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AB1036,9 21Section 9. 48.357 (6) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,11,1322 48.357 (6) (a) 4. The date on which the child is granted a high school or high
23school equivalency diploma or the date on which the child
attains 21 years of age,
24whichever occurs first, if the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its
25vocational or technical equivalent and if an individualized education program under

1s. 115.787 is in effect for the child
is reasonably expected to complete the program
2before attaining 21 years of age; is enrolled in an institution that provides
3postsecondary or vocational education; is participating in a program or activity
4designed to promote, or remove barriers to, employment; is employed for at least 80
5hours per month; or is incapable of doing any of those activities due to a medical
6condition, which incapacity is supported by regularly updated information in the
7child's permanency plan
. The court may not grant an order that terminates as
8provided in this subdivision unless the child is 17 years of age or older when the order
9is granted and the child, or the child's guardian on behalf of the child, agrees to the
10order. At any time after the child attains 18 years of age, the child, or the child's
11guardian on behalf of the child, may request the court in writing to terminate the
12order and, on receipt of such a request, the court, without a hearing, shall terminate
13the order.
AB1036,10 14Section 10. 48.365 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB1036,11 15Section 11. 48.365 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,12,716 48.365 (5) (b) 4. The date on which the child is granted a high school or high
17school equivalency diploma or the date on which the child
attains 21 years of age,
18whichever occurs first, if the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its
19vocational or technical equivalent and if an individualized education program under
20s. 115.787 is in effect for the child
is reasonably expected to complete the program
21before attaining 21 years of age; is enrolled in an institution that provides
22postsecondary or vocational education; is participating in a program or activity
23designed to promote, or remove barriers to, employment; is employed for at least 80
24hours per month; or is incapable of doing any of those activities due to a medical
25condition, which incapacity is supported by regularly updated information in the

1child's permanency plan
. The court may not grant an order that terminates as
2provided in this subdivision unless the child is 17 years of age or older when the order
3is granted and the child, or the child's guardian on behalf of the child, agrees to the
4order. At any time after the child attains 18 years of age, the child, or the child's
5guardian on behalf of the child, may request the court in writing to terminate the
6order and, on receipt of such a request, the court, without a hearing, shall terminate
7the order.
AB1036,12 8Section 12. 48.366 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,12,129 48.366 (1) Applicability. (intro.) This section applies to a person who is a
10full-time student of a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent, for
11whom an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect, and

12described in sub. (1m) to whom any of the following applies:
AB1036,13 13Section 13. 48.366 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,12,1914 48.366 (1) (a) The person is placed in a foster home, group home, or residential
15care center for children and youth, in the home of a relative other than a parent, or
16in a supervised independent living arrangement under an order under s. 48.355,
1748.357, or 48.365 that terminates as provided in s. 48.355 (4) (b) 1., 2., or 3. or 2.,
1848.357 (6) (a) 1., 2., or 3. or 2., or 48.365 (5) (b) 1., 2., or 3. 2. on or after the person
19attains 18 years of age.
AB1036,14 20Section 14. 48.366 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1036,13,521 48.366 (1m) Duration of eligibility. A person may continue in out-of-home
22care under a voluntary agreement under sub. (3) until the person attains 21 years
23of age if the person is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or
24technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before
25attaining 21 years of age; is enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary

1or vocational education; is participating in a program or activity designed to promote,
2or remove barriers to, employment; is employed for at least 80 hours per month; or
3is incapable of doing any of those activities due to a medical condition, which
4incapacity is supported by regularly updated information in the person's
5permanency plan.
AB1036,15 6Section 15. 48.366 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,13,237 48.366 (2) (b) 4. If the court determines that the person who is the subject of
8an order described in sub. (1) (a) or (b) understands that he or she may continue in
9out-of-home care, but wishes to be discharged from that care on termination of the
10order, the court shall advise the person that he or she may enter into a voluntary
11agreement under sub. (3) at any time before he or she is granted a high school or high
12school equivalency diploma or reaches
attains 21 years of age, whichever occurs first,
13so long as he or she is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or
14technical equivalent and an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in
15effect for him or her
meets any of the conditions for eligibility described in sub. (1m).
16If the court determines that the person wishes to continue in out-of-home care under
17an extension of an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, or 48.365 described in sub. (1) (a),
18the court shall schedule an extension hearing under s. 48.365. If the court
19determines that the person wishes to continue in out-of-home care under a
20voluntary agreement under sub. (3), the court shall order the agency primarily
21responsible for providing services to the person under the order to provide
22transition-to-independent-living services for the person under that voluntary
23agreement.
AB1036,16 24Section 16. 48.366 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,14,12
148.366 (3) (a) On termination of an order described in sub. (1) (a) or (b), the
2person who is the subject of the order, or the person's guardian on behalf of the
3person, and the agency primarily responsible for providing services to the person
4under the order may enter into a transition-to-independent-living agreement
5under which the person continues in out-of-home care and continues to be a
6full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent
7under an individualized education program under s. 115.787
until the date on which
8the person reaches attains 21 years of age, is granted a high school or high school
9equivalency diploma
no longer meets any of the conditions for eligibility described
10in sub. (1m)
, or terminates the agreement as provided in par. (b), whichever occurs
11first, and the agency provides services to the person to assist him or her in
12transitioning to independent living.
AB1036,17 13Section 17. 48.366 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,14,2414 48.366 (3) (c) A person who terminates a voluntary agreement under this
15subsection, or the person's guardian on the person's behalf, may request the agency
16primarily responsible for providing services to the person under the agreement to
17enter into a new voluntary agreement under this subsection at any time before the
18person is granted a high school or high school equivalency diploma or reaches attains
1921 years of age, whichever occurs first, so long as the person is a full-time student
20at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and an individualized
21education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for him or her
meets any of the
22conditions for eligibility described in sub. (1m)
. If the request meets the conditions
23set forth in the rules promulgated under sub. (4) (b), the agency shall enter into a new
24voluntary agreement with that person.
AB1036,18 25Section 18. 48.396 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,16,2
148.396 (1) Law enforcement officers' records of children shall be kept separate
2from records of adults. Law enforcement officers' records of the adult expectant
3mothers of unborn children shall be kept separate from records of other adults. Law
4enforcement officers' records of children and the adult expectant mothers of unborn
5children shall not be open to inspection or their contents disclosed except under sub.
6(1b), (1d), (5), or (6) or s. 48.293 or 938.396 (2m) (c) 1p. or by order of the court. This
7subsection does not apply to the representatives of newspapers or other reporters of
8news who wish to obtain information for the purpose of reporting news without
9revealing the identity of the child or adult expectant mother involved, to the
10confidential exchange of information between the police and officials of the public or
11private school attended by the child or other law enforcement or social welfare
12agencies, or to children 10 13 years of age or older who are subject to the jurisdiction
13of the court of criminal jurisdiction. A public school official who obtains information
14under this subsection shall keep the information confidential as required under s.
15118.125, and a private school official who obtains information under this subsection
16shall keep the information confidential in the same manner as is required of a public
17school official under s. 118.125. This subsection does not apply to the confidential
18exchange of information between the police and officials of the tribal school attended
19by the child if the police determine that enforceable protections are provided by a
20tribal school policy or tribal law that requires tribal school officials to keep the
21information confidential in a manner at least as stringent as is required of a public
22school official under s. 118.125. A law enforcement agency that obtains information
23under this subsection shall keep the information confidential as required under this
24subsection and s. 938.396 (1) (a). A social welfare agency that obtains information

1under this subsection shall keep the information confidential as required under ss.
248.78 and 938.78.
AB1036,19 3Section 19 . Subchapter IX (title) of chapter 48 [precedes 48.44] of the statutes
4is amended to read:
AB1036,16,55 CHAPTER 48
AB1036,16,86 SUBCHAPTER IX
7 JURISDICTION OVER PERSON 17
8 OR OLDER
adults
AB1036,20 9Section 20 . 48.44 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,16,13 1048.44 Jurisdiction over persons 17 or older adults. The court has
11jurisdiction over persons 17 years of age or older adults as provided under ss. 48.133,
1248.355 (4), 48.357 (6), 48.365 (5), and 48.45 and as otherwise specifically provided in
13this chapter.
AB1036,21 14Section 21 . 48.45 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,16,2215 48.45 (1) (a) If in the hearing of a case of a child alleged to be in a condition
16described in s. 48.13 it appears that any person 17 years of age or older adult has been
17guilty of contributing to, encouraging, or tending to cause by any act or omission,
18such
that condition of the child, the judge may make orders with respect to the
19conduct of such that person in his or her relationship to the child, including orders
20determining the ability of the person to provide for the maintenance or care of the
21child and directing when, how, and from where funds for the maintenance or care
22shall be paid.
AB1036,22 23Section 22 . 48.45 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,17,524 48.45 (1) (am) If in the hearing of a case of an unborn child and the unborn
25child's expectant mother alleged to be in a condition described in s. 48.133 it appears

1that any person 17 years of age or over adult has been guilty of contributing to,
2encouraging, or tending to cause by any act or omission, such that condition of the
3unborn child and expectant mother, the judge may make orders with respect to the
4conduct of such that person in his or her relationship to the unborn child and
5expectant mother.
AB1036,23 6Section 23 . 48.45 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,17,117 48.45 (3) If it appears at a court hearing that any person 17 years of age or older
8adult has violated s. 948.40, the judge shall refer the record to the district attorney
9for criminal proceedings as may be warranted in the district attorney's judgment.
10This subsection does not prevent prosecution of violations of s. 948.40 without the
11prior reference by the judge to the district attorney, as in other criminal cases.
AB1036,24 12Section 24 . 48.5275 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1036,17,17 1348.5275 Seventeen-year-old juvenile justice aids. Notwithstanding s.
1448.526, from the appropriation under s. 20.437 (1) (cL), the department shall
15reimburse counties for the costs under s. 48.526 (2) (c) associated with juveniles who
16were alleged to have violated a state or federal criminal law or any civil law or
17municipal ordinance at age 17.
AB1036,25 18Section 25. 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,17,2119 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. (intro.) “Child" means a person under 18 years of age. “Child"
20also includes a person 18 years of age or over, but under 21 years of age, if any of the
21following applies:
AB1036,26 22Section 26. 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,18,623 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. a. The person is under 19 years of age, is a full-time student
24in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical
25equivalent, and is reasonably expected to complete his or her program of study and

1be granted a high school or high school equivalency diploma before attaining 21 years
2of age; is enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary or vocational
3education; is participating in a program or activity designed to promote, or remove
4barriers to, employment; is employed for at least 80 hours per month; or is incapable
5of doing any of those activities due to a medical condition, which incapacity is
6supported by regularly updated information in the child's permanency plan
.
AB1036,27 7Section 27. 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,18,158 48.57 (3m) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time
9student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical
10equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the
11person, and the person is
placed in the home of the kinship care relative under an
12order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that terminates
13under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years of age or
14under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s. 48.366 (3)
15or 938.366 (3).
AB1036,28 16Section 28. 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,18,1917 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. (intro.) “Child" means a person under 18 years of age. “Child"
18also includes a person 18 years of age or over, but under 21 years of age, if any of the
19following applies:
AB1036,29 20Section 29. 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,19,421 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. a. The person is under 19 years of age, is a full-time student
22in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical
23equivalent, and is reasonably expected to complete his or her program of study and
24be granted a high school or high school equivalency diploma before attaining 21 years
25of age; is enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary or vocational

1education; is participating in a program or activity designed to promote, or remove
2barriers to, employment; is employed for at least 80 hours per month; or is incapable
3of doing any of those activities due to a medical condition, which incapacity is
4supported by regularly updated information in the child's permanency plan
.
AB1036,30 5Section 30. 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,19,136 48.57 (3n) (a) 1. b. The person is under 21 years of age, the person is a full-time
7student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical
8equivalent, an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the
9person, and the person is
placed in the home of the long-term kinship care relative
10under an order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355, 938.357, or 938.365 that
11terminates under s. 48.355 (4) (b) or 938.355 (4) (am) after the person attains 18 years
12of age or under a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement under s.
1348.366 (3) or 938.366 (3).
AB1036,31 14Section 31. 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,20,615 48.57 (3n) (am) 6. a. The date on which the child attains the age of 18 years;
16or, if on that date the child is a full-time student in good academic standing at a
17secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected
18to complete his or her program of study and be granted a high school or high school
19equivalency diploma, the date on which the child is granted a high school or high
20school equivalency diploma or the date on which the child attains the age of 19 years,
21whichever occurs first; or, if on that date the child is a full-time student in good
22academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and
23an individualized education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the child
before
24attaining 21 years of age, is enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary
25or vocational education, is participating in a program or activity designed to promote,

1or remove barriers to, employment, is employed for at least 80 hours per month, or
2is incapable of doing any of those activities due to a medical condition, which
3incapacity is supported by regularly updated information in the child's permanency
4plan
, the date on which the child is granted a high school or high school equivalency
5diploma
ceases to meet any of those conditions for eligibility or the date on which the
6child attains the age of 21 years, whichever occurs first.
AB1036,32 7Section 32. 48.623 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,20,108 48.623 (1m) Duration of eligibility. (intro.) Subsidized guardianship
9payments under sub. (1) or (6) may be continued after until the child attains 18 21
10years of age if any all of the following applies apply:
AB1036,33 11Section 33. 48.623 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,20,1912 48.623 (1m) (a) The child is under 19 years of age, is a full-time student at a
13secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent, and is reasonably expected
14to complete the program before reaching 19 attaining 21 years of age; is enrolled in
15an institution that provides postsecondary or vocational education; is participating
16in a program or activity designed to promote, or remove barriers to, employment; is
17employed for at least 80 hours per month; or is incapable of doing any of those
18activities due to a medical condition, which incapacity is supported by regularly
19updated information in the child's permanency plan
.
AB1036,34 20Section 34. 48.623 (1m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1036,35 21Section 35. 48.623 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,21,222 48.623 (1m) (c) The child is under 21 years of age, is a full-time student at a
23secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent, an individualized
24education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the child, and the
subsidized

1guardianship agreement for the child became effective on or after the date on which
2the child attained 16 years of age.
AB1036,36 3Section 36. 48.645 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,21,104 48.645 (1) Definition. (intro.) In this section, “dependent child" means a child
5under the age of 18 or, if the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its
6vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the
7program before reaching 19 years of age, is under the age of 19, or, if the child is a
8full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent for
9whom an individualized educational program under s. 115.787 is in effect, is
person
10under 21 years of age, who meets all of the following conditions:
AB1036,37 11Section 37. 48.645 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act 9,
12is amended to read:
AB1036,21,2213 48.645 (1) (a) The child person is living in a foster home licensed under s. 48.62
14if a license is required under that section, in a foster home located within the
15boundaries of a reservation in this state and licensed by the tribal governing body
16of the reservation, in a group home licensed under s. 48.625, in a subsidized
17guardianship home under s. 48.623, in a residential care center for children and
18youth licensed under s. 48.60, with a parent in a qualifying residential family-based
19treatment facility, or in a supervised independent living arrangement and has been
20placed in that home, center, or arrangement by a county department under s. 46.215,
2146.22, or 46.23, by the department, or by a governing body of an Indian tribe in this
22state under an agreement with a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23.
AB1036,38 23Section 38. 48.645 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,21,2424 48.645 (1) (b) The child person would qualify for aid under s. 49.19, 1993 stats.
AB1036,39 25Section 39. 48.645 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1036,22,8
148.645 (1) (c) The person, if 18 years of age or over, is a full-time student at a
2secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected
3to complete the program before attaining 21 years of age; is enrolled in an institution
4that provides postsecondary or vocational education; is participating in a program
5or activity designed to promote, or remove barriers to, employment; is employed for
6at least 80 hours per month; or is incapable of doing any of those activities due to a
7medical condition, which incapacity is supported by regularly updated information
8in the person's permanency plan.
AB1036,40 9Section 40. 48.685 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,22,1410 48.685 (1) (bm) “Nonclient resident" means a person, including a person who
11is under 18 years of age, but not under 10 13 years of age, who resides, or is expected
12to reside, at an entity or with a caregiver specified in par. (ag) 1. am., who is not a
13client of the entity or caregiver, and who has, or is expected to have, regular, direct
14contact with clients of the entity or caregiver.
AB1036,41 15Section 41. 48.686 (1) (bm) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act
169
, is amended to read:
AB1036,22,1917 48.686 (1) (bm) “Household member" means a person who is age 10 13 or older,
18who resides, or is expected to reside, at a child care program, and who is not a client
19of the child care program or caregiver.
AB1036,42 20Section 42. 48.975 (3m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,22,2221 48.975 (3m) Duration. (intro.) The adoption assistance may be continued after
22until the adoptee attains 18 21 years of age if any all of the following applies apply:
AB1036,43 23Section 43. 48.975 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,23,624 48.975 (3m) (a) The adoptee is under 19 years of age, is a full-time student at
25a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent, and is reasonably

1expected to complete the program before reaching 19 attaining 21 years of age; is
2enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary or vocational education; is
3participating in a program or activity designed to promote, or remove barriers to,
4employment; is employed for at least 80 hours per month; or is incapable of doing any
5of those activities due to a medical condition, which incapacity is supported by
6regularly updated information in the adoptee's permanency plan
.
AB1036,44 7Section 44. 48.975 (3m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1036,45 8Section 45. 48.975 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,23,139 48.975 (3m) (c) The adoptee is under 21 years of age, is a full-time student at
10a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent, an individualized
11education program under s. 115.787 is in effect for the adoptee, and the
adoption
12assistance agreement for the adoptee became effective on or after the date on which
13the adoptee attained 16 years of age.
AB1036,46 14Section 46 . 118.163 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1036,23,1615 118.163 (4) A person who is under 17 years of age a minor on the date of
16disposition is subject to s. 938.342.
AB1036,47 17Section 47 . 118.256 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1036,23,18 18118.256 Responses to school-based behavior. (1) In this section:
AB1036,23,1919 (a) “Court” means the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. 938.
AB1036,23,2120 (b) “Evidence-based intervention” means a program or practice to which any
21of the following applies:
AB1036,23,2322 1. It has had multiple randomized control studies or a meta-analysis
23demonstrating that the program or practice is effective for a specific population.
AB1036,23,2424 2. It has been rated as effective by a standardized program evaluation tool.
AB1036,23,2525 3. It has been approved by the state superintendent.
AB1036,24,2
1(c) “Restorative justice program” means a program used or adopted by a school
2district that is designed to do all of the following:
AB1036,24,43 1. Enhance school safety, reduce school suspensions, and limit referrals to
4court.
AB1036,24,65 2. Help pupils take responsibility for and repair the harm of behavior that
6occurs in school.
AB1036,24,97 (d) “School-related offense” means habitual truancy or any of the following
8committed by a minor pupil on the property of the public school in which the minor
9pupil is enrolled during a school day or during a school-sponsored activity:
AB1036,24,1110 1. An offense that would be a misdemeanor, other than a violent misdemeanor,
11as defined in s. 941.29 (1g) (b), if committed by an adult.
AB1036,24,1212 2. A violation of a civil law punishable by forfeiture.
AB1036,24,1313 3. A violation of a county, town, or other municipal ordinance.
AB1036,24,1414 4. A status offense.
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