Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB209 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 209
5	5	April 20, 2023 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee
6	6	on Education.
7	7	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
8	8	AN ACT to amend 118.19 (8) and 119.04 (1); and to create 115.28 (17m), 115.28
9	9	(57) and 120.12 (29) of the statutes; relating to: model academic standards
10	10	related to American Indian studies, informational materials related to a school
11	11	board's obligation to provide instruction on American Indians, and the
12	12	American Indian studies requirement for teacher licensure.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in
15	15	the bill.
16	16	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
17	17	printed as an appendix to this bill.
18	18	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
19	19	enact as follows:
20	20	JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill was prepared for the Joint
21	21	Legislative Council's Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations.
22	22	Model academic standards
23	23	The state superintendent of public instruction oversees a process of developing,
24	24	approving, and revising academic standards. These standards serve as models for
25	25	possible incorporation by a local school district.
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33	33	This bill requires the state superintendent to incorporate American Indian studies
34	34	into the model academic standards. These standards must address certain historical and
35	35	contemporary information that pupils are expected to know. At a minimum, this
36	36	information must include significant events, tribal sovereignty, and culture relating to
37	37	the federally recognized tribes and bands located in Wisconsin.
38	38	The standards are to be developed in consultation with the Wisconsin Indian
39	39	Education Association, Inc.
40	40	Informational materials related to a school board's obligation to provide instruction on
41	41	American Indians
42	42	Current law requires that a school board provide pupils with the following:
43	43	1. An instructional program that is designed to give pupils at all grade levels an
44	44	understanding of human relations, particularly with regard to American Indians, Black
45	45	Americans, and Hispanics.
46	46	2. As part of the social studies curriculum, instruction in the history, culture, and
47	47	tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located
48	48	in Wisconsin at least twice in the elementary grades and at least once in the high school
49	49	grades.
50	50	This bill requires that the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) develop
51	51	informational materials related to the requirements described above for distribution to
52	52	school boards annually. The materials must be developed and published on DPI's website
53	53	by September 1, 2024. DPI must update the materials in response to any changes to a
54	54	school board's obligation to provide instruction related to American Indians. The bill also
55	55	requires that, beginning in the 2024-25 school year, school boards annually provide the
56	56	informational materials to school board members, school district administrators, certain
57	57	individuals responsible for curriculum or staff development, principals, and social
58	58	studies teachers. School boards may provide the informational materials electronically,
59	59	including by providing a link to the materials on the department's website.
60	60	The American Indian studies requirement for teacher licensure
61	61	Subject to several exceptions, current law generally prohibits the state
62	62	superintendent of public instruction from issuing a teaching license to a person unless
63	63	that person has received instruction in minority group relations, including instruction in
64	64	the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian
65	65	tribes and bands located in Wisconsin. This bill modifies the instructional requirement,
66	66	providing that a teacher license applicant must receive instruction in the culture, tribal
67	67	sovereignty, and contemporary and historical significant events of the federally
68	68	recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin.
69	69	SECTION 1. 115.28 (17m) of the statutes is created to read:
70	70	115.28 (17m) AMERICAN INDIAN INSTRUCTION; INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS. (a)
71	71	Develop informational materials related to a school board's obligation to provide
72	72	instruction related to American Indians, including all of the following:
73	73	1. An instructional program designed to give pupils an understanding of
74	74	human relations, particularly with regard to American Indians, as required under
75	75	s. 118.01 (2) (c) 8.
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87	87	2. The instruction related to federally recognized American Indian tribes and
88	88	bands located in this state required under s. 121.02 (1) (L) 4.
89	89	(b) Update the materials under par. (a) as necessary to accurately reflect a
90	90	school board's obligation to provide instruction related to American Indians.
91	91	(c) Annually, provide the materials under par. (a) to school boards.
92	92	(d) Publish the materials under par. (a) on the department's website.
93	93	SECTION 2. 115.28 (57) of the statutes is created to read:
94	94	115.28 (57) AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES; MODEL ACADEMIC STANDARDS. In
95	95	consultation with Wisconsin Indian Education Association, Inc., incorporate
96	96	American Indian studies into the model academic standards. The state
97	97	superintendent shall ensure that, under those standards, pupils are expected to
98	98	know contemporary and historical information related to at least all of the following:
99	99	(a) Significant events related to the federally recognized American Indian
100	100	tribes and bands located in this state.
101	101	(b) Tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and
102	102	bands located in this state.
103	103	(c) The culture of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands
104	104	located in this state.
105	105	SECTION 3. 118.19 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
106	106	118.19 (8) The state superintendent may not grant to any person a license to
107	107	teach unless the person has received instruction in the study of minority group
108	108	relations, including instruction in the history, culture and, tribal sovereignty, and
109	109	contemporary and historical significant events of the federally recognized American
110	110	Indian tribes and bands located in this state.
111	111	SECTION 4. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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139	139	119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
140	140	66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
141	141	115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445,
142	142	118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125
143	143	to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18,
144	144	118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10),
145	145	118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.2935, 118.30 to
146	146	118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5),
147	147	and (15) to, (27), and (29), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26),
148	148	(34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are
149	149	applicable to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly
150	150	provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any
151	151	school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program.
152	152	SECTION 5. 120.12 (29) of the statutes is created to read:
153	153	120.12 (29) AMERICAN INDIAN INSTRUCTION; INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS. Annually,
154	154	provide the materials under s. 115.28 (17m), which may be provided electronically,
155	155	including by providing a link to the materials on the department's website, to all of
156	156	the following:
157	157	(a) Each school board member.
158	158	(b) The school district administrator.
159	159	(c) Any individual employed by the school district to work as a supervisor,
160	160	coordinator, or director of curriculum, instruction, or staff development, or an
161	161	equivalent position.
162	162	(d) Each principal employed by the school district.
163	163	(e) Each teacher who teaches social studies in the school district.
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193	193	SECTION 6.0Nonstatutory provisions.
194	194	(1) INITIAL MATERIALS; DEADLINE. The state superintendent of public instruction
195	195	shall develop the materials under s. 115.28 (17m) (a) and publish the materials on
196	196	the department of public instruction's website, as required under s. 115.28 (17m) (d),
197	197	by no later than September 1, 2024.
198	198	SECTION 7.0Initial applicability.
199	199	(1) DISTRIBUTION OF INITIAL MATERIALS. The treatment of ss. 115.28 (17m) (c) and
200	200	120.12 (29) first applies to the 2024-25 school year.
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