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  Some Education Bills of Interest of the 2007-2008 Session

To research any of these bills, click on the bill number.  This will take you to the history of the bill where you can read the bill or look at other information about the bill by clicking on the highlighted portion of the history.  Click on the SEN VOTE and ASSM VOTE following individual bills to see how they voted on a bill.  This is page 1 of 3 of education bills of interest.  Updated 3/31/08 

2007-2008 REGUALR SESSION EDUCATION BILLS

AB 8  Capturing an image of a nude or partially nude person in a locker room, written policies on privacy in locker rooms,
           and providing a penalty 
ASSM VOICE
AB 17  Prohibiting persons convicted of certain felonies from providing martial arts instruction to minors
AB 26
Liability for disobeying school crossing guards and providing a penalty  ASSM VOICE
AB 30 & SB 8  Permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon
                 
AB 30  ASSM VOTE
AB 63  Hire a Veteran Week, Veteran Recognition Week, and veterans who volunteer in schools
AB 65  Creating a nonrefundable individual and corporate income tax credit based on interest received from bonds or notes
             issued by the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority for purposes related to an educational facility
             and authorizing the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority to issue bonds to finance a project
             undertaken by the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities related to an educational facility
AB 66  Authorizing the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority to issue bonds to finance projects related to
             cultural facilities
AB 67 & SB 31 An education tax credit for businesses
AB 77  Distributing the school levy and lottery and gaming property tax credits  ASSM VOICE  SEN VOTE  WI ACT 190
AB 78  Directing school boards to provide instruction about the recent history of the Hmong people
AB 83  Creating an agricultural education and workforce development council and making an appropriation
                 
ASSM VOICE   SEN VOICE
AB 99  Granting a high school diploma to a foreign exchange student
AB 103 & SB 41 Requiring an additional credit in mathematics and in science for a high school diploma
AB 111 & SB 45  Income and franchise tax credits for information technology equipment used to maintain medical records in
              electronic form and for interest on bonds or notes issued by the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities
              Authority for purposes related to the purchase of information technology equipment by health facilities, and granting
              rule-making authority
AB 112 & SB 53  Exempting school districts from the motor vehicle fuel tax
AB 132  Eligibility for tuition fee remission for family members of certain veterans
AB 136  Allowing schools and local governmental units to claim refunds of the motor vehicle fuel tax and alternate fuels tax
               and making an appropriation
AB 140  School board approval of subdivision plats
AB 151 & SB 67  Making a postsecondary student who has been convicted of possessing, with intent to manufacture,
              distribute, or deliver, or of manufacturing, distributing, or delivering, a controlled substance or controlled substance
              analog based on conduct that occurred during a period of enrollment for which the postsecondary student was
              receiving any state financial assistance ineligible for state financial assistance and granting rule-making authority
AB 153 & SB 70 Continuing education for dentists and granting rule-making authority
AB 154  Allowing an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts contributed by a divorced or legally separated
               parent to his or her child's college savings account or college tuition and expenses program and limiting the
               deduction that may be claimed by a married person who files separately
AB 165  Transportation of four-year-old kindergarten pupils attending private schools
AB 176  & SB 132  The use of ethnic names, nicknames, logos, and mascots by school boards, granting rule-making
               authority, and providing a penalty
AB 180  The use of ethnic names, nicknames, logos, and mascots by school boards; prohibiting the Department of Natural
              Resources from using the word squaw in the name of a lake or stream; granting rule-making authority; and providing
               a penalty
AB 194  Composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
AB 196  Providing alcohol beverages to an underage person who suffers great bodily harm or death from their consumption
AB 203  Electronic seat check reminders on school buses, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty
AB 233  Granting high school diplomas to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities
AB 252  The maximum amount of a Wisconsin higher education grant
AB 280  Health insurance coverage of a full-time student on medical leave  ASSM VOICE  SEN VOTE  WI ACT 36
AB 281  The purposes, authority, and responsibilities of the Educational Approval Board and the regulation of schools by
               that board
AB 282  Threatening a school official  ASSM VOTE
AB 286  Applications to attend a virtual charter school under the open enrollment program SEN VOICE
AB 291  A loan program for veterinary medicine students who agree to provide veterinary medical services to food-
               producing animals in this state, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation
AB 317  The implementation and administration of federal education laws
AB 321  Designation of state agency status for certain health care facilities that use volunteer providers during a declared
               state of emergency; declarations of emergencies by counties; immunity from liability for qualified food and
               emergency household products; creating an interoperability council; and requiring public and private schools to
               conduct tornado or other hazard drills

AB 326  Notification requirements for persons who must register as sex offenders and who are on school premises and
               providing a penalty 
ASSM VOICE
AB 327  School district youth options programs and making an appropriation
AB 332  Disclosure of information regarding sexually violent persons, creating a definition of high-risk sex offender, child
               safety zones, sex offender registry requirements, the sex offender registry Web site, and disclosure of sex offender
               registry and global positioning system tracking information to postsecondary educational institutions
AB 352  eliminating Special Transfer Program aid
AB 366  Sentencing for crimes on school premises and providing a penalty
AB 367  Trespass on school premises and providing a penalty
AB 375  The number of school days required each school term
AB 376  The number of school days required each school term
AB 389  The maximum amount of an academic excellence higher education scholarship
AB 395 & SB 195  School conference and activities leave
AB 398  Transportation of pupils to private schools
AB 402  Eligibility for full-time and part-time public school open enrollment
AB 404  & SB 249 Payment of the costs of advanced placement examinations taken by certain pupils
AB 428  The implementation and administration of federal education laws
AB 439  Technical college adult basic education programs, eligibility for Wisconsin higher education grants, and granting
               rule-making authority
AB 440  A loan program for pharmacy students who agree to practice pharmacy in pharmacy professional shortage areas in
               this state, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation
AB 441  Eligibility for the public school Open Enrollment Program for certain residents of the Marinette School District
AB 452  Creating a homeowner's property tax credit, increasing the amount of the school property income tax credit, and
               making an appropriation

AB 478  gifts or grants made to a school district by a particular class
AB 482  Prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers  ASSM VOTE


AJR 35
& SJR 27  Calling for changes to the state's public school funding formula to be enacted by July 1, 2009
AJR 39 
Different property tax levy rates for parts of cities, villages, towns, counties, and school districts added by
               attachments to school districts, consolidations, and boundary changes under cooperative agreements (first
               consideration)
SJR 72  Recognizing and encouraging international education as an essential component of the future of this state
               
SEN VOICE  ASSM VOICE

SB 42  School policies on bullying  SEN VOICE
SB 98 & AB 199  Providing benefits to tribal schools and tribal school pupils similar to those provided to private schools
              and private school pupils and making an appropriation
SB 98 SEN VOICE
SB 100  Eligibility for tuition fee remission for certain veterans and their spouses, surviving spouses, and children
SB 108  Requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining
              process
SB 149  Special observance days in school
SB 155  A loan program for veterinary medicine students who agree to provide veterinary medical services to food-producing
              animals in this state, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation
SB 159  Threatening a school official
SB 168  Eligibility for academic excellence higher education scholarships
SB 174  The purposes, authority, and responsibilities of the Educational Approval Board and the regulation of schools by
              that board
SB 222  Retirement benefits provided to educational support personnel under the Wisconsin Retirement System
SB 231  Prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers
SB 238  & AB 469 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin
              System or the technical college system

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