Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB22 Compare Versions

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4	4	2025 SENATE BILL 22
5	5	February 5, 2025 - Introduced by Senators TOMCZYK, NASS and WANGGAARD,
6	6	cosponsored by Representatives DITTRICH, KNODL, ALLEN, BEHNKE, BRILL,
7	7	GOEBEN, GUNDRUM, B. JACOBSON, KREIBICH, KRUG, MURPHY, NEDWESKI,
8	8	PIWOWARCZYK, TUSLER and WICHGERS. Referred to Committee on Education.
9	9	AN ACT to amend 118.03 (1) and 118.03 (4); to create 118.03 (1m) and 118.032
10	10	of the statutes; relating to: requiring school boards to make textbooks,
11	11	curricula, and instructional materials available for inspection by school
12	12	district residents.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	This bill requires a school board to comply with a school district resident[s
15	15	written request to inspect a textbook, curriculum, or instructional material within
16	16	14 days.
17	17	Under the bill, a school board must comply with a school district resident[s
18	18	written request to inspect curricula or instructional materials used in a school in
19	19	the school district by no later than 14 days after the school board receives the
20	20	written request. The bill also requires each school board to adopt procedures under
21	21	which the school board is able to produce for inspection any curriculum or
22	22	instructional material used in a school in the school district in fewer than 14 days.
23	23	The bill defines XcurriculumY as a curriculum plan adopted by a school board to
24	24	comply with state law and defines Xinstructional materialY as any course content or
25	25	resource included in a curriculum.
26	26	Similarly, the bill requires a school board to comply with a school district
27	27	resident[s written request to inspect a textbook on the school board[s list of adopted
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35	35	textbooks by no later than 14 days after the school board receives the written
36	36	request. Under the bill, a school board must also adopt procedures under which the
37	37	school board is capable of producing for inspection any textbook included on the
38	38	school board[s list of adopted textbooks in no more than 14 days. Current law
39	39	requires each school board to adopt all textbooks necessary for use in schools in the
40	40	school district and file a list of adopted textbooks with the school district clerk.
41	41	Under the bill, each school board must also post the list of adopted textbooks on the
42	42	school board[s website.
43	43	Finally, the bill specifies that nothing in the bill may be construed to require a
44	44	school board to take an action that would violate federal copyright law and that the
45	45	bill does not limit any rights a school district resident has to inspect or copy records
46	46	under open records law.
47	47	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
48	48	enact as follows:
49	49	SECTION 1. 118.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
50	50	118.03 (1) The school board shall adopt all the textbooks necessary for use in
51	51	the schools under its charge. The school board shall file the list of the adopted
52	52	books shall be filed textbooks with the school district clerk and shall post the list on
53	53	the school board[s website.
54	54	SECTION 2. 118.03 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
55	55	118.03 (1m) (a) Upon written request, a resident of a school district may
56	56	inspect a copy of any textbook adopted under sub. (1) at a location designated by the
57	57	school board for the public to access records under s. 19.34 and at no cost to the
58	58	resident. The school board shall comply with a written request under this
59	59	paragraph by no later than 14 days after the date on which the school board receives
60	60	the written request.
61	61	(b) A school board shall adopt procedures under which the school board is able
62	62	to make available for inspection a copy of any textbook adopted under sub. (1) in
63	63	fewer than 14 days.
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83	83	(c) 1. This subsection may not be construed to require a school board to take
84	84	any action that would constitute an infringement of copyright under the federal
85	85	Copyright Act, 17 USC 101 to 1511.
86	86	2. Nothing in this subsection limits a school district resident[s rights to access
87	87	or copy records, as defined in s. 19.32 (2), under subch. II of ch. 19.
88	88	SECTION 3. 118.03 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
89	89	118.03 (4) Any person violating this section sub. (1), (2), or (3) may be fined
90	90	not less than $25 nor more than $100.
91	91	SECTION 4. 118.032 of the statutes is created to read:
92	92	118.032 Curricula and instructional materials; inspection. (1) In this
93	93	section:
94	94	(a) XCurriculumY means a curriculum plan adopted by a school board to
95	95	comply with a school board duty under s. 118.01 (2), 118.015, 118.017, 118.019, or
96	96	121.02 (1) (c), (h), (k), (L), or (m).
97	97	(b) XInstructional materialY means any course content or resource included in
98	98	a curriculum.
99	99	(2) (a) Upon written request, a resident of a school district may inspect a copy
100	100	of any curriculum or instructional material used in a school in the school district at
101	101	a location designated by the school board for the public to access records under s.
102	102	19.34 and at no cost to the resident. The school board shall comply with a written
103	103	request under this paragraph by no later than 14 days after the date on which the
104	104	school board receives the written request.
105	105	(b) A school board shall establish procedures under which the school board is
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133	133	able to make available for inspection a copy of any curriculum or instructional
134	134	material used in a school under its charge in fewer than 14 days.
135	135	(c) 1. This subsection may not be construed to require a school board to take
136	136	any action that would constitute an infringement of copyright under the federal
137	137	Copyright Act, 17 USC 101 to 1511.
138	138	2. Nothing in this subsection limits a school district resident[s rights to access
139	139	or copy records, as defined in s. 19.32 (2), under subch. II of ch. 19.
140	140	SECTION 5. Initial applicability.
141	141	(1) This act first applies to textbooks adopted for use and curricula and
142	142	instructional materials used in the school year beginning after the effective date of
143	143	this subsection.
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