AB108: Bill Text

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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

2019 Assembly BILL 108

March 22, 2019 - Introduced by Joint Legislative Council. Referred to Committee on Education.

AB108,1,4 An Act to create 118.40 (2r) (d) 3., 118.40 (2x) (d) 3., 118.60 (7) (b) 2g. and 119.23 (7) (b) 2g. of the statutes; relating to: requiring private schools participating in a parental choice program and independent charter schools to provide instruction in American Indian history, culture, and tribal sovereignty.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill is explained in the Notes provided by the Joint Legislative Council in the bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Joint Legislative Council prefatory note: This bill was prepared for the Joint Legislative Council's Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations.

Current law provides a list of standards by which public school boards must abide, including standards relating to curriculum and instruction. The list of standards includes a requirement that each school board provide, as part of its social studies curriculum, instruction in the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin at least twice in the elementary grades and at least once in the high school grades.

The bill requires that each private school participating in a parental choice program and each independent charter school include instruction in the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin in its curriculum at least twice in the elementary grades and at least once in the high school grades.

AB108,1 Section 1. 118.40 (2r) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB108,2,6 118.40 (2r) (d) 3. Ensure that each charter school established under this subsection includes in its curriculum instruction in the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least twice in the elementary grades and at least once in the high school grades.

AB108,2 Section 2. 118.40 (2x) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB108,2,12 118.40 (2x) (d) 3. Ensure that each charter school established under this subsection includes in its curriculum instruction in the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least twice in the elementary grades and at least once in the high school grades.

AB108,3 Section 3. 118.60 (7) (b) 2g. of the statutes is created to read:

AB108,2,17 118.60 (7) (b) 2g. As part of the private school's curriculum, include instruction in the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least twice in the elementary grades and at least once in the high school grades.

AB108,4 Section 4. 119.23 (7) (b) 2g. of the statutes is created to read:

AB108,2,22 119.23 (7) (b) 2g. As part of the private school's curriculum, include instruction in the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least twice in the elementary grades and at least once in the high school grades.

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