Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB97 Compare Versions

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4	4	2025 SENATE BILL 97
5	5	March 7, 2025 - Introduced by Senators TOMCZYK and NASS, cosponsored by
6	6	Representatives FRANKLIN, BEHNKE, BRILL, DITTRICH, B. JACOBSON,
7	7	KAUFERT, KNODL, KREIBICH, MELOTIK, MURPHY, MURSAU, O'CONNOR,
8	8	STEFFEN, TITTL and WICHGERS. Referred to Committee on Mental Health,
9	9	Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families.
10	10	AN ACT to create 118.07 (6) of the statutes; relating to: parental notification of
11	11	alleged sexual misconduct by a school staff member.
12	12	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
13	13	This bill requires each school board, governing body of a private school, and
14	14	operator of a charter school to notify a pupil[s parent or guardian if the school
15	15	board, governing body, or operator receives a credible report alleging sexual
16	16	misconduct by a school staff member and the pupil is identified as an alleged
17	17	victim, target, or recipient of the misconduct. Under the bill, a school board,
18	18	governing body, or operator must notify the pupil[s parent or guardian by no later
19	19	than the end of the day on which the school board receives the report containing the
20	20	alleged sexual misconduct. Under the bill, a report is considered to be received by a
21	21	school board or operator of a charter school when it is received by an assistant
22	22	principal, principal, assistant school district superintendent, school district
23	23	superintendent, or school district administrator, and is considered to be received by
24	24	the governing body of a private school when it is received by an assistant principal,
25	25	principal, superintendent, executive director, or other individual who acts as the
26	26	administrative head of the private school.
27	27	Under current law, it is a Class I felony for a school staff member to commit an
28	28	act of sexual misconduct against a pupil. Under current law and the bill, Xsexual
29	29	misconductY means 1) communications made intentionally to sexually degrade,
30	30	sexually humiliate, sexually arouse, or sexually gratify the pupil or the perpetrator
31	31	or 2) intentional touching by the perpetrator or, upon the perpetrator[s instruction,
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37	37	SECTION 1
38	38	by the use of a body part or object, if the purpose of the intentional touching is to
39	39	sexually degrade, sexually humiliate, sexually arouse, or sexually gratify the pupil
40	40	or the perpetrator.
41	41	The bill also requires school boards to annually provide information about how
42	42	parents and guardians may access records related to school employee discipline
43	43	under the state public records law.
44	44	For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
45	45	an appendix to this bill.
46	46	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
47	47	enact as follows:
48	48	SECTION 1. 118.07 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
49	49	118.07 (6) (a) Each school board, governing body of a private school, and
50	50	operator of a charter school shall, by no later than the end of the day on which a
51	51	credible report alleging sexual misconduct, as defined in s. 948.098 (1) (d), by a
52	52	school staff member, as defined in s. 948.098 (1) (c), is received, shall notify the
53	53	parents or guardians of each pupil alleged to be a victim, target, or recipient of the
54	54	alleged sexual misconduct by the school staff member. For purposes of this
55	55	paragraph, a report is considered to be received by a school board or the operator of
56	56	a charter school when it is received by an individual employed by the school district
57	57	or operator of the charter school and for purposes of that employment the individual
58	58	is required to hold a license issued by the department under s. PI 34.066 or 34.067,
59	59	Wis. Adm. Code. For purposes of this paragraph, a report is considered to be
60	60	received by the governing body of a private school when it is received by an
61	61	individual employed by the governing body of the private school as an assistant
62	62	principal, a principal, or an administrator, as defined in s. 118.60 (1) (ad).
63	63	(b) Each school board shall annually provide parents and guardians with
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83	83	SECTION 1
84	84	information regarding their rights to access records regarding school employee
85	85	discipline under subch. II of ch. 19.
86	86	SECTION 2. Initial applicability.
87	87	(1) This act first applies to a credible report alleging sexual misconduct by a
88	88	school staff member that is received on the effective date of this subsection.
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