January 13, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Bernier and Darling, cosponsored by
Representatives Petryk, Armstrong, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, James,
Krug and Novak. Referred to Committee on Education.

SB860,1,3 1An Act to amend 106.27 (1) (b) 1. and 115.385 (1g) (e); and to create 115.28 (28),
2115.385 (1) (e), 118.35 (3m) and 118.35 (5) of the statutes; relating to: programs
3for gifted and talented pupils.

Under current law, each school board must ensure that pupils who have been
identified as gifted and talented have access to a gifted and talented program. For
purposes of this requirement, current law defines a “gifted and talented pupil" as a
pupil enrolled in a public school who gives evidence of high performance capability
in intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership, or specific academic areas and who
needs services or activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school program in
order to fully develop such capabilities.

Under the bill, each school board must submit an annual report to the
Department of Public Instruction that indicates whether the school board employs
a gifted and talented program coordinator and, if it does, the amount of time the
coordinator spends on the school board's gifted and talented program; the number
of gifted and talented pupils enrolled in the school district who received services
under a gifted and talented program; and certain demographic information for those
pupils. The bill also requires DPI to annually post on DPI's Internet site all of the
following information:

1. For each school district: a) the number of pupils who were evaluated for and
identified as a gifted and talented pupil; b) the number of pupils who received
services under a gifted and talented program and certain demographic data

regarding those pupils; c) whether the school district has complied with its duty to
provide access to a gifted and talented program; d) the services and activities
provided to pupils under the school district's program for gifted and talented pupils;
and e) whether the school district employs a gifted and talented program coordinator
and, if it does, the amount of time the coordinator spends on the gifted and talented
program.