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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 138 |
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| 5 | 5 | | March 31, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives PENTERMAN, SCHUTT, BEHNKE, |
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| 6 | 6 | | BODDEN, BRANDTJEN, BROOKS, DITTRICH, GREEN, GUNDRUM, KNODL, MOSES, |
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| 7 | 7 | | MURPHY, MURSAU, NEDWESKI, O'CONNOR, SCHMIDT and TITTL, cosponsored by |
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| 8 | 8 | | Senators NASS, TESTIN, MARKLEIN, STROEBEL and TOMCZYK. Referred to |
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| 9 | 9 | | Committee on Education. |
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| 10 | 10 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT to create 115.28 (66) of the statutes; relating to: issuing a declaration |
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| 12 | 12 | | of equivalency of high school graduation or a general educational development |
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| 13 | 13 | | certificate. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 15 | 15 | | Under current law, the state superintendent of public instruction issues high |
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| 16 | 16 | | school equivalency diplomas and general education development certificates to |
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| 17 | 17 | | eligible individuals. Current law allows the state superintendent to charge a fee for |
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| 18 | 18 | | an HSED or a GED. This bill requires that, upon determining an applicant is eligible |
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| 19 | 19 | | and has paid any required fee, the state superintendent immediately issue an HSED |
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| 20 | 20 | | or GED to the applicant by posting the HSED or GED, in a manner that maintains |
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| 21 | 21 | | confidentiality, to the Department of Public Instruction's website. |
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| 22 | 22 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 23 | 23 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 24 | 24 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 25 | 25 | | enact as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. 115.28 (66) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 27 | 27 | | 115.28 (66) HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION EQUIVALENCY. Upon granting a declaration |
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| 28 | 28 | | of equivalency of high school graduation or a general educational development |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 138 |
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| 37 | 37 | | certificate under s. 115.29 (4) (a) to an individual and receipt of any applicable fee |
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| 38 | 38 | | under s. 115.29 (4) (b), immediately provide the declaration of equivalency of high |
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| 39 | 39 | | school graduation or general educational development certificate to the individual |
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| 40 | 40 | | by posting the declaration or certificate on the department's website, in a manner |
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| 41 | 41 | | that maintains the confidentiality of the record. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2.0Initial applicability. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) This act first applies to applications for declarations of equivalency of high |
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| 44 | 44 | | school graduation or general educational development certificates received on the |
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| 45 | 45 | | effective date of this subsection. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3.0Effective date. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 6th month beginning after |
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| 48 | 48 | | publication. |
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