150,1361,19 (2) The department and the division of technology management in the department of administration shall jointly award grants under this section for the purchase of instructional technology and the cost of providing staff development and training related to instructional technology. Grants shall be awarded for one-year periods.

AB150,1361,21 (3) Priority in awarding grants under this section shall be given to all of the following:

AB150,1361,25 (a) Projects that are supported by matching funds, either from the applicant or from another source, and projects that involve an association with businesses, technical college districts, cooperative educational service agencies or other school districts.

AB150,1362,2 (b) Applicants that establish ongoing training or training following the grant period using funds other than funds awarded under this section.

AB150,1362,4 (4) Grants under this section shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (es).

AB150, s. 3879 Section 3879. 115.375 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1362,13 115.375 (2) (b) From the appropriations under s. 20.255 (1) (cp), (jr) and (r) (2) (ee) and (ra), the board shall award grants to corporations and public agencies for the development, dissemination and presentation of environmental education programs. Programs shall be funded on an 18-month basis. The board may not award a grant unless the grant recipient matches at least 25% of the amount of the grant. Private funds and in-kind contributions may be applied to meet the matching requirement. Grants under this paragraph may not be used to replace funding available from other sources.

AB150, s. 3880 Section 3880. 115.375 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1362,20 115.375 (2) (c) The board shall promulgate rules establishing the criteria and procedures for the awarding of grants for programs and projects under par. (b). The board shall use the priorities established under sub. (1) for awarding grants if the amount in the appropriations under s. 20.255 (1) (cp), (jr) and (r) (2) (ee) and (ra) in any fiscal year is insufficient to fund all applications under this subsection. The department shall assist the board in administering this section.

AB150, s. 3881 Section 3881. 115.392 of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 3882 Section 3882. 115.40 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1362,25 115.40 (4) (a) The state superintendent secretary and the secretary of health and social services shall provide technical assistance to and consult with applicants regarding the preparation of their applications.

AB150, s. 3883 Section 3883. 115.40 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1363,8 115.40 (4) (b) The state superintendent secretary and the secretary of health and social services shall review the applications and jointly determine the grant recipients and the amount of each grant. A grant may not be awarded to a school board, agency or organization unless the percentage of the participating school district's membership in the previous school year for whom aid to families with dependent children was being received under s. 49.19 was greater than 5%. In this paragraph, "membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (5).

AB150, s. 3884 Section 3884. 115.40 (4) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,1363,12 115.40 (4) (c) (intro.) The state superintendent secretary and the secretary of health and social services shall give preference in awarding grants under this section to all of the following: