AB129: Bill Text

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

1999 Assembly BILL 129

February 16, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives J. Lehman, Urban, F. Lasee, Albers, Bock, Seratti, Meyerhofer and Grothman, cosponsored by Senator Fitzgerald. Referred to Committee on Education Reform.

AB129,1,4 An Act to renumber and amend 120.12 (23); to amend 121.54 (7) (a) (intro.) and 121.54 (7) (a) 2.; and to create 120.12 (23) (b) of the statutes; relating to: requiring school boards to permit home-based private educational program pupils to participate in extracurricular activities.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires a school board to permit a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program to participate fully in any extracurricular or recreational school program or activity if the pupil is enrolled in the home-based private educational program at the beginning of the school term, the pupil resides in the attendance area served by the school sponsoring the extracurricular or recreational school program or activity, and the school board determines that there is sufficient space in the program or activity.

Current law permits a school board to transport pupils of public and private schools and their parents or guardians to extracurricular activities and permits the school board to charge the persons transported or the private school, if appropriate, for the cost of providing the transportation. This bill permits a school board to transport pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program and their parents or guardians to an extracurricular activity and permits the school board to charge the persons transported for the cost of providing the transportation.

For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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

AB129, s. 1 Section 1. 120.12 (23) of the statutes is renumbered 120.12 (23) (a) and amended to read:

AB129,2,6 120.12 (23) (a) Annually, adopt a policy on access to extracurricular and recreational school programs and activities that encourages full participation by all elementary grade pupils in these programs and activities. This subsection paragraph does not apply to the school board of a union high school district.

AB129, s. 2 Section 2. 120.12 (23) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB129,2,10 120.12 (23) (b) Permit a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program to participate fully in any extracurricular or recreational school program or activity if all of the following are true:

AB129,2,12 1. The pupil is enrolled in the home-based private educational program at the beginning of the school term.

AB129,2,15 2. The pupil resides in the attendance area, as defined in s. 121.845 (1), served by the school sponsoring the extracurricular or recreational school program or activity.

AB129,2,17 3. The school board determines that there is sufficient space in the extracurricular or recreational school program or activity.

AB129, s. 3 Section 3. 121.54 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB129,3,4 121.54 (7) (a) (intro.) A school board may provide transportation for pupils attending public or private schools or enrolled in home-based private educational programs, their parents or guardians, authorized chaperones, school officers, faculty and employes and school doctors, dentists and nurses in connection with any extracurricular activity of the public or private school, such as a school athletic contest, school game, after school practice, late activity, school outing or school field trip or any other similar trip when:

AB129, s. 4 Section 4. 121.54 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB129,3,9 121.54 (7) (a) 2. A school operated by the school district or the private school has an actual interest in the safety and welfare of the children transported to the activity;. This subdivision does not apply to the transportation of pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.

AB129, s. 5 Section 5. Initial applicability.

AB129,3,13 (1) This act first applies to the participation of pupils in extracurricular or recreational school programs and to the transportation of those pupils in the school year beginning after the effective date of this subsection.

AB129,3,14 (End)