AB1021: Bill Text

Currently, DPI may bar the participation of a private school in a choice program if the private school retains, for compensation or as a volunteer, a disqualified person within seven years after the date of an order issued by DPI. This bill eliminates the seven-year limit on the person's status as a disqualified person; as a result, DPI may bar from participation in a parental choice program a private school that hires or retains a disqualified person regardless of the amount of time that has passed since the person engaged in the disqualifying activity.

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

AB1021,1 Section 1. 118.60 (1) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1021,2,2 118.60 (1) (ag) (intro.) "Disqualified person" means a any of the following:

AB1021,2,5 1m. A person who, when a private school was barred or terminated from participation in the program under this section by an order issued under sub. (10) or by an order issued under s. 119.23 (10), satisfied at least one of the following:

AB1021,2 Section 2. 118.60 (1) (ag) 1. to 3. of the statutes are renumbered 118.60 (1) (ag) 1m. a. to c.

AB1021,3 Section 3. 118.60 (1) (ag) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1021,2,11 118.60 (1) (ag) 2m. A person for whom a license to operate a child care center issued under s. 48.65 (1) was denied, revoked, suspended, not renewed, or not continued under s. 48.715 (3) (c), (4), (4g) (a), (5), (6), or (7).

AB1021,4 Section 4. 118.60 (1) (ag) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1021,3,4 118.60 (1) (ag) 3m. A person who has been convicted of, or pled guilty or no contest to, a crime involving an act of fraud or dishonesty, including theft, embezzlement, forgery, or misappropriation, against an agency or political subdivision of this state or against a federal agency.

AB1021,5 Section 5. 118.60 (1) (ag) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1021,3,8 118.60 (1) (ag) 4m. A person who would not be eligible to be employed, licensed, or permitted for any of the reasons specified under s. 115.31 (2g) or (6m), 115.315, or 118.19 (1m) or (1r).

AB1021,6 Section 6. 118.60 (10) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1021,3,16 118.60 (10) (a) 8. Before the end of a 7-year period beginning on the date of an order issued by the state superintendent under this subsection, retained Hired or retained a disqualified person, for compensation , or retained a disqualified person as a volunteer, as an owner, officer, director, trustee, administrator, person designated by the administrator to assist in processing pupil applications, or person responsible for administrative, financial, or pupil health and safety matters after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].

AB1021,7 Section 7. 118.60 (10) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1021,3,20 118.60 (10) (a) 9. Failed to, as soon as practicable, dismiss or terminate the services of a disqualified person who was retained, for compensation or as a volunteer, before the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].

AB1021,8 Section 8. 119.23 (1) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1021,3,22 119.23 (1) (ag) (intro.) "Disqualified person" means a any of the following:

AB1021,3,25 1m. A person who, when a private school was barred or terminated from participation in the program under this section by an order issued under sub. (10) or by an order issued under s. 118.60 (10), satisfied at least one of the following:

AB1021,9 Section 9. 119.23 (1) (ag) 1. to 3. of the statutes are renumbered 119.23 (1) (ag) 1m. a. to c.

AB1021,10 Section 10. 119.23 (1) (ag) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1021,4,6 119.23 (1) (ag) 2m. A person for whom a license to operate a child care center issued under s. 48.65 (1) was denied, revoked, suspended, not renewed, or not continued under s. 48.715 (3) (c), (4), (4g) (a), (5), (6), or (7).

AB1021,11 Section 11. 119.23 (1) (ag) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1021,4,11 119.23 (1) (ag) 3m. A person who has been convicted of, or pled guilty or no contest to, a crime involving an act of fraud or dishonesty, including theft, embezzlement, forgery, or misappropriation, against an agency or political subdivision of this state or against a federal agency.

AB1021,12 Section 12. 119.23 (1) (ag) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1021,4,15 119.23 (1) (ag) 4m. A person who would not be eligible to be employed, licensed, or permitted for any of the reasons specified under s. 115.31 (2g) or (6m), 115.315, or 118.19 (1m) or (1r).

AB1021,13 Section 13. 119.23 (10) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1021,4,23 119.23 (10) (a) 8. Before the end of a 7-year period beginning on the date of an order issued by the state superintendent under this subsection, retained Hired or retained a disqualified person, for compensation , or retained a disqualified person as a volunteer, as an owner, officer, director, trustee, administrator, person designated by the administrator to assist in processing pupil applications, or person responsible for administrative, financial, or pupil health and safety matters after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].

AB1021,14 Section 14. 119.23 (10) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1021,5,3 119.23 (10) (a) 9. Failed to, as soon as practicable, dismiss or terminate the services of a disqualified person who was retained, for compensation or as a volunteer, before the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].

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