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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2009 ASSEMBLY BILL 236
May 26, 2009 - Offered by Representative Radcliffe.
AB236-ASA1,1,2
1An Act to amend 118.33 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes;
relating to: high school science
2credits.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a school board may not grant a high school diploma to any
pupil unless the pupil has earned, in grades 9 to 12, at least four credits of English,
three credits of social studies, two credits of mathematics, two credits of science, and
1.5 credits of physical education.
This substitute amendment requires a school board to award a pupil a science
credit for completing in grades 9 to 12 each course in agriculture that the Department
of Public Instruction (DPI) has determined qualifies as science according to criteria
established by DPI.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB236-ASA1, s. 1
3Section
1. 118.33 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB236-ASA1,2,44
118.33
(1) (a) 1. In the high school grades, at least 4 credits of English including
5writing composition, 3 credits of social studies including state and local government,
12 credits of mathematics, 2 credits of science and 1.5 credits of physical education.
2The school board shall award a pupil a science credit for successfully completing in
3the high school grades each course in agriculture that the department has
4determined qualifies as science according to criteria established by the department.
AB236-ASA1,2,76
(1) This act first applies to agriculture courses completed during the 2009-10
7school year.
