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3Section
1896. 115.28 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(7) (b) Subject to the same rules and laws concerning qualifications of
5applicants and granting and revocation of licenses or certificates under par. (a), the
6state superintendent shall grant certificates and licenses to teachers in private
7schools and tribal schools, except that teaching experience requirements for such
8certificates and licenses may be fulfilled by teaching experience in public, private,
9or tribal schools. An applicant is not eligible for a license or certificate unless the
10state superintendent finds that the private school or tribal school in which the
11applicant taught offered an adequate educational program during the period of the
12applicant's teaching therein.
Private Except as provided under ss. 115.7915 (2) (i),
13118.60 (2) (a) 6m., and 119.23 (2) (a) 6m., private schools are not obligated to employ
14only licensed or certified teachers.
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15Section
1897. 115.28 (10m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,1898
16Section
1898. 115.28 (10o) of the statutes is repealed.
SB111,1899
17Section
1899. 115.28 (28) of the statutes is created to read:
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(28) Recollection Wisconsin. Annually distribute the amount
19appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (dg) to Wisconsin Library Services, Inc., to support
20the digitization of historic materials in public libraries throughout the state.
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21Section
1900. 115.28 (45) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(45) Grants for bullying prevention. From the appropriation under
23s. 20.255 (3) (eb),
beginning in the 2021-22 school year, annually award
grants a
24grant to
a the nonprofit organization
, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), that received a
25grant under this subsection in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years to provide
1training and an online bullying prevention curriculum for pupils in grades
2kindergarten to 8.
SB111,1901
3Section
1901. 115.28 (54s) of the statutes is created to read:
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(54s) Climate change; model academic standards. If the state
5superintendent adopts model academic standards for any of the following subjects,
6incorporate an understanding of climate, the interconnected nature of climate
7change, the potential local and global impacts of climate change, and individual and
8societal actions that may mitigate the harmful effects of climate change into the
9model academic standards for that subject:
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(a) Science.
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(b) Mathematics.
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(c) Social studies.
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(d) English language arts.
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(e) Agriculture.
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(f) Food and natural resources.
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(g) Environmental literacy and sustainability.
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(h) Nutrition education.
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18Section
1902. 115.28 (63) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
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(63) (d) Social and emotional learning
.
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20Section
1903. 115.28 (66) of the statutes is created to read:
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(66) General educational development test fee payments. (a) Subject
22to pars. (b) and (c), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (bm), pay to GED
23Testing Service LLC the $30 testing service fee for an eligible individual who takes
24a content area test given under the general educational development test. In this
1subsection, “eligible individual” means an individual who satisfies all of the
2following conditions before taking the content area test:
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1. The individual meets the eligibility requirements promulgated by the
4department by rule for a high school equivalency diploma or certificate of general
5educational development.
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2. The individual takes and receives a passing score on a practice test for the
7content area that is developed by GED Testing Service LLC.
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(b) For each eligible individual under par. (a), pay for no more than one testing
9service fee for each content area test taken in a calendar year.
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(c) Pay the testing service fee for a content area test under par. (a) only if the
11eligible individual takes the test on or after January 1, 2022, at a testing site in
12Wisconsin that is approved by the state superintendent.
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13Section
1904. 115.28 (67) of the statutes is created to read:
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(67) Report on homeless children and youths. Annually, submit to the
15chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under
16s. 13.172 (2), a report on the number of homeless children and youths, as defined in
1742 USC 11434a (2), in the public schools of this state.
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18Section
1905. 115.28 (68) of the statutes is created to read: