AB674,6,133 15.377 (1) Council on the education of the blind. There is created in the
4department of public instruction a council on the education of the blind consisting
5of 3 members, who shall be visually handicapped have a visual impairment and shall
6have a recognized interest in and a demonstrated knowledge of the problems of the
7visually handicapped
children who have visual impairments, appointed by the state
8superintendent of public instruction for staggered 6-year terms. "Visually
9handicapped"
"Visual impairment" means having a) a visual acuity equal to or less
10than 20/70 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or b) a visual acuity greater than
1120/70 in the better eye with correcting lenses, but accompanied by a limitation in the
12field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no
13greater than 20 degrees.
AB674, s. 2
1Section 2. 15.377 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is
2repealed and recreated to read:
AB674,7,183 15.377 (4) Council on special education. There is created in the department
4of public instruction a council on special education to advise the state superintendent
5of public instruction about the unmet educational needs of children with disabilities,
6in developing evaluations and reporting on data to the federal department of
7education, in developing plans to address findings identified in federal monitoring
8reports, in developing and implementing policies relating to the coordination of
9services for children with disabilities and on any other matters upon which the state
10superintendent wishes the council's opinion; and to comment publicly on any rules
11proposed by the department of public instruction regarding the education of children
12with disabilities. The state superintendent of public instruction shall appoint the
13members of the council for 3-year terms, and shall ensure that a majority of the
14members are individuals with disabilities or parents of children with disabilities and
15that the council is representative of the state population, as determined by the state
16superintendent. The council shall be composed of individuals who are involved in,
17or concerned with, the education of children with disabilities, including all of the
18following:
AB674,7,1919 (a) Teachers of regular education and teachers of special education.
AB674,7,2120 (b) Representatives of institutions of higher education that train special
21education and related services personnel.
AB674,7,2222 (c) State and local education officials.
AB674,7,2323 (d) Administrators of programs for children with disabilities.
AB674,7,2524 (e) Representatives of agencies other than the department of public instruction
25involved in the financing or delivery of related services to children with disabilities.
AB674,8,1
1(f) Representatives of private schools and charter schools.
AB674,8,32 (g) At least one representative of a vocational, community or business
3organization that provides transition services for children with disabilities.
AB674,8,44 (h) Representatives from the department of corrections.
AB674,8,55 (i) Parents of children with disabilities.
AB674,8,66 (j) Individuals with disabilities.
AB674, s. 3 7Section 3. 20.255 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,8,138 20.255 (1) (d) Principal repayment and interest. A sum sufficient to reimburse
9s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing
10the acquisition, construction, development, enlargement or improvement of
11institutional facilities for the individuals with hearing impaired impairments and
12visually handicapped visual impairments under s. 115.52 and reference and loan
13library facilities under s. 43.05 (11).
AB674, s. 4 14Section 4. 20.255 (2) (b) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,8,1515 20.255 (2) (b) (title) Aids for handicapped special education.
AB674, s. 5 16Section 5. 20.255 (2) (bh) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,8,1917 20.255 (2) (bh) (title) Aid to county handicapped children's children with
18disabilities
education boards. The amounts in the schedule for aid to county
19handicapped children's children with disabilities education boards under s. 121.135.
AB674, s. 6 20Section 6. 20.255 (2) (br) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27,
21is amended to read:
AB674,9,222 20.255 (2) (br) (title) Aid for handicapped special education transportation.
23The amounts in the schedule for the payment of handicapped special education
24transportation aid under s. 115.88 (2). If the amount appropriated under this
25paragraph is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under s. 115.88 (2), the balance

1shall be paid from the appropriation under par. (b). No moneys may be encumbered
2from the appropriation under this paragraph after June 30, 1993.
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:
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