AB674, s. 7 3Section 7. 20.866 (2) (zh) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
4is amended to read:
AB674,9,115 20.866 (2) (zh) Public instruction; state schools and library facilities. From the
6capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of public instruction
7to acquire, construct, develop, enlarge or improve institutional facilities for the
8individuals with hearing impaired impairments and the visually handicapped
9individuals with visual impairments and reference and loan library facilities. The
10state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $7,367,700 for this
11purpose.
AB674, s. 8 12Section 8. 36.25 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,9,1713 36.25 (19) Model school special education program. (a) The board may
14establish at the University of Wisconsin-Madison a model school for children with
15exceptional educational needs disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (3) (5). The school
16shall utilize practical demonstration techniques to train teachers and other support
17personnel under s. 115.28 (7) (c).
AB674,9,2318 (b) The board may enter into an agreement with the school board of any school
19district to provide special education and other related services through the model
20school to children with exceptional educational needs disabilities. The board may
21charge tuition for children served in the model school. Tuition charges made under
22such agreements shall be based on the net cost of providing the special education and
23other related services.
AB674, s. 9 24Section 9. 46.21 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
25is amended to read:
AB674,10,8
146.21 (1) (d) "Human services" means the total range of services to people,
2including mental illness treatment, developmental disabilities services, physical
3disabilities services, relief funded by a relief block grant under ch. 49, income
4maintenance, youth probation and parole services, alcohol and drug abuse services,
5services to children, youth and families, family counseling, exceptional educational
6early intervention services for children from birth to the age of 3 and manpower
7services. "Human services" does not include child welfare services under s. 48.48 (17)
8administered by the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more.
AB674, s. 10 9Section 10. 46.23 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,10,1510 46.23 (2) (a) "Human services" means the total range of services to people
11including, but not limited to, health care, mental illness treatment, developmental
12disabilities services, relief funded by a block grant under ch. 49, income
13maintenance, probation and parole services, alcohol and drug abuse services,
14services to children, youth and aging, family counseling, exceptional educational
15special education services and manpower services.
AB674, s. 11 16Section 11. 46.56 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,10,2217 46.56 (1) (m) "Service coordination agency" means a county department,
18agency, school district, cooperative educational service agency or county
19handicapped children's children with disabilities education board designated in an
20interagency agreement by a coordinating committee to provide intake and service
21coordination for one or more target groups of eligible children with severe disabilities
22and their families.
AB674, s. 12 23Section 12. 46.56 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,11,324 46.56 (3) (a) 6. The largest school district in the county and any cooperative
25educational service agency, if it provides special education in the county, or any

1county handicapped children's children with disabilities education board in the
2county, and any other school district in the county that is willing to participate in the
3program, at the discretion of the administering agency.
AB674, s. 13 4Section 13. 46.56 (3) (d) 1. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,11,105 46.56 (3) (d) 1. d. Review determinations by the service coordination agency
6regarding eligibility, assessment, appropriate services, or funding of services at the
7request of any applicant, recipient, parent or participating county department,
8agency, school district, cooperative educational service agencies or county
9handicapped children's children with disabilities education boards. The committee
10shall adopt written procedures for conducting reviews.
AB674, s. 14 11Section 14. 46.56 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,11,1512 46.56 (5) (a) The identity of every county department, agency, school district,
13cooperative educational service agency or county handicapped children's children
14with disabilities
education board, technical college district or other organization that
15will participate in the program.
AB674, s. 15 16Section 15. 46.56 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,11,2217 46.56 (8) (a) Referrals to the program may come from any county departments,
18agencies, school districts, cooperative educational service agencies, county
19handicapped children's children with disabilities education boards, technical college
20districts, courts assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938 or any other
21organization or the child with severe disabilities or his or her family may contact the
22administering agency or service coordination agency to request services.
AB674, s. 16 23Section 16. 46.56 (8) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,12,624 46.56 (8) (g) The service coordinator shall assemble the results of all prior
25relevant assessments and evaluations documenting the service needs of the child

1with severe disabilities and the child's family, including multidisciplinary
2individualized education program team evaluations under s. 115.80 (3) 115.782 or
3independent educational evaluations, court-ordered evaluations under s. 48.295 or
4938.295, family support program evaluations, community integration program or
5community options program assessments, and any other available medical,
6psychiatric, psychological, vocational or developmental evaluations.
AB674, s. 17 7Section 17. 46.56 (15) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,12,118 46.56 (15) (d) In order to apply for funding, at least one school district,
9cooperative educational service agency or county handicapped children's children
10with disabilities
education board serving children with severe disabilities in the
11county must participate in the program.
AB674, s. 18 12Section 18. 48.14 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,12,1313 48.14 (7) Appeals under s. 115.81 115.80 (7).
AB674, s. 19 14Section 19. 48.345 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,12,22 1548.345 Disposition of child adjudged in need of protection or services.
16(intro.) If the judge finds that the child is in need of protection or services, the judge
17shall enter an order deciding one or more of the dispositions of the case as provided
18in this section under a care and treatment plan, except that the order may not place
19any child not specifically found under chs. 46, 49, 51, 115 and 880 to be
20developmentally disabled, mentally ill or to have exceptional educational needs a
21disability specified in s. 115.76 (5)
in facilities which exclusively treat those
22categories of children. The dispositions under this section are as follows:
AB674, s. 20 23Section 20. 48.345 (12) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,12,2524 48.345 (12) (d) This subsection does not apply to a child with exceptional
25educational needs
a disability, as defined under s. 115.76 (3) (5).
AB674, s. 21
1Section 21. 48.428 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,13,32 48.428 (3) (e) The authority to act as the child's parent under ss. 115.80, 115.81
3subch. V of ch. 115 and s. 118.125.
AB674, s. 22 4Section 22. 48.60 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,13,65 48.60 (4) (a) In this subsection, "child with exceptional educational needs a
6disability
" has the meaning given in s. 115.76 (3) (5).
AB674,13,127 (b) Notwithstanding ss. 115.85 (2), 121.78 (3) (a) and 121.79 (1) (a), a child
8welfare agency shall pay for the costs incurred by a school district in providing
9special education and related services to a child with exceptional educational needs
10a disability who is a resident of the child welfare agency, if the child was placed in
11the child welfare agency pursuant to the interstate compact on the placement of
12children under s. 48.988.
AB674, s. 23 13Section 23. 51.05 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is
14amended to read:
AB674,13,2415 51.05 (5) School activities. If an individual over the age of 2 and under the
16age of 22 and eligible for schooling special education and related services under ss.
17115.76 (2) and 115.85
subch. V of ch. 115 is committed, admitted or transferred to or
18is a resident of the Mendota mental health institute or Winnebago mental health
19institute, the individual shall attend a school program operated by the applicable
20mental health institute or a school outside the applicable mental health institute
21which is approved by the department of public instruction. A school program
22operated by the Mendota mental health institute or Winnebago mental health
23institute shall be under the supervision of the department of public instruction and
24shall meet standards prescribed by that agency.
AB674, s. 24
1Section 24. 51.06 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is
2amended to read:
AB674,14,103 51.06 (2) School activities. If an individual over the age of 2 years and under
4the age of 22 years and eligible for schooling special education and related services
5under ss. 115.76 (2) and 115.85 subch. V of ch. 115 is admitted to, is placed in or is
6a resident of a center, the individual shall attend a school program operated by the
7center or a school outside the center which is approved by the department of public
8instruction. A school program operated by the center shall be under the supervision
9of the department of public instruction and shall meet standards prescribed by that
10agency.
AB674, s. 25 11Section 25. 51.42 (3) (ar) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,14,1312 51.42 (3) (ar) 7. Acknowledge receipt of the notification received under s. 115.85
13(4)
115.812 (2).
AB674, s. 26 14Section 26. 51.437 (4m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,14,1615 51.437 (4m) (g) Acknowledge receipt of the notification received under s. 115.85
16(4)
115.812 (2).
AB674, s. 27 17Section 27. 70.11 (10m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,14,2218 70.11 (10m) (title) Lions foundation camps for visually handicapped children
19with visual impairments. Lands not exceeding 40 acres and the buildings thereon
20owned by the Wisconsin Lions Foundation and used as camps for visually
21handicapped
children with visual impairments, so long as the property is used for
22such purposes and not for pecuniary profit of any individual.
AB674, s. 28 23Section 28. 70.11 (22) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,15,624 70.11 (22) (title) Camps for handicapped persons with disabilities. Lands not
25exceeding 10 acres and the buildings thereon owned by the Wisconsin Easter Seal

1Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Incorporated, and known as Camp
2Wawbeek, used for camps for physically handicapped children and adults with
3orthopedic impairments
and not to exceed 371 acres of wooded and meadowland
4adjacent thereto used in connection therewith, excluding a caretaker's home and 10
5acres of land in connection therewith, so long as the property is used solely for such
6purposes and not for pecuniary profit of any individual.
AB674, s. 29 7Section 29. 79.03 (3) (b) 4. a. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
827
, is amended to read:
AB674,15,189 79.03 (3) (b) 4. a. "Local general purpose taxes" means the portion of tax
10increments collected for payment to a municipality under s. 66.46 which is
11attributable to that municipality's own levy, the portion of environmental
12remediation tax increments collected for payment to a municipality or county under
13s. 66.462 that is attributable to that municipality's or county's own levy, general
14property taxes, excluding taxes for a county handicapped children's children with
15disabilities
education board, collected to finance the general purpose government
16unit, property taxes collected for sewage and sanitary districts, mobile home fees, the
17proceeds of county sales and use taxes and municipal and county vehicle registration
18fees under s. 341.35 (1).
AB674, s. 30 19Section 30. 79.10 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,15,2320 79.10 (1) (e) "School tax levies" means property taxes levied in a municipality
21for elementary and secondary school districts and for handicapped children's county
22children with disabilities
education board programs under s. 115.86 115.817, net of
23municipal surplus funds applied against those levies.
AB674, s. 31 24Section 31. Chapter 115 (title) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin
25Act 27
, is amended to read:
AB674,16,1
1CHAPTER 115
AB674,16,52 state superintendent; GENERAL
3 CLASSIFICATIONS AND DEFINITIONS;
4HANDICAPPED CHILDREN with
5 disabilities
AB674, s. 32 6Section 32. 115.001 (15) of the statutes is created to read:
AB674,16,87 115.001 (15) "State superintendent" means the state superintendent of public
8instruction.
AB674, s. 33 9Section 33. 115.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,16,1210 115.28 (3) Supervision of schools. Supervise and inspect the public schools
11and day schools for handicapped children with disabilities, advise the principals and
12local authorities thereof and give assistance in organizing such schools.
AB674, s. 34 13Section 34. 115.28 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,16,1714 115.28 (7) (c) Subject to s. 118.19 (4m), license and make rules for the
15examination and licensing of persons, including teachers, employed by to provide
16publicly funded
special education programs, as and related services, as those terms
17are
defined in s. 115.76 (10) (14) and (15).
AB674, s. 35 18Section 35. 115.28 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,17,219 115.28 (11) Driver education courses. Approve driver education courses
20offered by school districts, county handicapped children's children with disabilities
21education boards and technical college districts for the purposes of ss. 121.41 (1) and
22343.16 (1) (c) 1. and establish minimum standards for driver education courses
23offered in private schools for the purposes of s. 343.16 (1) (c) 3. All driver education
24courses approved or for which standards are established under this subsection shall

1acquaint each student with the hazards posed by farm machinery and animals on
2highways and shall provide instruction in safely dealing with such hazards.
AB674, s. 36 3Section 36. 115.28 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,17,94 115.28 (13) Uniform financial fund accounting. Prescribe a uniform financial
5fund accounting system, applicable to all school districts and county handicapped
6children's
children with disabilities education boards, which provides for the
7recording of all financial transactions inherent in the management of schools and
8county handicapped children's children with disabilities education board programs
9and the administration of the state's school aid programs.
AB674, s. 37 10Section 37. 115.28 (19) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB674, s. 38 11Section 38. 115.28 (19) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 115.28 (19).
AB674, s. 39 12Section 39. 115.29 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,17,1713 115.29 (5) Teacher supply, information and analysis. Assist school boards,
14cooperative educational service agencies and county handicapped children's children
15with disabilities
education boards to locate qualified professional school personnel,
16assist qualified professional school personnel to locate vacant positions and provide
17information and analysis of the professional school personnel supply.
AB674, s. 40 18Section 40. 115.362 (4) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
1927
, is amended to read:
AB674,17,2420 115.362 (4) (a) Each school board receiving a grant under sub. (2) (a) 2. shall
21ensure that its program meets standards established by the state superintendent by
22rule. The school board may establish the program individually or on a cooperative
23basis with one or more school districts, cooperative educational service agencies or
24county handicapped children's children with disabilities education boards.
AB674, s. 41
1Section 41. 115.37 of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is
2amended to read:
AB674,18,14 3115.37 Council on the education of the blind. The council on the education
4of the blind shall make recommendations as to procedures and policies affecting any
5problem of the visually handicapped children with visual impairments before the
6department. The council shall advise on such services, activities, programs,
7investigations and researches as in its judgment will contribute to the welfare of
8visually handicapped persons with visual impairments. The state superintendent
9shall seek the advice of and consult with the council on problems and policy changes
10affecting the visually handicapped persons with visual impairments in the
11department's jurisdiction, and the council may initiate consultations with the
12department. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the council shall have
13access to files, records and statistics kept in the department which relate to matters
14concerning the visually handicapped children with visual impairments.
AB674, s. 42 15Section 42. Subchapter III of chapter 115 (title) [precedes 115.51] of the
16statutes is amended to read:
AB674,18,1717 Chapter 115
AB674,18,2018 SUBCHAPTER III
19 STATE SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
20 FOR THE HANDICAPPED
AB674, s. 43 21Section 43. 115.51 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
22is amended to read:
AB674,18,2523 115.51 (1) "Blind" includes persons visually handicapped with visual
24impairments
, as determined by competent medical authority with the approval of
25the state superintendent.
AB674, s. 44
1Section 44. 115.52 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,19,62 115.52 (1) The object of the Wisconsin school for the visually handicapped and
3the Wisconsin school for the deaf is to afford the visually handicapped persons with
4visual impairments
and the deaf persons with hearing impairments a practical
5education and physical rehabilitation which may aid them to make a living,
6discharge their duties as citizens and secure to them all possible happiness.
AB674, s. 45 7Section 45. 115.52 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
8is amended to read:
AB674,19,159 115.52 (5) The state superintendent may grant approval for the maintenance
10of a summer school at the school for the deaf whenever it will be to the advantage of
11deaf persons with hearing impairments and may grant approval for the maintenance
12of a summer school at the school for the visually handicapped whenever it will be to
13the advantage of visually handicapped minors children with visual impairments.
14There shall be a summer school each year at the school for the visually handicapped
15for visually handicapped adults with visual impairments.
AB674, s. 46 16Section 46. 115.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,19,2217 115.52 (7) The Wisconsin school for the deaf may provide instruction for
18preschool deaf children with hearing impairments and their parents. The Wisconsin
19school for the visually handicapped may provide instruction for preschool visually
20handicapped
children with visual impairments and their parents. Such instruction
21or treatment shall be subject to the approval of, and shall comply with requirements
22established by, the department.
AB674, s. 47 23Section 47. 115.53 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,20,524 115.53 (2) Arrange for vocational, trade or academic training for any pupil in
25either state school qualified to take such training advantageously, in either a public

1school or technical college or a private business establishment in Janesville or
2Delavan. The public school and the technical college shall be paid the regular tuition
3for full-time attendance and proportionally for part-time attendance by the school
4district responsible for the pupil's placement in an appropriate program under s.
5115.85 (1)
provision of a free appropriate public education under subch. V.
AB674, s. 48 6Section 48. 115.55 of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is
7amended to read:
AB674,20,15 8115.55 (title) Library for the blind and visually handicapped persons
9with visual impairments
. Embossed, clear type or large type text books acquired
10by the school for the visually handicapped shall constitute a circulating collection for
11the blind and visually handicapped persons with visual impairments. The collection
12shall be kept at the school and be under the supervision of its superintendent. All
13blind and visually handicapped school age children with visual impairments of the
14state may use such books upon compliance with rules made by the superintendent
15and approved by the state superintendent.
AB674, s. 49 16Section 49. 115.74 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,20,1917 115.74 (1) (a) 3. Placement rates Rates of American Indian children in classes
18for handicapped pupils
receiving special education and related services under subch.
19V of ch. 115
in comparison with statewide and district-wide placement rates.
AB674, s. 50 20Section 50. Subchapter V of chapter 115 [precedes 115.758] of the statutes, as
21affected by 1997 Wisconsin Acts 27 and .... (Senate Bill 272), is repealed and
22recreated to read:
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