Wisconsin Legislature: Scholarships and loans

Applicants and recipients of credentials from DSPS or attached board: current e-mail address requirement [Sec. 402, 403] - Act 58

Building plan examination and plumbing plan examination requirements: exceptions created; DSPS and fee provisions [vetoed] - AB152

Chemical recovery boilers: frequency of periodic inspections - Act 110

Complementary and alternative health care (CAHC) practitioners: requirements and prohibitions established; exemption from prohibition against acting without certain health-care related credentials under set conditions; DSPS authority [vetoed] - AB86

Contractor certificate of financial responsibility requirements re continuing education - Act 237

Credentials granted by DSPS and credentialing boards: process revisions - Act 118

Discharged military medical personnel who recently served in certain medical positions may temporarily practice certain skilled health services without a license under supervision; conditions specified; emergency rule provision - Act 158

Free and charitable clinics definition and funding; "telehealth" definition incorporated into occupational licensing statutory chapters - Act 121

Health care providers licensed in another state: DSPS may grant temporary credentials under certain conditions [vetoed] - AB1

Home inspector regulation revisions; DSPS and emergency rule provisions - Act 17

Interior designer: regulation, registration, and scope of practice revisions; examining board provision - Act 195

Private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation: sunset of grant program delayed; DSPS duties; septage characterization study required - Act 67

Standards incorporated by reference into administrative rules filed with LRB and nurse licensure compact terminology changes (remedial legislation suggested by DSPS) - Act 246

State COVID-19 response: MA payments to hospitals for nursing-level-facility custodial care; hospital-associated services standards; temporary credentials for health care providers licensed in another state, telehealth provision - Act 10

Substance use disorder treatment by advanced practice social workers and independent social workers: certification not required; substance abuse counselor provision - Act 222

salarySalary, see Public employee — Salary

salesSales

Sale of tax delinquent property: distribution of proceeds to former owner revised - Act 216

Timber sold from state, county or community forests: change to threshold amount above which approval and notice requirements apply - Act 128

sales taxSales tax

"Candy" does not include sweetened dried or partially dried fruit for sales tax purposes [Sec. 276-278, 9437 (2)] - Act 58

Laws administered by DOR: revisions re shared revenue, property assessment, income taxes, sales tax, and payments from counties to towns; income tax exemption for certain income and grants related to COVID-19 relief - Act 1

sales tax _ exemptionSales tax — Exemption

Entertainment admission sales by nonprofit organizations: sales tax exemption threshold increased - Act 167

sanitation and sewerage managementSanitation and sewerage management

Lead service line financial assistance or certificate of authority application by a water public utility: PSC deadlines - Act 85

Meter installation, repair, or replacement: water and combined water and sewer public utility exemption from certificate of authority [Admin.Code PSC 184.03] - Act 86

Metropolitan sewerage commission for a sewerage district including a first class city: financing and construction of dredged material management facility for the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern authorized; levy increase set with exemption provision - Act 124

Private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation: sunset of grant program delayed; DSPS duties; septage characterization study required - Act 67

scholarships and loansScholarships and loans

Dentist working in rural areas: loan assistance program eligibility [Sec. 176, 177, 9347 (1)] - Act 58

DOT to establish programs to increase number of individuals with CDLs; sunset provision [vetoed] - AB941

Nurse educators: institutions of higher education to establish a fellowship program with educational loan repayment assistance [Sec. 29, 180] - Act 58

Segal AmeriCorps education award: individual income tax subtraction [Sec. 245] - Act 58

Tuition expenses for a DWD approved apprenticeship program: individual income tax deduction created [vetoed] - SB125

schoolSchool, see also Colleges and universities; Juvenile detention facility; Parochial and private schools; Technical college; University of Wisconsin

Charter School Authorizing Board created and may establish independent charter schools [vetoed] - AB968

Charter schools authorized by the College of Menominee Nation or the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College: limit eliminated [vetoed] - SB695

Civil liability exemption for entities re failure to act resulting in person's exposure to COVID-19 [vetoed] - AB1

Dual enrollment credential grants program for high schools: sunset repealed; independent charter school pupil participation in the Early College Credit Program - Act 217

Electronic waste recycling program changes - Act 79

Full-time open enrollment application to a virtual charter school does not count against limit on applications - Act 19

Full-time open enrollment to attend fully virtual program offered by nonresident school district or charter school from the 2021-22 school year - Act 18

Holocaust and other genocides: incorporation into model academic standards for social studies and instruction in specified grades required - Act 30

Immunization-related mail: government entities, schools, health care providers, and childcare centers required to ensure mail is sealed and no information is visible on the outside - Act 81

Independent charter school authorized by a tribal college: per pupil payments changed - Act 219

Independent charter school state aid reduction [Sec. 352-354, 9334 (2)] - Act 58

Lakeland STAR Academy: DPI grant [Sec. 30, 31, 9134 (1)] [vetoed] - Act 58

Opening additional charter schools: contract between school board and charter school governing board must allow, top performance categories provision [vetoed] - AB967

Parental choice program, Special Needs Scholarship Program, independent charter schools, and certain private schools: DPI authority to waive education statute and rules granted in 2019 WisAct 185 extended; alternate deadlines for parental choice and Special Needs Scholarship Program [vetoed] - AB1

Parental choice program, Special Needs Scholarship Program, participating private schools, and independent charter schools: DPI authority to waive education statutes and rules and establish alternate deadlines re 2019 WisAct 185 extended to October 31, 2021; DPI cannot waive requirement re certain pupil assessment program and standardized reading test - Act 56

Pupil transportation aid revisions [Sec. 357, 358, 9334 (1)] - Act 58

Race and sex stereotyping instruction to pupils in and training to employees of school districts and charter schools prohibited; violation penalty and posting curricula to Internet site provisions [vetoed] - AB411

Reading readiness assessment program for public schools and independent charter schools changed; dyslexia characteristics added and reports required; federal moneys and grants for teacher development and implementation costs provisions [vetoed] - AB446

Reading readiness assessment program for public schools and independent charter schools changed; early literacy screening program and dyslexia characteristics provisions; reports required [vetoed] - SB454

School district membership in interscholastic athletic association for the 2021-22 school year: exception to transfer rules required [vetoed] - AB383

School for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years: open enrollment program application modifications, reports on virtual instruction, and interscholastic athletic association transfer rules [vetoed] - AB1

September 11 added to special observance days re general school operations - Act 213

Statistics on certain ordinance violations and crimes that occur on school property or transportation: public high schools and private high school participating in a parental choice program required to report to DPI; school district accountability report provision [vetoed] - SB585

UI law: DWD to update IT systems, civil liability exemption for entities re COVID-19, waiting period suspension continued, noncharging of benefits, eligibility when participating in a work-share program, and certain extended benefit requirement waived - Act 4

Virtual charter school pupil: participation in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities in resident school district [vetoed] - AB1

Virtual charter school pupils may participate in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities in resident school district [vetoed] - SB39

Youth apprenticeship program: schools to include in educational options information provided to parents and guardians - Act 83

school _ attendanceSchool — Attendance

County children with disabilities education boards: state aid and revenue limit revisions re participants in the full-time open enrollment program [Sec. 355, 361] - Act 58

Early admission to 4K, 5K, or first grade for a private school participating in a parental choice program permitted [vetoed] - SB597

Full-time open enrollment application to a virtual charter school does not count against limit on applications - Act 19

Full-time open enrollment to attend fully virtual program offered by nonresident school district or charter school from the 2021-22 school year - Act 18

Holocaust and other genocides: incorporation into model academic standards for social studies and instruction in specified grades required - Act 30

Parental choice program: family income limits and pupil participation limits eliminated; threshold for private school to charge tuition increased; education expense reimbursement program [vetoed] - AB970

Parental opt-out re face covering requirement in schools and on school grounds; school boards required to offer full-time, in-person instruction option to all enrolled pupils [vetoed] - AB995

WPCP and RPCP prior year pupil attendance requirement to include Special Needs Scholarship Program pupils; transfers from RPCP or MPCP to WPCP when pupil’s residence changes [vetoed] - SB608

WPCP family income requirement for 2021-22 school year and full-time open enrollment applications for 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years modified [vetoed] - AB59

school _ attendance _ compulsorySchool — Attendance — Compulsory

Micro education pods defined and provisions created which satisfy compulsory school attendance requirement; sunset provision [vetoed] - AB122

school _ boardSchool — Board

Critical incident mapping data: grants to schools to submit data to public safety officials - Act 109

Gifted and talented pupils: school board report to DPI on programs for; DPI audit and DWD Fast Forward Program provisions [vetoed] - AB903

Human growth and development instructional program: add legal process in which a parent relinquishes a newborn to list of topics covered - Act 90

Learning materials and educational activities used in pupil instruction in the school district: school board required to post on its Internet site; action in circuit court provision [vetoed] - SB463

Opening additional charter schools: contract between school board and charter school governing board must allow, top performance categories provision [vetoed] - AB967

Parental opt-out re face covering requirement in schools and on school grounds; school boards required to offer full-time, in-person instruction option to all enrolled pupils [vetoed] - AB995

school _ buildingSchool — Building

Concealed carry licensee may possess a firearm in a vehicle on school grounds [vetoed] - AB495