January 21, 2022 - Introduced by Representatives Petryk, Armstrong, Callahan,
Dittrich, Edming, James, Krug and Novak, cosponsored by Senators Bernier,
Darling and Felzkowski. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB903,1,3 1An Act to amend 106.27 (1) (b) 1. and 115.385 (1g) (e); and to create 115.28 (28),
2115.385 (1) (e), 118.35 (3m) and 118.35 (5) of the statutes; relating to: programs
3for gifted and talented pupils.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, each school board must ensure that pupils who have been
identified as gifted and talented have access to a gifted and talented program. For
purposes of this requirement, current law defines a “gifted and talented pupil" as a
pupil enrolled in a public school who gives evidence of high performance capability
in intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership, or specific academic areas and who
needs services or activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school program in
order to fully develop such capabilities.
Under the bill, each school board must submit an annual report to the
Department of Public Instruction that indicates whether the school board employs
a gifted and talented program coordinator and, if it does, the amount of time the
coordinator spends on the school board's gifted and talented program; the number
of gifted and talented pupils enrolled in the school district who received services
under a gifted and talented program; and certain demographic information for those
pupils. The bill also requires DPI to annually post on DPI's Internet site all of the
following information:
1. For each school district: a) the number of pupils who were evaluated for and
identified as a gifted and talented pupil; b) the number of pupils who received
services under a gifted and talented program and certain demographic data

regarding those pupils; c) whether the school district has complied with its duty to
provide access to a gifted and talented program; d) the services and activities
provided to pupils under the school district's program for gifted and talented pupils;
and e) whether the school district employs a gifted and talented program coordinator
and, if it does, the amount of time the coordinator spends on the gifted and talented
program.
2. For each gifted and talented program grant recipient, the services and
activities that the entity provided to gifted and talented pupils.
3. The statewide pupil participation rate in advanced placement courses.
DPI also must notify the appropriate standing committees of the legislature
that the information is available on DPI's Internet site.
Additionally, under the bill, DPI annually must audit at least 10 percent of
school districts, which must be selected at random, for compliance with the
requirements under current law and the bill. Finally, DPI must include in the school
and school district accountability report, commonly known as school and school
district report cards, DPI's determination of whether or not a school district complied
with the state law requirements related to programs for gifted and talented pupils.
Under current law, the Department of Workforce Development awards
workforce training grants, under what is commonly known as the Fast Forward
Program, for various workforce training purposes. One of the purposes under
current law is to provide grants for programs that train teachers and that train
individuals to become teachers. This bill expands that purpose to explicitly include
grants for providing professional development to teachers who serve gifted and
talented pupils.
For further information see the state and 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:
AB903,1 1Section 1 . 106.27 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB903,2,52 106.27 (1) (b) 1. Grants for programs that train teachers and, for programs that
3train individuals to become teachers, including teachers in dual enrollment
4programs, and for providing professional development to teachers who provide
5services to gifted and talented pupils, as defined in s. 118.35 (1)
.
AB903,2 6Section 2. 115.28 (28) of the statutes is created to read:
AB903,3,3
1115.28 (28) Gifted and talented program resources. (a) Maintain a
2searchable public online database of curricular resources related to serving gifted
3and talented pupils, as defined in s. 118.35 (1).
AB903,3,64 (b) Provide information to school districts on best practices related to serving
5gifted and talented pupils, as defined in s. 118.35 (1), that have been implemented
6by school districts in this state.
AB903,3 7Section 3. 115.385 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB903,3,118 115.385 (1) (e) Beginning with the accountability report published for the
92023-24 school year, for each school district, the department's determination of
10whether or not the school district complied with ss. 118.35 and 121.02 (1) (t), as
11reported by the department under s. 118.35 (3m) (b) 4.
AB903,4 12Section 4. 115.385 (1g) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB903,3,1413 115.385 (1g) (e) The department may not use information provided under sub.
14(1) (d) 6. or (e).
AB903,5 15Section 5 . 118.35 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB903,3,1716 118.35 (3m) (a) Annually, each school board shall report all of the following to
17the department:
AB903,3,1918 1. Whether the school board employs a gifted and talented program
19coordinator.
AB903,3,2220 2. If the school employs a gifted and talented program coordinator, the amount
21of time the gifted and talented program coordinator spends on the school board's
22gifted and talented program.
AB903,4,223 3. The total number of gifted and talented pupils enrolled in the school district
24who received services under a gifted and talented program and, for each pupil, the

1pupil's gender, race, and ethnicity and whether the pupil is economically
2disadvantaged.
AB903,4,43 4. Upon request from the department, any other information that is necessary
4for the department to post the information required under par. (b).
AB903,4,85 (b) Annually, for the previous school year, the department shall post on the
6department's Internet site all of the following information and shall notify the
7appropriate standing committees of each house of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3)
8that the information is available on the department's Internet site:
AB903,4,109 1. For each school district, the number of pupils who were evaluated to
10determine whether the pupil is a gifted and talented pupil.
AB903,4,1211 2. For each school district, the number of pupils who have been identified as
12a gifted and talented pupil.
AB903,4,1613 3. For each school district, the number of pupils who received services under
14a gifted and talented program and, unless the pupil data groups are too small to
15protect pupil privacy, based on criteria determined by the department, the pupils'
16gender, race, and ethnicity and whether the pupils are economically disadvantaged.
AB903,4,1817 4. For each school district, the department's determination of whether or not
18the school district complied with this section and s. 121.02 (1) (t).
AB903,4,2019 5. For any entity that received a grant under sub. (4), the services and activities
20that the entity provided to gifted and talented pupils.
AB903,4,2121 6. The statewide pupil participation rate in advanced placement courses.
AB903,4,2422 7. For each school district, the services and activities provided to gifted and
23talented pupils under the program the school district makes available to pupils
24under sub. (3).
AB903,5,4
18. For each school district, whether the school district employs a gifted and
2talented program coordinator and, if it does, the amount of time the gifted and
3talented program coordinator spends on the school district's gifted and talented
4program.
AB903,6 5Section 6 . 118.35 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB903,5,96 118.35 (5) For each school year, the department shall audit at least 10 percent
7of school districts, selected at random, for compliance with this section and s. 121.02
8(1) (t). An audit under this subsection does not satisfy a requirement to complete an
9audit under s. 121.02 (2).
AB903,5,1010 (End)
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