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| 2 | 2 | | FFK:skw |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 968 |
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| 5 | 5 | | January 26, 2024 - Introduced by Senators K NODL and CABRAL-GUEVARA, |
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| 6 | 6 | | cosponsored by Representatives BINSFELD, BEHNKE, CONLEY, DITTRICH, |
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| 7 | 7 | | DONOVAN, EDMING, GREEN, JOERS, MELOTIK, MURPHY, MURSAU, NEDWESKI, |
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| 8 | 8 | | O'CONNOR, PALMERI, SCHMIDT, STUBBS, SUBECK, SNYDER and MADISON. Referred |
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| 9 | 9 | | to Committee on Education. |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT to create 118.16 (2) (cg) 2m. of the statutes; relating to: notice to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | parent or guardian of a habitually truant child. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | 13 | | Under this bill, a school attendance officer must include in the notice provided |
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| 14 | 14 | | to the parent or guardian of a child who is habitually truant, which means the child |
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| 15 | 15 | | has been absent without an excuse for part or all of five or more days during a school |
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| 16 | 16 | | semester, that the parent or guardian may request an evaluation of whether the child |
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| 17 | 17 | | is a child with a disability or, for a child who has been identified as a child with a |
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| 18 | 18 | | disability and for whom an individualized education program has been prepared, a |
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| 19 | 19 | | review of the IEP and, if appropriate, revision of the child's IEP. Under current law, |
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| 20 | 20 | | a school attendance officer must provide a notice to the parent or guardian of a child |
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| 21 | 21 | | who is habitually truant that includes 1) a statement of the parent's or guardian's |
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| 22 | 22 | | responsibility to have the child to attend school regularly; 2) a statement that the |
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| 23 | 23 | | parent or guardian may request certain program or curriculum modifications and |
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| 24 | 24 | | that the child may be eligible for enrollment in a program for children at risk; 3) a |
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| 25 | 25 | | request that the parent or guardian meet with the school to discuss the child's |
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| 26 | 26 | | truancy; and 4) a statement of the penalties that may be imposed on the parent or |
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| 27 | 27 | | guardian if the parent or guardian fails to have the child to attend school regularly. |
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| 28 | 28 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 29 | 29 | | enact as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 968 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1. 118.16 (2) (cg) 2m. of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 118.16 (2) (cg) 2m. A statement that the parent or guardian may request any |
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| 36 | 36 | | of the following: |
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| 37 | 37 | | a. A referral under s. 115.777 for an evaluation of whether the child is a child |
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| 38 | 38 | | with a disability, as defined under s. 115.76 (5). |
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| 39 | 39 | | b. A copy of the information described under s. 115.777 (3) (d). |
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| 40 | 40 | | c. For a child who has been identified as a child with a disability, as defined |
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| 41 | 41 | | under s. 115.76 (5), and for whom an individualized education program under s. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 115.787 is in effect, a meeting of the child's individualized education program team |
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| 43 | 43 | | to review and, if appropriate, revise that individualized education program as |
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| 44 | 44 | | provided under s. 115.787 (4). |
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