2021 Acts Index

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 _ exemption Sales tax — Exemption

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

sanitation and sewerage management Sanitation 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 loans Scholarships 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

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Dual enrollment credential grants program for high schools: sunset repealed; independent charter school pupil participation in the Early College Credit Program - Act 217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

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 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

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

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 _ compulsory School — Attendance — Compulsory

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

school _ board School — 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 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

school _ building School — Building

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

school _ conveyance of pupil School — Conveyance of pupil

High cost transportation aid eligibility and quotient [Sec. 359, 360] [359 -- vetoed] - Act 58

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

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

school _ curriculum School — Curriculum

250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S.: Wisconsin commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission created - Act 95

Dual enrollment credential grants program for high schools: sunset repealed; independent charter school pupil participation in the Early College Credit Program - Act 217

Election inspector: pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program may serve as; conditions specified - Act 34

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

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

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

Online early learning pilot program for low-income children in certain school districts: 2019 WisAct 170 provisions modified - Act 215

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

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

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

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

school _ employee School — Employee

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

school _ evaluation and testing School — Evaluation and testing