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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 101
March 3, 2025 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee
on Education.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to create 120.18 (1) (cm) of the statutes; relating to: requiring school
districts to report information related to American Indian children attending
school in the school district.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in
the bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill was prepared for the
Joint Legislative Council[s Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations.
Under current law, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction must conduct
a statewide, biennial assessment of the need for American Indian language and culture
education programs. Various information must be included in this assessment,
including information on the numbers, ages, location, and tribal affiliation of American
Indian pupils. While certain school districts began voluntarily reporting tribal
affiliation data to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) during the 2021-2022
academic school year, current law does not explicitly require school districts to collect
this information and report it to DPI.
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SECTION 1
Current law also requires each school district to submit an annual school district
report to DPI. This report must include various information related to the school
district, including the number of children taught in the schools of the school district, the
number of hours of direct pupil instruction provided in each school of the school district,
and the names of all teachers employed by the school district during the school year. The
bill expands the requirements of this report, requiring each school district to report the
numbers, ages, and tribal affiliation of American Indian children attending the schools
of the school district. The requirement that a school district report information relating
to American Indian children attending the schools of the school district does not apply
until the 2026-2027 school year.
SECTION 1. 120.18 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
120.18 (1) (cm) Beginning with the annual report filed for the 2026-27 school
year, the numbers, ages, and tribal affiliation of American Indian children
attending the schools of the school district during the school year. In this
paragraph, XAmerican IndianY has the meaning given in s. 115.71 (2).
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