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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
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                   2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 212
    April 20, 2023 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee
         on Education.
1   AN ACT to create 120.18 (1) (cm) of the statutes; relating to: requiring school
2        districts to report information related to American Indian children attending
3        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.
               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,
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    ASSEMBLY BILL 212
         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.
1        SECTION 1. 120.18 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
2        120.18 (1) (cm) The numbers, ages, and tribal affiliation of American Indian
3   children attending the schools of the school district during the school year. In this
4   paragraph, “American Indian” has the meaning given in s. 115.71 (2).
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