Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB74 Compare Versions

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4	4	2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 74
5	5	February 28, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives FRANKLIN, BEHNKE, BRILL,
6	6	DITTRICH, B. JACOBSON, KNODL, KREIBICH, MELOTIK, MURPHY, MURSAU,
7	7	O'CONNOR, STEFFEN, TITTL, WICHGERS and KAUFERT, cosponsored by
8	8	Senators TOMCZYK and NASS. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and
9	9	Public Safety.
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12	12	AN ACT to create 118.07 (6) of the statutes; relating to: parental notification of
13	13	alleged sexual misconduct by a school staff member.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	This bill requires each school board, governing body of a private school, and
16	16	operator of a charter school to notify a pupil[s parent or guardian if the school
17	17	board, governing body, or operator receives a credible report alleging sexual
18	18	misconduct by a school staff member and the pupil is identified as an alleged
19	19	victim, target, or recipient of the misconduct. Under the bill, a school board,
20	20	governing body, or operator must notify the pupil[s parent or guardian by no later
21	21	than the end of the day on which the school board receives the report containing the
22	22	alleged sexual misconduct. Under the bill, a report is considered to be received by a
23	23	school board or operator of a charter school when it is received by an assistant
24	24	principal, principal, assistant school district superintendent, school district
25	25	superintendent, or school district administrator, and is considered to be received by
26	26	the governing body of a private school when it is received by an assistant principal,
27	27	principal, superintendent, executive director, or other individual who acts as the
28	28	administrative head of the private school.
29	29	Under current law, it is a Class I felony for a school staff member to commit an
30	30	act of sexual misconduct against a pupil. Under current law and the bill, Xsexual
31	31	misconductY means 1) communications made intentionally to sexually degrade,
32	32	sexually humiliate, sexually arouse, or sexually gratify the pupil or the perpetrator
33	33	or 2) intentional touching by the perpetrator or, upon the perpetrator[s instruction,
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40	40	by the use of a body part or object, if the purpose of the intentional touching is to
41	41	sexually degrade, sexually humiliate, sexually arouse, or sexually gratify the pupil
42	42	or the perpetrator.
43	43	The bill also requires school boards to annually provide information about how
44	44	parents and guardians may access records related to school employee discipline
45	45	under the state public records law.
46	46	For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
47	47	an appendix to this bill.
48	48	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
49	49	enact as follows:
50	50	SECTION 1. 118.07 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
51	51	118.07 (6) (a) Each school board, governing body of a private school, and
52	52	operator of a charter school shall, by no later than the end of the day on which a
53	53	credible report alleging sexual misconduct, as defined in s. 948.098 (1) (d), by a
54	54	school staff member, as defined in s. 948.098 (1) (c), is received, shall notify the
55	55	parents or guardians of each pupil alleged to be a victim, target, or recipient of the
56	56	alleged sexual misconduct by the school staff member. For purposes of this
57	57	paragraph, a report is considered to be received by a school board or the operator of
58	58	a charter school when it is received by an individual employed by the school district
59	59	or operator of the charter school and for purposes of that employment the individual
60	60	is required to hold a license issued by the department under s. PI 34.066 or 34.067,
61	61	Wis. Adm. Code. For purposes of this paragraph, a report is considered to be
62	62	received by the governing body of a private school when it is received by an
63	63	individual employed by the governing body of the private school as an assistant
64	64	principal, a principal, or an administrator, as defined in s. 118.60 (1) (ad).
65	65	(b) Each school board shall annually provide parents and guardians with
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85	85	SECTION 1
86	86	information regarding their rights to access records regarding school employee
87	87	discipline under subch. II of ch. 19.
88	88	SECTION 2. Initial applicability.
89	89	(1) This act first applies to a credible report alleging sexual misconduct by a
90	90	school staff member that is received on the effective date of this subsection.
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