115.364(1)(a)
(a) “Eligible independent charter school” is a school under contract with one of the entities under s.
118.40 (2r) (b) 1. or with the director under s.
118.40 (2x) that increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
115.364(1)(am)
(am) “Eligible private school” means a private school participating in a parental choice program under s.
118.60 or
119.23 that increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
115.364(1)(b)
(b) “Eligible school district” is a school district that increased the amount it expended in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
115.364(2)(a)(a) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year and annually thereafter, the state superintendent shall do all of the following:
115.364(2)(a)1.
1. Subject to par.
(b), from the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible school district an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the school district increased its expenditures in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
115.364(2)(a)2.
2. Subject to par.
(b), from the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible independent charter school an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the independent charter school increased its expenditures in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
115.364(2)(a)3.
3. Subject to par.
(b), from the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (da), pay to an eligible private school an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount by which the private school increased it expenditures in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers over the amount it expended in the school year immediately preceding the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers.
115.364(2)(b)1.1. If the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (da) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under par.
(a), the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school districts, private schools, and independent charter schools eligible for the aid.
115.364(2)(b)2.a.a. Subject to subd.
2. b., if, after making the payments required under par.
(a), moneys remain in the appropriation account under s.
20.255 (2) (da), the state superintendent shall reimburse eligible school districts, private schools, and independent charter schools for an amount equal to expenditures made by the school district, private school, or independent charter school in the preceding school year to employ, hire, or retain social workers less the amount of increased expenditures for which the school district, private school, or independent charter school was reimbursed under par.
(a).
115.364(2)(b)2.b.
b. If the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (da) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under subd.
2. a., the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school districts, private schools, and independent charter schools eligible for the aid.
115.364(3)
(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
115.364 History
History: 2017 a. 59.
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, private, and tribal schools to develop programs designed to prevent suicide among minors.
115.365(2)
(2) The department, in conjunction with the department of health services and the department of children and families, shall:
115.365(2)(a)
(a) Develop and conduct training programs in suicide prevention for the professional staff of public, private, and tribal 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, private, and tribal 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, private, and tribal 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.
115.365(3)
(3) Each school board and the governing body of each private school annually shall inform their professional staff of the resources available from the department and other sources regarding suicide prevention. The department annually shall provide school boards and the governing bodies of private and tribal schools with a model notice, describing the suicide prevention services that it has developed and how staff may access those services, that school boards and governing bodies of private and tribal schools may use to inform their professional staff.
115.366
115.366
Grants to support peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs. 115.366(1)(1)
Grant program. The department shall establish and implement a competitive grant program to award grants for the purpose of supporting peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs in public, private, and tribal schools that operate high school grades. A recipient of a grant under this section may use the grant to support an existing peer-to-peer suicide prevention program or to implement a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program at a school at which pupils attend high school grades. In awarding grants under this section, the department shall give preference to applications for a grant to implement a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program.
115.366(2)
(2)
Eligible entities. Any of the following that operates high school grades may apply for a grant under this section:
115.366(3)
(3)
Awards. Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, from the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (du), the department shall award up to $1,000 for each school for which a grant is awarded under sub.
(1).
115.366(4)
(4)
Renewals. A recipient of a grant under this section may apply to renew a grant to implement or support a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program at a specific school. The department may renew a grant under this subsection without requiring the applicant to participate in the competitive application processes established under sub.
(1). The department may renew a grant to support a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program at a specific school up to 3 times.
115.366(5)
(5)
Rules. The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
115.366 History
History: 2019 a. 83.
115.367
115.367
School-based mental health services grants. 115.367(1)(1)
Grant program. The department shall establish and administer a competitive program to award grants to school boards and operators of charter schools under s.
118.40 (2r) or
(2x) for the purpose of collaborating with community mental health agencies to provide mental health services to pupils. School boards and operators of charter schools under s.
118.40 (2r) and
(2x) may apply for a grant under this section individually or as a consortium of school boards, charter schools, or both. For purposes of this subsection, a “consortium of school boards” includes a cooperative educational service agency.
115.367(2)
(2)
Eligibility criteria. The department shall establish by rule the criteria the department will use to award grants under this section.
115.367(3)
(3)
Awards. The department shall award grants under this section beginning in the 2018-19 school year. From the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (dt), the department shall award at least $3,250,000 in grants under this section each school year.
115.367(4)
(4)
Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
115.367 History
History: 2017 a. 59.
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, private, and tribal 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 services and the department of children and families, 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, private, and tribal 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, private, and tribal 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, private, and tribal 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.
115.372
115.372
Deaf and hard-of-hearing education council. 115.372(1)(a)
(a) “Council" means the deaf and hard-of-hearing education council.
115.372(2)
(2) The state superintendent shall seek the advice of and consult with the council on issues related to persons who are hearing impaired. The state superintendent and the director of the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, or their designees, shall attend meetings of the council.
115.372(3)
(3) The council shall do all of the following:
115.372(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 hearing impaired.
115.372(3)(c)
(c) Make recommendations for the improvement of services provided by the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
115.372(3)(d)
(d) Review the level and quality of services available to pupils in the state who are hearing impaired and make recommendations about those services.
115.372(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 hearing impaired.
115.372(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 hearing impaired.
115.372(4)
(4) The council may initiate consultations with the department.
115.372(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 hearing impaired.
115.372 History
History: 2001 a. 57.
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)(a)(a) Annually by January 1, each school board shall notify the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district of the right to request a school and school district performance report under this subsection. Except as provided in par.
(b), annually by May 1, each school board shall, upon request, 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). The report shall also include a comparison of the school district's performance under sub.
(1) (a) and
(b) with the performance of other school districts in the same athletic conference under sub.
(1) (a) and
(b). If the school district maintains an Internet site, the report shall be made available to the public at that site.
115.38(2)(b)
(b) If a school board enters into an agreement with a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state to establish a charter school, that school board shall, upon request, distribute to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the charter school a school and school district performance report that includes the information specified by the state superintendent under sub.
(1), regardless of the location of the charter school.
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).
