AB621,39 Section 39. 115.52 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,10,18 115.52 (3) (b) 4. Provide in-service and other training to teachers and other staff serving pupils who are hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing.

AB621,40 Section 40. 115.52 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,10,23 115.52 (3) (b) 5. Provide training, technical assistance, and consultation services for parents of children who are hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing and for professionals who work with children who are hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing.

AB621,41 Section 41. 115.52 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,11,2 115.52 (3) (b) 6. Provide access to educational materials to children who are hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing.

AB621,42 Section 42. 115.52 (3) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,11,5 115.52 (3) (b) 8. Serve as a clearinghouse for information about children who are hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing.

AB621,43 Section 43. 115.52 (3) (b) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,11,9 115.52 (3) (b) 11. Facilitate the preparation of teachers of pupils who are hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing by providing assistance to teacher preparation programs.

AB621,44 Section 44. 115.52 (3) (b) 12. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,11,12 115.52 (3) (b) 12. Provide other statewide services that relate to the education of children who are hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing.

AB621,45 Section 45. 115.52 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,11,17 115.52 (3) (c) 1. `Birth to 3 services.' The program may provide instruction or services, or both, for children who are under the age of 3 and are hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing and their parents. The instruction or services are subject to the approval of, and shall comply with requirements established by, the department.

AB621,46 Section 46. 115.52 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,11,25 115.52 (3) (c) 2. `Library.' Educational media and materials acquired by the program constitute a circulating collection for persons who are hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing. The collection shall be kept at the program's facility and be under the supervision of its director. All school age children of the state who are hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing may use the media and materials upon compliance with criteria established by the director of the program and approved by the state superintendent.

AB621,47 Section 47. 115.52 (3) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,12,3 115.52 (3) (c) 3. `Summer programs.' The program shall provide summer programs each year for children who are hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing.

AB621,48 Section 48. 115.53 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,12,10 115.53 (5) Arrange for visits by members of the staff of either the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired to other public schools or to families of children who are hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing or children who are visually impaired, whenever it appears to the state superintendent that such visits will be of advantage to such children.

AB621,49 Section 49. 115.54 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,12,23 115.54 Compulsory education. If it appears, by affidavit, to any circuit judge that any child who is either hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing or visually impaired and who is between the ages of 6 and 21 is deprived of a suitable education by the failure of the person having the care and custody of the child to provide a suitable education, the judge shall order the person to bring the child before the judge. If the material allegations of the affidavit are denied, the judge shall subpoena witnesses and hear testimony. If the allegations are admitted or established, the judge may order the child sent to the school operated by the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the school operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired or to some class or other school for instruction, but the order may not make a direct charge for the class or school against any county.

AB621,50 Section 50. 115.76 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,12,25 115.76 (5) (a) 2. Hearing impairments loss.

AB621,51 Section 51. 115.787 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,13,7 115.787 (3) (b) 4. Consider the communication needs of the child, and, in the case of a child who is hearing impaired deaf or hard of hearing, consider the child's language and communication needs, opportunities for direct communications with peers and professional personnel in the child's language and communication mode, academic level and full range of needs, including opportunities for direct instruction in the child's language and communication mode.

AB621,52 Section 52. 118.255 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB621,13,13 118.255 (1) (a) Under this section “physical or mental health treatment services" means treatment for physical or orthopedic disability, developmental disability, emotional disturbance, hearing impairment loss, visual disability, speech or language disability; and includes itinerant services such as evaluative and diagnostic services.

AB621,53 Section 53. 459.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: