AB150,1354,1412 115.28 (27m) Wisconsin Institute for School Executives. Beginning in the
131996-97 school year, annually allocate the amount in the appropriation under s.
1420.255 (3) (ed) to the Wisconsin Institute for School Executives.

AB150,1355,216 115.28 (38) (title) Reporting of pupils attending vocational schools
17technical colleges. In consultation with the technical college system board of
18vocational, technical and adult education, promulgate rules establishing a uniform
19format for school boards to use in reporting the number of pupils attending
20vocational, technical and adult education college districts under ss. 118.15 (1) (b),
21(cm) and (d) and 118.37 118.55 and in reporting pupil participation in technical
22preparation programs under s. 118.34, including the number of courses taken for
23advanced standing in a vocational, technical and adult education college district's
24associate degree program and for vocational, technical and adult education college

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1credit. The format shall be identical to the format established by the technical college
2system board of vocational, technical and adult education under s. 38.04 (11) (a) 2.

AB150,1355,4 4115.29 General powers. (intro.) The state superintendent secretary may:

AB150,1355,106 115.29 (1) Designate representative. Designate the deputy state
7superintendent secretary or another employe of the department as the state
8superintendent's secretary's representative on any body on which the state
9superintendent secretary is required to serve, except the board of regents of the
10university of Wisconsin system.

AB150,1355,1512 115.29 (2) Educational meetings. Attend such educational meetings and make
13such investigations as the state superintendent secretary deems important and as
14will acquaint the state superintendent secretary with the different systems of public
15schools in the United States.

AB150,1355,2417 115.29 (3) Auxiliary instructional employes. By order, establish classes of
18auxiliary instructional employes and authorize their employment in the
19instructional program of the elementary and high schools for specific purposes and
20their reimbursement from the instructional budget. Auxiliary instructional
21employes shall not be covered as teachers as defined in s. 40.02 (55) or under ss. s.
22118.21 to 118.23, 118.215, 118.22 or 121.006 (2) but shall be eligible under the public
23employe trust fund as participating employes as defined in s. 40.02 (46), if it is made
24applicable, other than through s. 40.21 (3), to the school district employing them.

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1115.29 (4) High school graduation equivalency. Grant declarations of
2equivalency of high school graduation to persons, if in the state superintendent's
3secretary's judgment they have presented satisfactory evidence of having completed
4a recognized high school course of study or its equivalent. The state superintendent
5secretary may establish the standards by which high school graduation equivalency
6is determined. Such standards may consist of evidence of high school courses
7completed in high schools recognized by the proper authorities as accredited, results
8of examinations given by or at the request of the state superintendent secretary,
9successful completion of correspondence study courses given by acceptable
10correspondence study schools, a general educational development certificate of high
11school equivalency issued by an agency of the U.S. government, course credits
12received in schools meeting the approval of the state superintendent secretary or
13other standards established by the state superintendent secretary.

AB150,1356,1615 115.30 (4) (a) The condition of all schools under the state superintendent's
16department's supervision.

AB150,1356,1918 115.30 (4) (c) The state superintendent's secretary's visits to educational
19institutions.

AB150,1356,2221 115.30 (4) (f) A summary of the receipts and disbursements of all schools under
22the state superintendent's department's jurisdiction.

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1115.33 (2) (a) (intro.) The state superintendent may request the department
2of industry, labor and human relations development to inspect a public school if any
3of the following occurs:

AB150,1357,75 115.33 (2) (b) The department of industry, labor and human relations
6development shall inspect the school within 30 days after receiving a request from
7the state superintendent under par. (a).

AB150,1357,149 115.33 (3) (a) If the state superintendent determines that a school is not in
10compliance, and the department of industry, labor and human relations
11development, based on its inspection of the school, concurs in the determination, the
12state superintendent may order the school board to repair, improve, remodel or close
13the school by a stated date. An order issued under this paragraph constitutes a
14preliminary finding of noncompliance with the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i).

AB150,1358,216 115.33 (3) (b) 1. If the state superintendent determines that a school is not in
17compliance and is not worth repairing, and the department of industry, labor and
18human relations development, based on its inspection of the school, concurs in the
19determination, the state superintendent may order the school board to develop a
20plan that describes how the school board will achieve compliance with the standard
21under s. 121.02 (1) (i). The plan shall specify the time within which compliance with
22the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i) shall be achieved. The state superintendent shall
23hold a public hearing on the plan in the school district and may, as a result of the
24hearing, recommend changes to the plan. The state superintendent may withhold
25up to 25% of the school district's state aid if the school district fails to achieve

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1compliance with the standard under s. 121.02 (1) (i) within the period specified in the
2plan.

AB150,1358,125 115.345 (1) Any school district approved by the superintendent department
6may establish a system to provide the opportunity for authorized elderly persons to
7participate in its school lunch program. If a school board desires to establish such
8a service, it shall develop a plan for the provision of food services for elderly persons
9and submit the plan to the superintendent department. Upon petition of 5% of the
10voters in the school district who voted in the last school board election, the school
11board shall formulate a food services plan, provided that hot food service facilities
12are available to school children in the district.

AB150,1358,17 13(2) Each plan shall provide at least one meal per day for each day that school
14is in regular session. The school board may provide additional service at other times
15in its discretion, if the number of eligible persons in the district or adjacent districts
16is of sufficient size, in the opinion of the superintendent department, so that
17unwarranted production expense is not incurred.

AB150,1358,24 18(3) Any school board which operates a food services plan for elderly persons
19under this section shall make facilities available for service to elderly persons at
20every high school and junior high school in the district which provides hot food
21service to its students. Upon application, the superintendent department may grant
22exceptions from compliance with this subsection for reasons of safety, convenience
23or insufficient interest in a given neighborhood. The school board may, in addition,
24provide service at elementary schools if desired.

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1(4) Meals may be served at schools where they are served to students or at any
2site more convenient to the majority of authorized elderly persons interested in the
3service. Food may be transported to authorized elderly persons who are unable to
4leave their homes or distributed to nonprofit organizations for such purposes.
5However, no state funds under this section may be used for food delivery to individual
6homes. The superintendent department may require consolidation of programs
7between districts and between schools if such a procedure will be convenient and
8economical.

AB150,1359,15 9(6) All meals served must meet the approval of the superintendent who
10department which shall establish minimum nutritional standards not inconsistent
11with federal standards and reasonable expenditure limits such that the average cost
12per meal is not excessive. The superintendent department shall give special
13consideration to dietary problems of elderly persons in formulating a nutritional
14plan. However, no school board shall be required to provide special foods for
15individual persons with allergies or medical disorders.

AB150,1359,19 16(7) Participants in a program under this section may be required to document
17their Wisconsin residency in a manner approved by the department. The
18superintendent department may issue identification cards to such persons if
19necessary.

AB150,1359,23 20(7m) A private school may establish a food services plan for elderly persons.
21If the plan meets all of the requirements of this section and is approved by the state
22superintendent department, the private school is eligible for reimbursement in the
23same manner as school districts under sub. (5).

AB150,1359,25 24(8) The superintendent department shall adopt reasonable rules necessary to
25implement this section.

AB150,1360,8 2115.347 Direct certification of eligibility for school nutrition
3programs. (1) Beginning in the 1994-95 school year, a school board may submit
4enrollment data to the department of health and social services industry, labor and
5human relations for the purpose of directly certifying children as eligible for free or
6reduced-price meals under the federal school nutrition programs. The department
7of health and social services industry, labor and human relations shall prescribe a
8format for the report.

AB150,1360,18 9(2) Whenever a school district that is located in whole or in part in a county that
10has converted to the client assistance for reemployment and economic support data
11system submits a report under sub. (1) in the prescribed format, the department of
12health and social services industry, labor and human relations shall determine
13which children enrolled in the school district are members of families receiving aid
14to families with dependent children or food stamps, or both, and shall provide the
15information to the school board as soon thereafter as possible. The school board shall
16use the information to directly certify children as eligible for free or reduced-price
17meals served by the school district under federal school nutrition programs,
18pursuant to 42 USC 1758 (b) (2) (C) (ii) and (iii).

AB150,1360,21 19(3) The state superintendent shall assist school boards in developing a method
20for submitting enrollment data to the department of health and social services
21industry, labor and human relations under sub. (1).

AB150,1360,2423 115.35 (5) (c) As to the state superintendent's department's recommendations
24to improve such programs and cooperation.

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1115.361 (5) (c) 3. Annually by July 1, evaluate the programs funded under this
2subsection and submit a report describing his or her its conclusions and
3recommendations to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution
4to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).

AB150,1361,11 9115.367 Pioneering partners grants. (1) A school board, or a school board
10in conjunction with one or more of the following, may apply to the department for a
11pioneering partners grant:

AB150,1361,1212 (a) Another school board, operating under an agreement under s. 66.30.

AB150,1361,1313 (b) The board of control of a cooperative educational service agency.

AB150,1361,1414 (c) A technical college district board.

AB150,1361,19 15(2) The department and the division of technology management in the
16department of administration shall jointly award grants under this section for the
17purchase of instructional technology and the cost of providing staff development and
18training related to instructional technology. Grants shall be awarded for one-year
19periods.

AB150,1361,21 20(3) Priority in awarding grants under this section shall be given to all of the
21following:

AB150,1361,2522 (a) Projects that are supported by matching funds, either from the applicant
23or from another source, and projects that involve an association with businesses,
24technical college districts, cooperative educational service agencies or other school
25districts.

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1(b) Applicants that establish ongoing training or training following the grant
2period using funds other than funds awarded under this section.

AB150,1362,4 3(4) Grants under this section shall be awarded from the appropriation under
4s. 20.255 (2) (es).

AB150,1362,136 115.375 (2) (b) From the appropriations under s. 20.255 (1) (cp), (jr) and (r) (2)
7(ee) and (ra), the board shall award grants to corporations and public agencies for the
8development, dissemination and presentation of environmental education
9programs. Programs shall be funded on an 18-month basis. The board may not
10award a grant unless the grant recipient matches at least 25% of the amount of the
11grant. Private funds and in-kind contributions may be applied to meet the matching
12requirement. Grants under this paragraph may not be used to replace funding
13available from other sources.

AB150,1362,2015 115.375 (2) (c) The board shall promulgate rules establishing the criteria and
16procedures for the awarding of grants for programs and projects under par. (b). The
17board shall use the priorities established under sub. (1) for awarding grants if the
18amount in the appropriations under s. 20.255 (1) (cp), (jr) and (r) (2) (ee) and (ra) in
19any fiscal year is insufficient to fund all applications under this subsection. The
20department shall assist the board in administering this section.

AB150,1362,2523 115.40 (4) (a) The state superintendent secretary and the secretary of health
24and social services shall provide technical assistance to and consult with applicants
25regarding the preparation of their applications.

AB150,1363,82 115.40 (4) (b) The state superintendent secretary and the secretary of health
3and social services shall review the applications and jointly determine the grant
4recipients and the amount of each grant. A grant may not be awarded to a school
5board, agency or organization unless the percentage of the participating school
6district's membership in the previous school year for whom aid to families with
7dependent children was being received under s. 49.19 was greater than 5%. In this
8paragraph, "membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (5).

AB150,1363,1210 115.40 (4) (c) (intro.) The state superintendent secretary and the secretary of
11health and social services shall give preference in awarding grants under this section
12to all of the following:

AB150,1363,2014 115.43 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (3) (fz), award
15precollege scholarships, on a competitive basis, to minority group pupils who enroll
16in a technical college or in college or university classes or programs designed to
17improve academic skills that are essential for success in postsecondary school
18education. The state superintendent shall give preference to minority group pupils
19who are inadequately represented in the technical college and university of
20Wisconsin systems.

AB150,1364,222 115.45 (2) (b) The council for Milwaukee public schools grant programs under
23s. 115.28 (20) shall review the applications submitted under par. (a) and make
24recommendations to the state superintendent secretary regarding the schools to be
25selected and amounts of the grants to be awarded. The council's recommendations

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1shall be based upon and include information regarding the degree to which the
2proposed projects will effectively meet the requirements under sub. (4).

AB150,1364,124 115.45 (6) (b) By March 1, 1986, and annually thereafter, submit to the joint
5committee on finance and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for
6distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), a budget
7report detailing the grants he or she the department intends to award under this
8section in the next fiscal year. The report shall provide summary data on the results
9of the annual testing required under sub. (4) (b) and include a description of the
10guidelines used to determine the individual schools and private service providers
11that will receive funds under this section and the types of expenditures eligible for
12such funds.

AB150,1364,16 14115.47 Designated state official under agreement. The "designated state
15official" for this state under s. 115.46 shall be the state superintendent of public
16instruction secretary.

AB150,1364,21 18115.48 Contracts under agreement. True copies of all contracts made on
19behalf of this state pursuant to the agreement shall be kept on file in the department
20of public instruction and in the office of the secretary of state. The department of
21public instruction shall publish all such contracts in convenient form.

AB150,1365,423 115.52 (5) The state superintendent may grant approval for the maintenance
24of a summer school at the school for the deaf whenever it will be to the advantage of
25deaf persons and may grant approval for the maintenance of a summer school at the

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1school for the visually handicapped whenever it will be to the advantage of visually
2handicapped minors. There shall be a summer school each year at the school for the
3visually handicapped for adult visually handicapped persons. There is no age
4limitation on summer school admissions adults.

AB150,1365,96 115.53 (4) (intro.) Apply to the board of regents of the university of Wisconsin
7system directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority for
8admission to the university of Wisconsin hospital and clinics University of Wisconsin
9Hospitals and Clinics of any pupil in the state schools.

AB150,1365,1811 115.53 (4) (b) The net cost of hospital treatment shall be at the rate established
12under s. 142.07 233.40 (1) and shall be chargeable to the appropriation for operating
13the patient's school. The state superintendent likewise may authorize payment for
14the expense of transporting patients to and from the hospital. The state
15superintendent shall make payments for the treatment to the board of regents
16University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. Funds collected by the
17state superintendent on account of the hospitalization shall be deposited in the
18appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (b) for the school concerned.

AB150,1365,2220 115.745 (2) (intro.) The state superintendent department shall not award a
21grant under sub. (1) unless he or she the department determines that all of the
22following conditions have been met: