| 1 | 1 | | 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE |
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| 2 | 2 | | LRB-0585/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | FFK:cjs |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 101 |
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| 5 | 5 | | March 3, 2025 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee |
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| 6 | 6 | | on Education. |
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| 8 | 8 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT to create 120.18 (1) (cm) of the statutes; relating to: requiring school |
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| 10 | 10 | | districts to report information related to American Indian children attending |
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| 11 | 11 | | school in the school district. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | 13 | | This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in |
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| 14 | 14 | | the bill. |
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| 15 | 15 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 16 | 16 | | enact as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill was prepared for the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Joint Legislative Council[s Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Under current law, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction must conduct |
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| 20 | 20 | | a statewide, biennial assessment of the need for American Indian language and culture |
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| 21 | 21 | | education programs. Various information must be included in this assessment, |
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| 22 | 22 | | including information on the numbers, ages, location, and tribal affiliation of American |
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| 23 | 23 | | Indian pupils. While certain school districts began voluntarily reporting tribal |
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| 24 | 24 | | affiliation data to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) during the 2021-2022 |
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| 25 | 25 | | academic school year, current law does not explicitly require school districts to collect |
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| 26 | 26 | | this information and report it to DPI. |
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| 29 | 29 | | 3 2025 - 2026 Legislature |
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| 30 | 30 | | ASSEMBLY BILL 101 |
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| 31 | 31 | | - 2 - LRB-0585/1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | FFK:cjs |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Current law also requires each school district to submit an annual school district |
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| 35 | 35 | | report to DPI. This report must include various information related to the school |
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| 36 | 36 | | district, including the number of children taught in the schools of the school district, the |
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| 37 | 37 | | number of hours of direct pupil instruction provided in each school of the school district, |
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| 38 | 38 | | and the names of all teachers employed by the school district during the school year. The |
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| 39 | 39 | | bill expands the requirements of this report, requiring each school district to report the |
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| 40 | 40 | | numbers, ages, and tribal affiliation of American Indian children attending the schools |
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| 41 | 41 | | of the school district. The requirement that a school district report information relating |
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| 42 | 42 | | to American Indian children attending the schools of the school district does not apply |
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| 43 | 43 | | until the 2026-2027 school year. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 1. 120.18 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 45 | 45 | | 120.18 (1) (cm) Beginning with the annual report filed for the 2026-27 school |
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| 46 | 46 | | year, the numbers, ages, and tribal affiliation of American Indian children |
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| 47 | 47 | | attending the schools of the school district during the school year. In this |
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| 48 | 48 | | paragraph, XAmerican IndianY has the meaning given in s. 115.71 (2). |
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