115.35
115.35
Health problems education program. 115.35(1)
(1) A critical health problems education program is established in the department. The program shall be a systematic and integrated program designed to provide appropriate learning experiences based on scientific knowledge of the human organism as it functions within its environment and designed to favorably influence the health, understanding, attitudes and practices of the individual child which will enable him or her to adapt to changing health problems of our society. The program shall be designed to educate youth with regard to critical health problems and shall include, but not be limited to, the following topics as the basis for comprehensive education curricula in all elementary and secondary schools: controlled substances, as defined in
s. 961.01 (4); controlled substance analogs, as defined in
s. 961.01 (4m); alcohol; tobacco; mental health; sexually transmitted diseases, including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; human growth and development; and related health and safety topics. Participation in the human growth and development topic of the curricula shall be entirely voluntary. The department may not require a school board to use a specific human growth and development curriculum.
115.35(2)
(2) In carrying out this section, the state superintendent may, without limitation because of enumeration:
115.35(2)(a)
(a) Establish guidelines to help school districts develop comprehensive health education programs.
115.35(2)(b)
(b) Establish special in-service programs to provide professional preparation in health education for teachers throughout the state.
115.35(2)(c)
(c) Provide leadership institutions of higher education to develop and extend curricula in health education for professional preparation in both in-service and preservice programs.
115.35(2)(d)
(d) Develop cooperative programs between school districts and institutions of higher education whereby the appropriate health personnel of such institutions would be available to guide the continuing professional preparation of teachers and the development of curricula for local programs.
115.35(2)(e)
(e) Assist in the development of plans and procedures for the evaluation of health education curricula.
115.35(3)
(3) The department may appoint a council consisting of representatives from universities and colleges, law enforcement, the various fields of education, the voluntary health agencies, the department of health and family services, the professional health associations and other groups or agencies it deems appropriate to advise it on the implementation of this section, including teachers, administrators and local school boards.
115.35(4)
(4) The department shall cooperate with agencies of the federal government and receive and use federal funds for the purposes of this section.
115.35(5)(a)
(a) As to the scope and nature of programs undertaken under this section.
115.35(5)(b)
(b) As to the degree and nature of cooperation being maintained with other state and local agencies.
115.35(5)(c)
(c) As to the state superintendent's recommendations to improve such programs and cooperation.
115.355
115.355
Assistance to schools for instruction on adoption. The department shall annually and upon request disseminate to appropriate public school staff information about materials and services available through the state adoption center under
s. 48.55 which may serve as resources for instruction on adoption for pupils in grades kindergarten through 12.
115.355 History
History: 1997 a. 104;
1999 a. 9.
115.36
115.36
Assistance to schools for alcohol and other drug abuse programs. 115.36(1)(1) The purpose of this section is to enable and encourage public and private schools to develop comprehensive programs to prevent or ameliorate alcohol and other drug abuse among minors.
115.36(2)(a)
(a) Develop and conduct training programs for the professional staff of public and private schools in alcohol and other drug abuse prevention, intervention and instruction programs.
115.36(2)(b)
(b) Provide consultation and technical assistance to public and private schools for the development and implementation of alcohol and other drug abuse prevention, intervention and instruction programs.
115.36(2)(c)
(c) Provide fellowship grants to support advanced training or education in comprehensive school health and alcohol and other drug abuse education.
115.36(2)(d)
(d) Provide access to informational resources for alcohol and other drug abuse education programs and services including, but not limited to:
115.36(2)(d)1.
1. The screening, revision and evaluation of available information resources.
115.36(2)(d)2.
2. The establishment of a central depository and loan program for high cost informational resources.
115.36(2)(d)3.
3. The systematic dissemination of information concerning available resources to appropriate public and private school staff.
115.36(2)(e)
(e) Create a council under
s. 15.04 (1) (c) to advise the department concerning the administration of this section.
115.36(3)(a)(a) The department shall, from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (kd), fund school district projects designed to assist minors experiencing problems resulting from the use of alcohol or other drugs or to prevent alcohol or other drug abuse by minors. The department shall:
115.36(3)(a)1.
1. Administer grant application and disbursement of funds.
115.36(3)(a)5.
5. Promulgate necessary rules for the implementation of this subsection.
115.36(3)(b)
(b) Grants under this subsection may not be used to replace funding available from other sources.
115.36(3)(c)
(c) Grants under this subsection may be made only where there is a matching fund contribution from the local area in which a program is designed to operate of 20% of the amount of the grant obtained under this subsection. Private funds and in-kind contribution may be applied to meet the requirement of this paragraph.
115.36(3)(d)
(d) A school district applying for aid under this subsection shall submit a copy of the application to the county department under
s. 51.42 for its advisory review. The county department under
s. 51.42 may, and the council established under
sub. (2) (e) shall, submit an advisory recommendation with respect to the application to the department prior to the approval or denial of the application.
115.361
115.361
Alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and intervention programs. 115.361(1)
(1) A school board may apply to the department for a grant to fund an alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and intervention program. The department shall pay grants awarded under this section from the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (dm) and shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
115.361(2)
(2) The department shall collect and analyze information about the programs funded under this section, evaluate their effectiveness and submit a report of the evaluation to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under
s. 13.172 (3) and to the governor by July 1, 2000, and biennially by July 1 thereafter.
115.3615
115.3615
Head start supplement. From the appropriations under
s. 20.255 (2) (eh) and
(kh), the state superintendent shall distribute funds to agencies determined by the state superintendent to be eligible for designation as head start agencies under
42 USC 9836 to provide comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, social and other services to economically disadvantaged children and their families. The state superintendent shall distribute the funds in a manner consistent with
42 USC 9831 to
9852 except that there is no matching fund requirement. The state superintendent shall give preference in funding under this section to agencies that are receiving federal funds under
42 USC 9831 to
9852 and to agencies that operate full-time or early head start programs. Funds distributed under this section may be used to match available federal funds under
42 USC 9831 to
9852 only if the funds are used to secure additional federal funds for the purposes under this section.
115.3615 History
History: 1989 a. 122 ss.
53c to
53e;
1991 a. 39,
269 s.
614g; Stats. 1991 s. 115.3615;
1995 a. 27 s.
9145 (1);
1997 a. 27;
1999 a. 9.
115.365
115.365
Assistance to schools for suicide prevention programs. 115.365(1)(1) The purpose of this section is to enable and encourage public and private schools to develop programs designed to prevent suicide among minors.
115.365(2)
(2) The department, in conjunction with the department of health and family services, shall:
115.365(2)(a)
(a) Develop and conduct training programs in suicide prevention for the professional staff of public and private schools and county departments under
ss. 46.215,
46.22 and
51.42. The programs shall include information on how to assist minors in the positive emotional development which will help prevent suicidal tendencies; the detection, by minors, school staff and parents, of conditions which indicate suicidal tendencies; the proper action to take when there is reason to believe that a minor has suicidal tendencies or is contemplating suicide; and the coordination of school suicide prevention programs and activities with the suicide prevention and intervention programs and activities of other state and local agencies. Persons other than the professional staff of public and private schools and county departments under
ss. 46.215,
46.22 and
51.42 may attend the training programs. The department may charge such persons a fee sufficient to cover the increased costs to the department of their participation in the programs.
115.365(2)(b)
(b) Provide consultation and technical assistance to public and private schools for the development and implementation of suicide prevention programs and the coordination of those programs with the suicide prevention and intervention programs of other state and local agencies.
115.366
115.366
Alternative education grants. 115.366(1)
(1) From the appropriation under
s. 20.255 (2) (cf), the department shall award grants to school districts and consortia of school districts for alternative education programs, as defined by the department by rule. The department shall encourage rural school districts and consortia of school districts to apply for grants under this section.
115.366(2)
(2) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
115.366 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
115.368
115.368
Assistance to schools for protective behaviors programs. 115.368(1)(1) The purpose of this section is to enable and encourage public and private schools to develop protective behaviors programs and anti-offender behavior programs designed to assist minors and their parents or guardians in recognizing, avoiding, preventing and halting physically or psychologically intrusive or abusive situations that may be harmful to minors.
115.368(2)
(2) The department, in conjunction with the department of health and family services, and after consulting with established organizations providing services with a focus on children of risk, shall:
115.368(2)(a)
(a) Develop and conduct protective behaviors training programs for the professional staff of public and private schools and counties under
ss. 46.034,
46.215,
46.22,
46.23,
51.42 and
51.437. The training programs shall include information on how to assist a minor and his or her parent or guardian in recognizing, avoiding, preventing and halting physically or psychologically intrusive or abusive situations that may be harmful to the minor, including child abuse, sexual abuse and child enticement. The training programs shall emphasize how to help minors to develop positive psychological, emotional and problem-solving responses to such situations, and to avoid relying on negative, fearful or solely reactive methods of dealing with such situations. The training programs shall also include information on the detection, by other minors, their parents or guardians and school staff, of conditions that indicate that a minor is being or has been subjected to such situations; the proper action to take when there is reason to believe that a minor is being or has been subjected to such situations; and the coordination of school protective behaviors programs and activities with programs and activities of other state and local agencies. Persons other than the professional staff of public and private schools and counties under
ss. 46.034,
46.215,
46.22,
46.23,
51.42 and
51.437 may attend the training programs. The department may charge such persons a fee sufficient to cover the increased costs of materials, but not personnel cost, to the department of their participation in the programs. The department may not deny any resident of Wisconsin the opportunity to participate in a program if the person is unable to pay any fee.
115.368(2)(b)
(b) Provide consultation and technical assistance to public and private schools for the development and implementation of protective behaviors programs and the coordination of those programs with programs of other state and local agencies.
115.37
115.37
Blind and visual impairment education council. 115.37(1)(a)
(a) "Council" means the blind and visual impairment education council.
115.37(2)
(2) The state superintendent shall seek the advice of and consult with the council on issues related to persons who are visually impaired. The state superintendent and the director of the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, or their designees, shall attend meetings of the council.
115.37(3)
(3) The council shall do all of the following:
115.37(3)(b)
(b) Advise the state superintendent on such statewide services, activities, programs, investigations and research as in its judgment will benefit pupils who are visually impaired.
115.37(3)(c)
(c) Make recommendations for the improvement of services provided by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
115.37(3)(d)
(d) Review the level and quality of services available to pupils in the state who are visually impaired and make recommendations about those services.
115.37(3)(e)
(e) Propose to the state superintendent ways to improve the preparation of teachers and other staff who provide services to pupils who are visually impaired.
115.37(3)(f)
(f) Propose to the state superintendent ways to improve coordination between the department and other agencies in providing services to persons who are visually impaired.
115.37(4)
(4) The council may initiate consultations with the department.
115.37(5)
(5) The council shall have access to public files, public records and statistics kept in the department that relate to matters concerning children who are visually impaired.
115.38
115.38
School performance report; educational program review. 115.38(1)(1) The state superintendent shall develop a school and school district performance report for use by school districts under
sub. (2). The report shall include all of the following by school and by school district:
115.38(1)(a)
(a) Indicators of academic achievement, including the performance of pupils on the tests administered under
s. 121.02 (1) (r) and the performance of pupils, by subject area, on the statewide assessment examinations administered under
s. 118.30.
115.38(1)(b)1.1. Other indicators of school and school district performance, including dropout, attendance, retention in grade and graduation rates; percentage of habitual truants, as defined in
s. 118.16 (1) (a); percentage of pupils participating in extracurricular and community activities and advanced placement courses; percentage of graduates enrolled in postsecondary educational programs; and percentage of graduates entering the workforce.
115.38(1)(b)2.
2. The numbers of suspensions and expulsions; the reasons for which pupils are suspended or expelled, reported according to categories specified by the state superintendent; the length of time for which pupils are expelled, reported according to categories specified by the state superintendent; whether pupils return to school after their expulsion; the educational programs and services, if any, provided to pupils during their expulsions, reported according to categories specified by the state superintendent; the schools attended by pupils who are suspended or expelled; and the grade, sex and ethnicity of pupils who are suspended or expelled and whether the pupils are children with disabilities, as defined in
s. 115.76 (5).
115.38(1)(c)
(c) Staffing and financial data information, as determined by the state superintendent, not to exceed 10 items. The state superintendent may not request a school board to provide information solely for the purpose of including the information in the report under this paragraph.
115.38(1)(d)
(d) The number and percentage of resident pupils attending a course in a nonresident school district under
s. 118.52, the number of nonresident pupils attending a course in the school district under
s. 118.52, and the courses taken by those pupils.
115.38(1)(e)
(e) The method of reading instruction used in the school district and the textbook series used to teach reading in the school district.
115.38(2)
(2) By January 1, 1993, and annually thereafter by January 1, each school board shall distribute to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, or give to each pupil to bring home to his or her parent or guardian, a school and school district performance report that includes the information specified by the state superintendent under
sub. (1).
115.38(3)
(3) Annually, the state superintendent shall publish and distribute to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2) a summary of the reports under
sub. (2).
115.38(4)
(4) Beginning in the 1993-94 school year and annually thereafter, the state superintendent shall identify those school districts that are low in performance and those schools in which there are pupils enrolled who do not meet the state minimum performance standards on the examinations administered under
s. 118.30. The state superintendent shall make recommendations regarding how the programs and operations of the identified school districts and schools may be improved and periodically assess school district implementation of the recommendations.
