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LRB-4598/1
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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
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 1An Act to amend 119.04 (1); and to create 118.65 of the statutes; relating to:
2requiring school boards to report information regarding credit recovery
3courses.
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 4Section 1. 118.65 of the statutes is created to read:
AB561,2,2 5118.65 Credit recovery courses; reports. (1) In this section, “credit
6recovery course” means a program or course, including an alternative education
7program, as defined in s. 115.28 (7) (e) 1., that allows a pupil to retake a course or

1make up course credit for a course that the pupil took but did not pass and that is
2required for high school graduation.
AB561,2,6 3(2) The school board of a school district shall, no later than 60 days after the
4end of each school year, report to the department the number of pupils who attended
5a credit recovery course during the school year and, for each pupil, the pupil's grade
6level and the subject of the credit recovery course the pupil attended.
AB561,2,9 7(3) Annually, no later than January 1, the department shall compile and
8submit the information the department received under sub. (2) to the appropriate
9standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).
AB561,2 10Section 2. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB561,2,2311 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V, and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121, and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
1266.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
13115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445,
14118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125
15to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18,
16118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10),
17118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43,
18118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 118.65, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5),
19and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35),
20(37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable
21to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this
22chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred
23to an opportunity schools and partnership program.
AB561,3 24Section 3. Initial applicability.
AB561,3,1
1(1) This act first applies to information reported for the 2022-23 school year.
AB561,3,22 (End)
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