Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB210 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 210
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 create 118.335 of the statutes; relating to: pupils wearing traditional
9	9	tribal regalia at a graduation ceremony or school-sponsored event.
10	10	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
11	11	This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in
12	12	the bill.
13	13	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
14	14	enact as follows:
15	15	JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill was prepared for the Joint
16	16	Legislative Council's Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations.
17	17	Wisconsin law contains some general protections for a pupil's religious beliefs,
18	18	ancestry, creed, race, and national origin. Specifically, schools must provide for the
19	19	reasonable accommodation of a pupil's sincerely held religious beliefs with regard to all
20	20	examinations and other academic requirements. Additionally, no student may be denied
21	21	participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be discriminated against in any curricular,
22	22	extracurricular, pupil services, recreational, or other program or activity because of race,
23	23	religion, national origin, ancestry or creed. However, current law does not explicitly
24	24	address an American Indian student's right to wear traditional tribal regalia at a
25	25	graduation ceremony or school-sponsored event.
26	26	This bill provides that school boards and charter schools may not prohibit a pupil
27	27	who is a member of, a descendent of a member of, or eligible to be enrolled in, a federally
28	28	recognized, whether currently or in the past, American Indian tribe or band from wearing
29	29	traditional tribal regalia at a graduation ceremony or school-sponsored event. The bill
30	30	defines “traditional tribal regalia” as a tribe's traditional dress or recognized objects of
31	31	religious or cultural significance, including tribal symbols, beads, and feathers.
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35	35	SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 210
36	36	SECTION 1. 118.335 of the statutes is created to read:
37	37	118.335 Tribal regalia at graduation ceremonies or school-sponsored
38	38	events. (1) In this section:
39	39	(a) “Traditional tribal regalia” means a tribe's traditional dress or recognized
40	40	objects of religious or cultural significance, including tribal symbols, beads, and
41	41	feathers.
42	42	(b) “Tribe” means a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band or an
43	43	American Indian tribe or band that was previously a federally recognized American
44	44	Indian tribe or band.
45	45	(2) No school board or charter school may prohibit a pupil who is any of the
46	46	following from wearing traditional tribal regalia at a graduation ceremony or
47	47	school-sponsored event:
48	48	(a) A member of a tribe.
49	49	(b) A descendent of a member of a tribe.
50	50	(c) Eligible to be enrolled as a member of a tribe.
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