AB618: Bill Text

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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE

2015 Assembly BILL 618

December 29, 2015 - Introduced by Representatives Pope, Barnes, Genrich, Considine, Sinicki, Sargent, Kolste, Billings, Mason, Ohnstad, Milroy, Jorgensen, Riemer, Goyke, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Bowen, Wachs, C. Taylor, Shankland, Subeck, Johnson, Kahl and Zamarripa, cosponsored by Senators C. Larson, Carpenter, L. Taylor, Vinehout, Wirch and Harris Dodd. Referred to Committee on Education.

AB618,1,3 An Act to create 118.60 (6m) (b) 5. and 119.23 (6m) (b) 5. of the statutes; relating to: requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to report suspensions and expulsions of pupils.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires a private school participating in a parental choice program to annually report to the Department of Public Instruction all of the following information related to suspensions and expulsions of pupils from the private school:

1. The number of pupils who were suspended from the private school during the previous school year.

2. The number of pupils who were expelled from the private school during the previous school year.

3. The reasons for which pupils were suspended or expelled from the private school in the previous school year.

4. The length of time for which the pupils were expelled.

5. Whether pupils who were expelled returned to the private school after expulsions.

6. Any educational programs or services the private school provided to pupils during expulsions.

7. The grade, sex, and ethnicity of pupils who were suspended or expelled and whether the suspended or expelled pupils are children with disabilities.

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

AB618,1 Section 1. 118.60 (6m) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB618,2,13 118.60 (6m) (b) 5. The number of pupils who were suspended and expelled from the private school in the previous school year; the reasons for which pupils were suspended or expelled from the private school in the previous school year, reported according to the categories specified by the state superintendent under s. 115.38 (1) (b) 2.; the length of time for which the pupils were expelled, reported according to categories specified by the state superintendent under s. 115.38 (1) (b) 2.; whether pupils returned to the private school after their expulsions; the educational programs and services, if any, the private school provided to pupils during their expulsions, reported according to categories specified by the state superintendent under s. 115.38 (1) (b) 2; and the grade, sex, and ethnicity of pupils who were suspended or expelled and whether the suspended or expelled pupils are children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5).

AB618,2 Section 2. 119.23 (6m) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB618,3,5 119.23 (6m) (b) 5. The number of pupils who were suspended and expelled from the private school in the previous school year; the reasons for which pupils were suspended or expelled from the private school in the previous school year, reported according to the categories specified by the state superintendent under s. 115.38 (1) (b) 2.; the length of time for which the pupils were expelled, reported according to categories specified by the state superintendent under s. 115.38 (1) (b) 2.; whether pupils returned to the private school after their expulsions; the educational programs and services, if any, the private school provided to pupils during their expulsions, reported according to categories specified by the state superintendent under s. 115.38 (1) (b) 2; and the grade, sex, and ethnicity of pupils who were suspended or expelled and whether the suspended or expelled pupils are children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5).

AB618,3,6 (End)