Wisconsin Legislature: School

Climate change incorporated into model academic standards; funding increases for UW System and DPI special education aid - SB761

Comprehensive firearm education course for high school pupils: State Superintendent of Public Instruction required to develop a curriculum; hunter safety course and resolution provisions - AB843

Comprehensive firearm education course for high school pupils: State Superintendent of Public Instruction required to develop a curriculum; hunter safety course and resolution provisions - SB875

Credit recovery courses taken by pupils: school boards and DPI reports - AB561

Credit recovery courses taken by pupils: school boards and DPI reports - SB567

Cursive writing required to be incorporated into the model academic standards for English language arts - AB435

Cursive writing required to be incorporated into the model academic standards for English language arts - SB431

Dual enrollment credential grants program for high schools: sunset repealed - AB893

Dual enrollment credential grants program for high schools: sunset repealed [S.Amdt.1: independent charter school pupil participation in the Early College Credit Program provisions added] - SB833

Election inspector: pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program may serve as; conditions specified - AB94

Election inspector: pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program may serve as; conditions specified - SB102

Full-time open enrollment to attend fully virtual program offered by nonresident school district or charter school from the 2021-22 school year - SB109

Gender identity and sexual orientation programs: independent charter schools and school boards required to notify pupils’ parents or guardians - AB562

Gender identity and sexual orientation programs: independent charter schools and school boards required to notify pupils’ parents or guardians - SB598

Head Start: state supplement and certain responsibility transferred to DCF [Sec. 311, 1910] [original bill only] - AB68

Head Start: state supplement and certain responsibility transferred to DCF [Sec. 311, 1910] - SB111

Holocaust and other genocides: incorporation into model academic standards for social studies and instruction in specified grades required - AB55

Holocaust and other genocides: incorporation into model academic standards for social studies and instruction in specified grades required - SB69

Interscholastic athletic association transfer rules for 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years; virtual charter school pupils may participate in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities in resident school district - AB62

Interscholastic athletic association transfer rules for 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years; virtual charter school pupils may participate in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities in resident school district [S.Amdt.1: interscholastic athletic association transfer provision deleted] - SB39

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 - AB488

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 - SB463

Microschool defined and provisions created which satisfy compulsory school attendance requirement [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, "microschool" changed to "micro education pod" and sunset added; A.Amdt.2: sunset modified] - AB122

Microschool defined and provisions created which satisfy compulsory school attendance requirement - SB201

Online early learning pilot program for low-income children in certain school districts: 2019 WisAct 170 provisions modified - AB859

Online early learning pilot program for low-income children in certain school districts: 2019 WisAct 170 provisions modified - SB828

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 - AB995

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 - SB1011

Personal financial literacy credit required for high school graduation - AB899

Personal financial literacy credit required for high school graduation - SB841

Police interactions education: model curriculum for grades 5 to 12 required - AB830

Police interactions education: model curriculum for grades 5 to 12 required - SB854

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 - AB411

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 - SB411

Reimbursements for transportation costs re Open Enrollment Program and Early College Credit Program: appropriation modified [Sec. 305, 306, 2087] [original bill only] - AB68

Reimbursements for transportation costs re Open Enrollment Program and Early College Credit Program: appropriation modified [Sec. 305, 306, 2087] - SB111

School board may close schools to in-person instruction for 14 days, extension requires two-thirds vote, expires June 30, 2022 [A.Amdt.1; removed by S.Sub.Amdt.1] - AB1

School boards to provide instruction on human relations re Hmong Americans and Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans - AB381

School boards to provide instruction on human relations re Hmong Americans and Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans - SB379

School extension learning recovery programs at the end of the 2020-21 school year - AB286

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 [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, open enrollment and interscholastic athletic association provisions removed and restored by A.Amdt.1 to S.Sub.Amdt.1] - AB1

School property tax credit increase re residents of school districts closed to in-person instruction, conditions specified; sunset provision - AB964

School property tax credit increase re residents of school districts closed to in-person instruction, conditions specified; sunset provision - SB967

State parks: free admission for 4th graders; vehicle admission fee waiver and visitor activity guide provisions [Sec. 334, 616, 617, 9432 (3)] [original bill only] - AB68

State parks: free admission for 4th graders; vehicle admission fee waiver and visitor activity guide provisions [Sec. 334, 616, 617, 9432 (3)] - SB111

Summer school enrollment percentage increased for school district revenue limit purposes - AB436

Summer school enrollment percentage increased for school district revenue limit purposes - SB436

UW Regents may charge high schools re students required to take remedial courses in English or mathematics at a UW System institution, report required - AB1082

UW Regents may charge high schools re students required to take remedial courses in English or mathematics at a UW System institution, report required - SB1016

Virtual charter school pupil: participation in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities in resident school district [removed by S.Sub.Amdt.1 and restored by A.Amdt.1 to S.Sub.Amdt.1] - AB1

Virtual instruction: two-thirds vote of school board required [removed by A.Amdt.1] - AB1

Voter education instruction required in each elementary and high school grade and incorporated into model academic standards for social studies - AB460

Voter education instruction required in each elementary and high school grade and incorporated into model academic standards for social studies - SB459

Bullying prevention grants and student mental health training program to include social and emotional learning [Sec. 1900, 1902] [original bill only] - AB68

Bullying prevention grants and student mental health training program to include social and emotional learning [Sec. 1900, 1902] - SB111

Teen dating violence prevention education required in schools and each school board must adopt a policy; model health curriculum provision - SB986

Application of Wisconsin Student Assessment System, reading test, and reading readiness assessment do not apply in the 2020-21 school year; pupil performance when evaluating teachers and principals provision - AB31

Bullying prevention grants and student mental health training program to include social and emotional learning [Sec. 1900, 1902] [original bill only] - AB68

Bullying prevention grants and student mental health training program to include social and emotional learning [Sec. 1900, 1902] - SB111

Collective bargaining over wages, hours, and conditions of employment for employees of school districts, CESAs, technical college districts, and the UW System, and UW System faculty and academic staff - AB687

Collective bargaining over wages, hours, and conditions of employment for employees of school districts, CESAs, technical college districts, and the UW System, and UW System faculty and academic staff - SB660

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 - AB411

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 - SB411

School and public library personnel licensing fees: appropriation changes [Sec. 295] [original bill only] - AB68

School and public library personnel licensing fees: appropriation changes [Sec. 295] - SB111

School district employees: municipal employers required to offer health insurance plan offered by GIB - AB1154

School district employees: municipal employers required to offer health insurance plan offered by GIB - SB1060

WRS teacher annuitant hired as a substitute teacher by a WRS participating employer, sunset provision - AB814

WRS teacher annuitant hired as a substitute teacher by a WRS participating employer, sunset provision - SB793

WRS teacher annuitant hired as a teacher by a WRS participating employer [Sec. 718-721, 723, 9313 (3)] [original bill only] - AB68

WRS teacher annuitant hired as a teacher by a WRS participating employer - AB733

WRS teacher annuitant hired as a teacher by a WRS participating employer [Sec. 718-721, 723, 9313 (3)] - SB111

WRS teacher annuitant hired as a teacher by a WRS participating employer - SB701

Application of Wisconsin Student Assessment System, reading test, and reading readiness assessment do not apply in the 2020-21 school year; pupil performance when evaluating teachers and principals provision - AB31

GED test fee: DPI required to pay [Sec. 318, 1903] [original bill only] - AB68

GED test fee: DPI required to pay [Sec. 318, 1903] - SB111

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 [S.Amdt.1 and S.Amdt.1 to S.Amdt.1: DPI cannot waive requirement re certain pupil assessment program and standardized reading test] - SB302

Reading readiness and literacy: promoting pupils from third to fourth grade based on standardized reading test; diagnostic reading assessment; grants to increase licensure of reading teachers; Achievement Gap Reduction program sunsetted; programs to identify and address pupils with dyslexia; parental opt-out from standardized tests for pupils in kindergarten to third grade prohibited - AB971

Reading readiness assessment program for public schools and independent charter schools changed; three-tiered early literacy screening program and dyslexia characteristics provisions; reports required [A.Amdt.1: tiers replaced with "diagnostic assessment," "screening" removed, other program revisions; A.Amdt.3: federal moneys funding provision, grants for teacher development and implementation costs added] - AB446

Reading readiness assessment program for public schools and independent charter schools changed; three-tiered early literacy screening program and dyslexia characteristics provisions; reports required [S.Amdt.3: program modified, tiers replaced with diagnostic assessments] - SB454

School and school district report cards: revisions to components, methods, and formulas used by DPI - AB965

School and school district report cards: revisions to components, methods, and formulas used by DPI - SB966

School district accountability report: exclude data from juvenile detention facility or residential care center for children, conditions set - AB216

School district accountability report: exclude data from juvenile detention facility or residential care center for children, conditions set [A.Amdt.1: house of correction and county jail added] - SB235

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 - AB602

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 - SB585