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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
March 24, 2021 - Introduced by Senators Testin, L. Taylor, Ballweg, Cowles and
Feyen, cosponsored by Representatives Oldenburg, Petryk, Allen,
Armstrong, Bowen, Cabral-Guevara, Dallman, Dittrich, Edming,
Gundrum, Haywood, Jagler, Knodl, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Novak,
Plumer, Ramthun, Rozar, Snyder, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel,
VanderMeer, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman and Spiros. Referred to
Committee on Economic and Workforce Development.
SB231,1,2 1An Act to amend 115.385 (4) and 118.57 (1) of the statutes; relating to:
2providing information about educational options offered in a school district.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, each public school, including a charter school, and private
school participating in a parental choice program must annually provide the parent
or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school with a copy of the school's
accountability report, commonly referred to as the school report card. Current law
also requires the school to provide a list of the educational options available to
children residing in the pupil's resident school district at the same time the school
provides the school report card to parents and guardians. In addition, under current
law, each school board must annually publish as notice and post on the school board's
Internet site a description of the educational options available to children in the
school district.
This bill specifies that the youth apprenticeship program administered by the
Department of Workforce Development must be included in the list of educational
options that a school provides to parents and guardians and in the description of
educational options published and posted on the Internet by a school board. The bill
also creates an exception for a school or school board that does not operate high school
grades. Under the exception, a school or school board that does not operate high
school grades is not required to include an educational option that is available only
to high school pupils in the list or description of educational options. For example,
under the bill, an elementary school is not required to include the early college credit
program, the part-time open enrollment program, or the youth apprenticeship

program in the list of educational options it provides to parents and guardians of
pupils enrolled in the elementary school.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB231,1 1Section 1 . 115.385 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB231,2,142 115.385 (4) Annually, each public school, including a charter school, and each
3private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23
4shall provide a copy of the school's accountability report to the parent or guardian of
5each pupil enrolled in or attending the school. Each school shall simultaneously
6provide to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school a list of the
7educational options available to children who reside in the pupil's resident school
8district, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice
9program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time or part-time open enrollment in
10a nonresident school district, the youth apprenticeship program under s. 106.13, the
11early college credit program, and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private
12educational program. A school that does not operate high school grades is not
13required to include an educational option that is offered only to high school pupils
14in a list of educational options provided under this subsection.
SB231,2 15Section 2 . 118.57 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB231,3,316 118.57 (1) Annually, by January 31, each school board shall publish as a class
171 notice, under ch. 985, and post on its Internet site a description of the educational
18options available to children in the school district, including public schools, private
19schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools,
20full-time or part-time open enrollment in a nonresident school district, the youth
21apprenticeship program under s. 106.13,
and the early college credit program. A

1school board that does not operate high school grades is not required to include an
2educational option offered only to high school pupils in a description of educational
3options under this subsection.
SB231,3,44 (End)
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