AB561: Bill Text

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

2021 Assembly BILL 561

September 10, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Thiesfeldt, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kitchens, Krug, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Murphy, J. Rodriguez, Spiros, Steffen and Wittke, cosponsored by Senators Darling, Felzkowski, Stroebel and Nass. Referred to Committee on Education.

AB561,1,3 An Act to amend 119.04 (1); and to create 118.65 of the statutes; relating to: requiring school boards to report information regarding credit recovery courses.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires a school board annually to report to the Department of Public Instruction the number of pupils who attended a credit recovery course during the school year and, for each pupil, the pupil's grade level and the subject of the recovery course the pupil attended. DPI must annually compile and submit that information to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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

AB561,1 Section 1. 118.65 of the statutes is created to read:

AB561,2,2 118.65 Credit recovery courses; reports. (1) In this section, “credit recovery course” means a program or course, including an alternative education program, as defined in s. 115.28 (7) (e) 1., that allows a pupil to retake a course or make up course credit for a course that the pupil took but did not pass and that is required for high school graduation.

AB561,2,6 (2) The school board of a school district shall, no later than 60 days after the end of each school year, report to the department the number of pupils who attended a credit recovery course during the school year and, for each pupil, the pupil's grade level and the subject of the credit recovery course the pupil attended.

AB561,2,9 (3) Annually, no later than January 1, the department shall compile and submit the information the department received under sub. (2) to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).

AB561,2 Section 2. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB561,2,23 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V, and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121, and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 118.65, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program.

AB561,3 Section 3. Initial applicability.

AB561,3,1 (1) This act first applies to information reported for the 2022-23 school year.

AB561,3,2 (End)