AB637: Bill Text

AB637,37,8 118.162 (1) (am) A representative from each tribal school in the county, designated by the governing body of that tribal school that he or she represents, who may be a member of the tribal school governing body, school administrator, teacher, pupil services professional, or parent of a child enrolled in that tribal school.

AB637,37,10 (m) A parent of a pupil enrolled in a tribal school located in the county, who resides in the county, designated by the county board.

Note: Adds to the county committee that advises on school districts' truancy plans: (1) a representative of each tribal school in the county; and (2) a parent of a tribal school pupil. The latter provision is modeled after the provision for a parent of a private school pupil being appointed to the county committee.

AB637, s. 70 Section 70. 118.255 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,38,6 118.255 (2) (a) If a school board, cooperative educational service agency, or county children with disabilities education board provides physical or mental health treatment services to its pupils, it may also provide such services within the private school or tribal school facilities to those private school or tribal school pupils who are referred to the public school board, cooperative educational service agency, or county children with disabilities education board by the administrator of a private school or tribal school for evaluation for possible servicing. There shall be no charge for health treatment services provided to any pupils unless public school students or their parents are charged for similar services. For purposes of state aid, as it is provided under s. 115.88 to the public school district, for the health treatment service program, private school and tribal school pupils receiving such health treatment services shall be counted among the pupils of the public school district receiving such services, although each child may receive health treatment services within the child's own school facilities, whether public or, private, or tribal.

AB637,38,15 (b) A school board, cooperative educational service agency, or county children with disabilities education board providing services under this section may enter into agreements with the administrator of a private school or tribal school on the scheduling, space, and other necessary arrangements for performance of such health treatment services. A school board, cooperative educational service agency, or county children with disabilities education board shall not pay any private school or tribal school for any services or facilities provided under this section. Control of the health treatment services program shall rest with the public school board, cooperative educational service agency, or county children with disabilities education board.

AB637,38,19 (c) A school board, cooperative educational service agency, or county children with disabilities education board may provide health treatment services only within private school or tribal school facilities located within the boundaries of the school district, cooperative educational service agency, or county.

Note: Permits school boards, CESAs, and county children with disabilities education boards to provide health treatment services to tribal school pupils at tribal schools under certain circumstances. One of the required circumstances is that the pupil be referred by the tribal school administrator.

AB637, s. 71 Section 71. 118.257 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,39,2 118.257 (1) (d) "School" means a public, parochial or, private, or tribal school which provides an educational program for one or more grades between grades 1 and 12 and which is commonly known as an elementary school, middle school, junior high school, senior high school, or high school.

Note: Current law exempts from liability certain staff at a private school for removing a pupil from school premises or from school-sponsored activities for suspicion of certain activities relating to controlled substances. Changing this definition has the effect of extending to certain tribal school officials the same exemption from liability under state law. It also has the effect of adding tribal schools to the definition of school in s. 134.66 (1) (h), stats., which cross-references this definition. This would prohibit a retailer from placing a vending machine that dispenses cigarettes within 500 feet of a tribal school.

Extending the immunity protections under state law to certain tribal school staff does not affect whatever right such staff have to raise a defense of tribal sovereign immunity if sued.

AB637, s. 72 Section 72. 118.29 (2) (a) (intro.) and 3. and (b) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB637,39,14 118.29 (2) (a) (intro.) Notwithstanding chs. 441, 447, 448, and 450, a school bus operator validly authorized under ss. 343.12 and 343.17 (3) (c) to operate the school bus he or she is operating, any school employee or volunteer, county children with disabilities education board employee or volunteer or cooperative educational service agency employee or volunteer authorized in writing by the administrator of the school district, the board or the agency, respectively, or by a school principal, and any private school employee or volunteer authorized in writing by a private school administrator or private school principal, and any tribal school employee or volunteer authorized in writing by a tribal school administrator or tribal school principal:

AB637,39,18 3. Is Subject to sub. (4m), is immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in administering a drug or prescription drug to a pupil under subd. 1., 2., 2m., or 2r. unless the act or omission constitutes a high degree of negligence. This subdivision does not apply to health care professionals.

AB637,40,6 (b) Any Subject to sub. (4m), any school district administrator, county children with disabilities education board administrator, cooperative educational service agency administrator, public or, private , or tribal school principal, or private or tribal school administrator who authorizes an employee or volunteer to administer a drug or prescription drug to a pupil under par. (a) is immune from civil liability for the act of authorization unless it constitutes a high degree of negligence.

AB637,40,15 (3) Emergency care; civil liability exemption. Any school bus operator validly authorized under ss. 343.12 and 343.17 (3) (c) to operate the school bus he or she is operating and any public or, private , or tribal school employee or volunteer, county children with disabilities education board employee or volunteer, or cooperative educational service agency employee or volunteer, other than a health care professional, who in good faith renders emergency care to a pupil of a public or, private, or tribal school is immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in rendering such emergency care. The immunity from civil liability provided under this subsection is in addition to and not in lieu of that provided under s. 895.48 (1).

AB637, s. 73 Section 73. 118.29 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB637,40,20 118.29 (4m) Applicability to tribal school employees. The immunity under sub. (2) applies to a tribal school employee, administrator, or volunteer only if the governing body of the tribal school has adopted a written policy that complies with sub. (4).

Note: Current law, in pertinent part, permits private school employees and volunteers to administer certain drugs to pupils under certain circumstances and exempts them from liability under state law for doing so. It also requires the governing board of a private school to adopt a written policy governing such administration. The bill permits tribal school employees and volunteers to do so in the same situations and extends to them the same exemptions from liability under state law if the governing body of the tribal school has adopted a written policy that complies with the requirements for a written policy that apply to private schools. The bill also extends to tribal school employees and volunteers the same exemption from liability under state law when they are rendering emergency care that applies to certain others, including private school employees and volunteers.

Extending the immunity protections to tribal school employees and volunteers does not affect whatever right they have to raise a defense of tribal sovereign immunity if sued.

AB637, s. 74 Section 74. 118.295 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,41,8 118.295 Suicide intervention; civil liability exemption. Any school board, private school, tribal school, county children with disabilities education board, or cooperative educational service agency, and any officer, employee, or volunteer thereof, who in good faith attempts to prevent suicide by a pupil is immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in respect to the suicide or attempted suicide. The civil liability immunity provided in this section is in addition to and not in lieu of that provided under s. 895.48 (1).

Note: Current law, in pertinent part, specifies that private school officers, employees, and volunteers who in good faith attempt to prevent suicide by a pupil are exempt under state law from civil liability for their acts or omissions. The bill extends the same exemptions from liability under state law to tribal school officers, employees, and volunteers.

Extending the immunity protections to tribal school officers, employees, and volunteers does not affect whatever right they have to raise a defense of tribal sovereign immunity if sued.

AB637, s. 75 Section 75. 120.18 (1) (a) 2. and (s) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB637,42,2 120.18 (1) (a) 2. Adding the number of persons under this paragraph who were residents of the school district and were enrolled in the school district on the 3rd Friday of September of the previous school year; plus the number of persons under this paragraph who were residents of the school district and who were enrolled in private schools, tribal schools, home-based private educational programs, or other school districts on the 3rd Friday of September of the previous school year; plus the number or an estimate of the number of those persons under this paragraph who were residents of the school district and not enrolled in the school district, private schools, tribal schools, home-based private educational programs, or other school districts on the 3rd Friday of September of the previous school year.

AB637,42,4 (s) Such other facts and statistics in relation to the schools, public or, private, or tribal, in the school district as the department requires.

Note: In the annual school district report submitted by the school district clerk to DPI, requires inclusion of the above information about tribal schools and tribal school pupils. (This information can be included only if the tribal school voluntarily provides the information to the school district.)

AB637, s. 76 Section 76. 121.05 (1) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,42,7 121.05 (1) (a) 7. Pupils enrolled in a nonsectarian private school or program, or tribal school, under s. 118.15 (1) (d) 4.

Note: Current law requires that the pupil membership report (which is used to calculate state aid to school districts) include pupils enrolled in a nonsectarian private school or program if the school district is paying tuition for the pupil to attend such a private school or program because of a curriculum modification agreed to by the school board. This Section adds tribal schools to reflect the proposed amendment to s. 118.15 (1) (d) 4., stats., above.

AB637, s. 77 Section 77. 121.76 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,42,12 121.76 (1) (a) "Agency of service" means a school board, board of control of a cooperative educational service agency, county children with disabilities education board, or governing body of a nonsectarian private school or, university model school, or tribal school, which provides services for which tuition may be charged.

Note: Current law defines "agency of service" for purposes of subch. V, ch. 121, stats., which describes various circumstances under which a pupil may attend a school other than a public school in the school district of residence, how tuition and aid are calculated if the school district is paying for it, and how tuition is otherwise calculated. The entity providing the services is the agency of service. As a result of other provisions of this bill, a tribal school may be providing the services due to curriculum modification or court-ordered educational placement.

AB637, s. 78 Section 78. 121.76 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,43,2 121.76 (2) (c) The agency of service, other than a tribal school, shall rebate a proportional share of state or federal aid received for pupils for whom it received tuition. The rebate shall be paid to the agency or person who paid the tuition within 30 days of its receipt by the agency of service.

Note: Under current law, if an agency of service, including a private school, receives tuition from a school district, it must rebate a proportional share of any federal or state aid it received. Because a tribal school could assert a defense of sovereign immunity in any lawsuit to collect a rebate, the bill does not require a tribal school to rebate such aid. Rather, the bill provides in s. 121.78 (4) and (5), stats., below, that federal and state aid are subtracted in determining the amount of tuition paid to a tribal school that is providing either court-ordered educational placement under an agreement with the school district or curriculum modification under an agreement with the school district.

AB637, s. 79 Section 79. 121.78 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,43,18 121.78 (4) Court-ordered educational services. If a pupil is receiving educational services as the result of a court order under s. 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. 48.345 (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. 48.345 (12) (a) 4. or 938.34 (7d) (a) 4. The minimum amount paid by a school board to a tribal school specified under s. 48.345 (12) (a) 5. or 938.34 (7d) (a) 5., for each full-time equivalent pupil served by the tribal school, shall be determined by multiplying the average per pupil cost for the school district by 0.8 and then subtracting any federal or state aid received by the tribal school for the pupil.

Note: Amends this provision to reflect the amendments which add s. 48.345 (12) (a) 5., stats., above, and s. 938.34 (7d) (a) 5., stats., below, which permit a court to require in a CHIPS, juvenile in need of protection or services (JIPS), or delinquency dispositional order an educational placement at a tribal school that must be paid for by the school district. Under current law, a school board must pay an agency providing such services, other than a technical college, at least 80% of the average per pupil cost for the school district. This is the minimum amount that must be specified in the contract between the school board and agency. The agency of service must rebate all federal and state aid received for that pupil under s. 121.76 (2) (c), stats.

The bill specifies that if a tribal school is providing a court-ordered educational placement for a pupil under an agreement with the school district, the minimum amount paid by the school board to the tribal school must be determined by multiplying the average per pupil cost of the school district times 0.80 and then subtracting all federal and state aid received by the tribal school for that pupil.

AB637, s. 80 Section 80. 121.78 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB637,44,7 121.78 (5) Alternative programs. If a pupil is placed in an alternative program under s. 118.15 (1) (d) 4., the school board shall pay tuition to the agency of service pursuant to a contractual agreement between the school board and the agency of service. If the agency of service is a tribal school, any federal or state aid received by the tribal school for the pupil shall be subtracted in determining the amount of aid to be paid.

Note: The bill provides that if a school board approves a curriculum modification allowing a pupil to attend a nonsectarian private school or tribal school at school district expense and pursuant to an agreement between the school board and the private school or tribal school, the school board pays tuition pursuant to an agreement with the private school or tribal school. The bill requires such an agreement with a tribal school to provide for subtracting the amount of federal and state aid received for the pupil in determining the amount of tuition paid by the school district to the tribal school. The bill is silent with respect to private schools in this regard, as private schools are required to rebate any such payment under s. 121.76 (2) (c), stats.

AB637, s. 81 Section 81. 125.09 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,44,13 125.09 (2) (a) 2. "School" means a public, school, a parochial or private school, or a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (16), which provides an educational program for one or more grades between grades 1 and 12 and which is commonly known as an elementary school, middle school, junior high school, senior high school, or high school.

Note: Includes tribal school in the definition of "school" for purposes of the statute that restricts possession of alcohol beverages on school premises. Violation of this statute or an ordinance adopted in conformity with this statute has consequences under various statutes, with special provisions applying to juveniles.

AB637, s. 82 Section 82. 125.68 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,45,10 125.68 (3) Restrictions on location. (intro.) No "Class A" or "Class B" license or permit may be issued for premises the main entrance of which is less than 300 feet from the main entrance of any public or parochial school, any tribal school, as defined in s 115.001 (16), any hospital, or any church, except that this prohibition may be waived by a majority vote of the governing body of the municipality in which the premises is located. The distance shall be measured by the shortest route along the highway from the main entrance of the school, church, or hospital to the main entrance of the premises covered by the license or permit. The prohibition in this subsection does not apply to any of the following:

Note: Includes tribal schools in the statute that generally restricts the location of the premises for which a Class A or Class B liquor license is issued from being within 300 feet from the main entrance of a school.

AB637, s. 83 Section 83. 252.15 (1) (ab) and (2) (a) 7. a. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB637,45,22 252.15 (1) (ab) "Affected person" means an emergency medical technician; first responder; fire fighter; peace officer; correctional officer; person who is employed at a secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (15m), a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), or a secured group home, as defined in s. 938.02 (15p); state patrol officer; jailer, keeper of a jail, or person designated with custodial authority by the jailer or keeper; health care provider; employee of a health care provider; staff member of a state crime laboratory; social worker; or employee of a school district, cooperative educational service agency, charter school, private school, tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (16), the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, or the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

AB637,46,22 (2) (a) 7. a. If all of the conditions under subd. 7. ai. to c. are met, an emergency medical technician; first responder; fire fighter; peace officer; correctional officer; person who is employed at a secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (15m), a secured child caring institution, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), or a secured group home, as defined in s. 938.02 (15p); state patrol officer; jailer, keeper of a jail, or person designated with custodial authority by the jailer or keeper, during the course of providing care or services to an individual; a peace officer, correctional officer, state patrol officer, jailer or keeper of a jail, or person designated with custodial authority by the jailer or keeper, while searching or arresting an individual or while controlling or transferring an individual in custody; a health care provider or an employee of a health care provider, during the course of providing care or treatment to an individual or handling or processing specimens of body fluids or tissues of an individual; a staff member of a state crime laboratory, during the course of handling or processing specimens of body fluids or tissues of an individual; social worker; or an employee of a school district, cooperative educational service agency, charter school, private school, tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (16), the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, or the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, while performing employment duties involving an individual; who is significantly exposed to the individual may subject the individual's blood to a test or a series of tests for the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV and may receive disclosure of the results.

Note: While the results of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) tests are generally confidential, this amendment includes tribal school employees in the category of persons who, when significantly exposed to an individual (for example, by contact with the individual's blood) may require HIV testing of the individual and receive the results of the test.

AB637, s. 84 Section 84. 255.30 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,47,5 255.30 (4) The state superintendent of public instruction shall prepare and circulate to each public and private educational institution and to each tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (16), in this state instructions and recommendations for implementing the eye safety provisions of this section.

Note: Requires the state superintendent to provide information about eye safety to tribal schools, in addition to the other entities specified in current law.

AB637, s. 85 Section 85. 301.45 (1d) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,47,10 301.45 (1d) (c) "Student" means a person who is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in any public or, private , or tribal educational institution, including a secondary school, a business, trade, technical or vocational school , or an institution of higher education.

Note: Amends the definition of "student" for the purpose of the sex offender registration law to also include students at a tribal educational institution, which would include tribal colleges as well as tribal schools. The registration and reporting requirements apply to state residents, persons employed or carrying on a vocation in this state, and students attending school in this state.

AB637, s. 86 Section 86. 301.46 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,47,13 301.46 (4) (a) 1. A public or private elementary or secondary school or a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (16).

Note: Adds tribal schools to the list of those who may request information about persons on the sex offender registry.

AB637, s. 87 Section 87. 343.06 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,48,18 343.06 (1) (c) To any person under age 18 unless the person is enrolled in a school program or high school equivalency program and is not a habitual truant as defined in s. 118.16 (1) (a), has graduated from high school or been granted a declaration of high school graduation equivalency or is enrolled in a home-based private educational program, as defined in s. 115.001 (3g), and has satisfactorily completed a course in driver education in public schools approved by the department of public instruction, or in technical colleges approved by the technical college system board, or in nonpublic and private schools or tribal schools, as defined in s. 115.001 (16), which meet the minimum standards set by the department of public instruction, or has satisfactorily completed a substantially equivalent course in driver training approved by the department and given by a school licensed by the department under s. 343.61, or has satisfactorily completed a substantially equivalent course in driver education or training approved by another state and has attained the age of 16, except as provided in s. 343.07 (1). The department shall not issue a license to any person under the age of 18 authorizing the operation of "Class M" vehicles unless the person has successfully completed a basic rider course approved by the department. The department may, by rule, exempt certain persons from the basic rider course requirement of this paragraph. Applicants for a license under s. 343.08 or 343.135 are exempt from the driver education, basic rider or driver training course requirement. The secretary shall prescribe rules for licensing of schools and instructors to qualify under this paragraph. The driver education course shall be made available to every eligible student in the state. Except as provided under s. 343.16 (1) (c) and (2) (cm) to (e), no operator's license may be issued unless a driver's examination has been administered by the department.

Note: Allows an individual age 16 or 17 to obtain a driver's license if the individual has taken a driver training course at a tribal school if the course meets DPI minimum standards and all other license criteria are met. See s. 115.28 (11), stats., above, and s. 343.16 (1) (c) 3., stats., below.

AB637, s. 88 Section 88. 343.07 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,49,3 343.07 (5) Definition. In this section, "qualified instructor" means a person employed by a public or private school or by a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (16), holding an operator's license and meeting the teaching certification standards of the department of public instruction or the technical college system board to teach driver education, or an instructor of a school licensed under s. 343.61, or a teacher or student teacher in a driver education course for teachers conducted by an institution of higher education.

Note: Provides that an individual meeting certain credentials and employed by a tribal school is considered to be a qualified instructor to teach a driver education course for purposes of the state driver's license statutes.

AB637, s. 89 Section 89. 343.16 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,49,7 343.16 (1) (c) 3. A course in driver education in nonpublic and private schools or tribal schools, as defined in s. 115.001 (16), that meets the minimum standards set by the department of public instruction.

Note: Permits an instructor of a driver education course in a tribal school to administer part of the driver's examination. See s. 343.06 (1) (c), stats., above.

AB637, s. 90 Section 90. 447.06 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,49,10 447.06 (2) (a) 2. For a school board or a governing body of a private school or of a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (16).

Note: Current law limits where a dental hygienist may practice. This provision additionally permits a dental hygienist to be employed at or independently contract with a tribal school.

AB637, s. 91 Section 91. 895.48 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,50,2 895.48 (1m) (intro.) Any physician or athletic trainer licensed under ch. 448, chiropractor licensed under ch. 446, dentist licensed under ch. 447, emergency medical technician licensed under s. 146.50, first responder certified under s. 146.50 (8), physician assistant licensed under ch. 448, registered nurse licensed under ch. 441, or a massage therapist or bodyworker issued a certificate under ch. 460 who renders voluntary health care to a participant in an athletic event or contest sponsored by a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 66.0129 (6) (b), a private school, as defined in s. 115.001 (3r), a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (16), a public agency, as defined in s. 46.856 (1) (b), or a school, as defined in s. 609.655 (1) (c), is immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in rendering that care if all of the following conditions exist:

Note: Current law specifies, in pertinent part, that certain health care providers who render free health care at an athletic event at a private school are immune from liability for acts and omissions. The bill extends the immunity under state law if care is rendered at a tribal school's athletic event. Adding immunity under this provision also permits the health care provider who has been significantly exposed to the emergency victim to get the results of HIV tests.

AB637, s. 92 Section 92. 895.515 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,50,12 895.515 (2) Any person engaged in the sale or use of commercial equipment or technology, for profit or not for profit, who donates any commercial equipment or technology to a public or private elementary or secondary school, a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (16), or an institution of higher education or who accepts reimbursement in an amount not to exceed overhead and transportation costs for any commercial equipment or technology provided to a public or private elementary or secondary school, to a tribal school, or to an institution of higher education is immune from civil liability for the death of or injury to an individual caused by the commercial equipment or technology.

Note: Current law specifies, in pertinent part, that certain individuals who donate commercial equipment or technology to a private school are immune from civil liability under state law for death or injury caused by the donated equipment or technology. This amendment extends the immunity under state law if the donation is made to a tribal school.

AB637, s. 93 Section 93. 938.02 (18e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB637,50,14 938.02 (18e) "Tribal school" has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (16).

AB637, s. 94 Section 94. 938.34 (7d) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB637,50,17 938.34 (7d) (a) 5. Pursuant to a contractual agreement with the school district in which the child resides, an educational program provided by a tribal school.

AB637, s. 95 Section 95. 938.34 (7d) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637,51,6 938.34 (7d) (c) The court shall order the county department or licensed child welfare agency responsible for supervising the juvenile to disclose to the school board, technical college district board, tribal school, or private, nonprofit, nonsectarian agency which is providing an educational program under par. (a) 3. records or information about the juvenile, as necessary to assure the provision of appropriate educational services under par. (a).

Note: Under current law, a delinquency dispositional order, JIPS dispositional order, or a habitual truancy ordinance violation dispositional order may include an order that a juvenile attend an educational program provided by the school district or one of several programs under contract with the school district. Current law does not include a tribal school.