LRB-3484/2
PG&MJL:cmh:hmh
1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
September 20, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Rhoades, Gundrum,
Ainsworth, Duff, Goetsch, Grothman, Gunderson, Hahn, Handrick,
Huebsch, Hundertmark, Johnsrud, Kedzie, Kestell, Kreibich, Ladwig, F.
Lasee, Montgomery, Nass, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Powers, Skindrud,
Spillner, Stone, Vrakas, Walker, Wieckert, Leibham and Albers,
cosponsored by Senators Drzewiecki, Plache, Darling and A. Lasee. Referred
to Committee on Children and Families.
AB478,1,2
1An Act to renumber and amend 118.25 (3); and
to create 118.25 (3) (b) of the
2statutes;
relating to: physical health examinations of pupils.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, in a county with a population of less than 500,000, a school
board may require periodic health examinations of pupils by physicians. This bill
allows a school board to require that a pupil be examined by a physician only if the
school board mails a schedule of examinations to the pupil's parent or guardian at
the beginning of each school year and obtains the written consent of the pupil's
parent or guardian for a specific examination. The school board may conduct an
additional examination if it mails the pupil's parent or guardian a revised schedule
and obtains the written consent of the pupil's parent or guardian to conduct the
additional examination.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB478, s. 1
3Section
1. 118.25 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 118.25 (3) (a) and amended
4to read:
AB478,2,6
1118.25
(3) (a)
In Subject to par. (b), in counties having a population of less than
2500,000, the school board may require
periodic health examinations of pupils by
3physicians a pupil to be periodically examined by a physician, under the supervision
4of
a local health
departments department and the department of health and family
5services
, and. The school board may pay the cost of the examinations out of school
6district funds.
AB478, s. 2
7Section
2. 118.25 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB478,2,158
118.25
(3) (b) Annually by September 1, a school board that wishes to examine
9a pupil under par. (a) shall mail the pupil's parent or guardian a schedule of the
10number, nature and dates of the examinations that the school board plans to conduct
11during the school year. The school board may not conduct any examination for which
12the pupil's parent or guardian has not consented in writing. The school board may
13conduct an examination in addition to those on the schedule if the school board mails
14the pupil's parent or guardian a revised schedule and obtains the written consent of
15the pupil's parent or guardian to conduct the additional examination.
