New Laws List

New Laws List

This is a list of the WASB New Laws that provide narrative descriptions of new acts of the Wisconsin legislature that affect Wisconsin school districts. WASB New Laws are distributed to member school boards. Each new act of the legislature carries the number of the “Wisconsin Act” in the two-year state legislative session in which it was enacted.

WASB New Laws are designed to provide authoritative general information as a service to WASB members. The New Laws should not be relied upon as legal advice. If required, legal advice regarding the New Laws should be obtained from the school district’s legal counsel.

2013 Acts	Subject

8	Powers and duties of the Legislative Audit Bureau, audit requirements, and fraud prevention



2011 Acts	Subject

228	Typeface and Fees for Publication of Legal Notices
223	Safety mirrors on school busses
216	Human growth and development instruction
215, 240	Automatic trigger of voucher expansion limited Voter registration at High Schools
172	Concussions and other head injuries sustained in youth athletic activities
168	High school graduation credit for hunter or trapper education
166	Education Reform - "Read to Lead" and "Educator Effectiveness" initiatives
165	Use of Law Enforcement or juvenile court records for disciplinary purposes under a school district's athletic code Allowing Milwaukee Public Schools to negotiate reductions in compensation or fringe benefit costs without modifying an existing collective bargaining agreement
162	Immunity from liability for school boards that provide public access to school grounds for certain recreational activities Making notice of claim and limitations on damages provisions applicable to claims against certain volunteers
158	Various statutory revisions, name changes affecting DPI
157	School Board contracts with a second chance partners for education and other nonprofit corporations that operate work-based learning programs for disengaged pupils
156	Technical Education High School Diplomas
125	Use of Seclusion and Physical Restraint on Pupils in Public Schools
115	Canvassing Procedures and Election Deadlines
114	Open enrollment application timelines and final notice of non-renewal
106	Municipal expenditures not include purchases with schools
105	Enrollment of expelled pupils and mandate flexibility
93	Duty of care owed to trespassers
87	Delegation of power by parent
86	Administration of drugs to pupils law amended
85	Pupil possession and use of epinephrine auto-injector
84	Revocation of DPI license for viewing pornographic material
83	Educational agency permitted to refuse to employ felon
82	Increased penalty for crimes by child care provider
81	Child abuse and neglect identification training required
77	Multijurisdictional tax incremental financing (TIF) districts
75	Partisan primary and 70-day deadline for ballot petitions
71	Revenue obligation trust fund loans
65	Memorandum to reduce compensation and benefits
47	Parental choice programs changes
39	Division of municipalities into wards and the Milwaukee Board
35	Gun-free school zones and concealed weapon laws changed
32	Executive budget act
23	Voter identification and elector residency
21	Gubernatorial approval of proposed agency rules
17	City of Milwaukee authority to sell city-owned, school-used property
16	State family and medical leave law uniform throughout state
14	Minimum insurance requirements for motor vehicles lowered
10	State budget repair law
2009 Acts	Subject

397	Retention of certain electronic election materials
390	Safety standards for movable soccer goals
370	Public records format and fees
346	Colorectal cancer screening coverage required
345	Districts excluded from securities law transaction exemption
329	Interstate compact on education of military children
313	Threshold for campaign finance law registration for referenda
309	School safety plans, school bullying, and pupil records
307	Alternative timelines for school district consolidations
306	Academic excellence scholarships
305	Notification to DPI of school closing and reopening
304	Denial of open enrollment to habitual truant
303	Union high school district open enrollment preference
302	Benefits and protections provided to tribal schools and pupils
301	Student achievement guarantee (SAGE) contracts
293	Farm to school programs
292	Worker classification compliance
290	Religious or political meeting employment discrimination
273	Lifesaving skills instruction
271	Career conversations program
250	Race-based nicknames, logos, mascots, and team names
220	Texting while driving prohibited and instruction required
218	Insurance coverage of mental disorders, alcoholism and drug-abuse
215	State superintendent intervention in low-performing schools
209	Changes to law on testing for HIV
208	Diplomas for veterans with service-related disabilities
171	Charge back of property taxes and allocation of omitted taxes
162	Athletic trainers law changed
160	Administration of drugs to pupils law and "school nurse" changed
155	Property tax exemption for certain snowmobile trail groomers
152	Property tax exemption for certain nonprofit community theaters
148	Right to breast-feed
146	Disclosure of health, hospital, and insurance information
140	Volunteer fire fighter and E.M.T. absence from work
134	Human growth and development instruction law amended
114	Science credit for qualified agriculture courses
99	History of organized labor in model academic standards
96	Indoor environmental quality in schools
76	Day care program contract rescission for conviction
64	Railroad crossing hazard instruction
61	Standards to be considered for establishing a charter school
60	Use of exam results requires teacher evaluation plan and bargaining
59	Cooperative research and statewide student data system
58	Milwaukee academic achievement grant applications to DPI
56	Civil Air Patrol service leave
44	School purchase or use of mercury-containing products restricted
42	School closure for health or safety and emergency management
41	Five-year-old kindergarten attendance and first grade admission
39	Firearm possession under 12 and hunting mentorship program
34	Preparation time made a mandatory subject of bargaining
28	Executive budget act
23	Payment of state school aid in June 2009
21	Prohibited practices during labor contract hiatus
20	Compensatory and punitive damages for discrimination
19	Child safety alarms in child care vehicles
14	Required insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants
12	Smoking prohibitions and responsibilities
11	Federal funds for June aid, DPI pupil records, unemployment changes
2	State finances, federal stimulus funds, and trust fund loans
1	Supplemental and extended unemployment benefits
2007 Acts	Subject

226	State finances and phase in of 4-year-old kindergarten
223	Agricultural education and workforce development council
222	Virtual charter schools and statewide Web academy
221	Special education aid for salaries of certain pupil services personnel
220	Suicide prevention information to professional staff
217	State tartan
200	Department of military affairs programs
190	School levy tax distribution
185	Workers'compensation law changes
182	Prohibition on heated pedestrian sidewalks repealed
170	State fund coverage of nonowned property; "insurance" broadened
166	Display of United States flag manufactured in United States
159	Miltary service employment discrimination prohibited
131	WRS changes and Act 11 distribution
126	Legislative audit bureau hotline
118	Policy on privacy in locker rooms
104	Automatic external defibrilator instruction
103	Blood donation by 16-year-olds
82	Investments for post-retirement benefits in separate trust fund
79	Tornado or other hazard drills and required reports
70	Renewable resource facilities authority
68	Drivers' instruction on passing stopped emergency vehicles
61	Library board donation transfers
59	Unemployment insurance law changes
57	Tax incremental district expansion
40	Payment for advanced placement examinations
36	Health insurance coverage of dependent student on medical leave
22	Veterans as classroom volunteers
20	State budget bill
4	Department of revenue equalized value error loans
1	Government accountability board
2005 Acts	Subject

475	Youth challenge program report to resident district
467	Special committee on strengthening Wisconsin's families
466	Driver ed motorcycle, pedestrian, and bicycle awareness
453	Use of proceeds from sale of Milwaukee school real property
451	Referendum notice, high school poll workers, and recall
445	Abstinence instruction in growth and development programs
434	Sexually violent persons commitment proceedings and records
420	Public library system organization and funding
418	Environmental remediation tax incremental financing
405	Interest on property tax refunds on manufacturing property
398	Inhaler use at private schools and "asthma" defined
346	Single-sex schools and courses
341	Marriage and parental responsibility instruction in same course
333	Polling hours
328	TIF district created from existing TIF district
319	Child abuse and neglect prevention board
290	Hunting in a school forest
274	Volunteer's criminal liability
272	Harassment injuction bases expanded
267	Academic excellence scholarship for vocational diploma
263	Methamphetamine use in presence of child prohibited
258	State special education law changed
252	Report number of hours of direct pupil instruction
241	Personal property tax settlement on leased land improvements
234	Interstate compact for juveniles
233	Condemnation authority limited
226	Public library changes
225	Youth challenge pupils revenue limit count year
224	Transportation of joint custody pupils who live outside district
223	Fee for additional transportation
222	State aid paid to consolidated school districts
221	Meningococcal disease information to parents of pupils
220	School board and DPI requirements repealed
219	Aid and revenue limit for newly created district
218	Special education transition services clearinghouse
204	Securing payment on public works
194	Health plan coverage of cancer clinical trials
188	Volunteer health care provider program expanded
184	Child unattended in child care vehicle prohibited
181	Substance abuse prevention on public works projects
174	Parent electronic communication with child
172	Worker's compensation law changes
165	Shaken baby syndrome instruction
125	Milwaukee parental choice program amendments and SAGE
122	Attendance report to DPI repealed
121	DPI fingerprint technologies
120	Reorganization order mailing
118	School bus allowed to tow trailers
113	Child "abuse" if present during meth manufacture
111	UW-Parkside charter school enrollment increase
106	Child safety restraint systems
99	School district post-employment benefit investments
92	Electronic voting standards
86	Unemployment insurance law changes
68	Open enrollment nonresident pupil transportation
66	Group insurance board membership
62	School performance reports on request and on Internet
60	Law enforcement recording of custodial interrogations
59	Public access to financial identifying information limited
43	School transportation bio-diesel fuel cost assistance
25	State budget bill
24	Transmission line conveyance
22	Veterans statutes recodified
13	Town tax incremental financing powers
12	Preemption of local "living wage" ordinances
6	Tax incremental financing changes
5	Juvenile sex offender information
4	Property tax exemption for arts and education centers
2003 Acts	Subject

305	"The Great Hunger" special observance day
292	Pupil record confidentiality and exchange of information
280	New requirements for persons transporting pupils
278	Local government telecommunications limited
271	Exposed school employees' HIV test authority
254	Leasing school property
231	Town tax increment law
207	Library disclosures to parents
180	Racine County disabilities education board dissolution
157	Construction contract retainage
156	Woodlands charter school attendance
155	Milwaukee choice program requirements
153	WRS annuity adjustments
132	Yearbook photograph contracts
131	Youth options program limited
126	Tax incremental financing changes
98	Compensation and training of election officials
95	Property tax bill information
82	Truancy notice to court
78	Municipal mutual property insurance
55	Open enrollment waiting list
47	Access to public records
46	Sheboygan TIF extended
43	Financing Milwaukee schools' unfunded WRS liability
42	School attendance excuse for sounding "Taps"
39	"Pay-to-play" prohibitions
33	State budget bill
26	School bus towing trailer
2001 Acts	Subject

109	State budget reform act
100	POW-MIA recognition day
98	Diplomas for veterans
83	Drug administration practitioners
82	Diabetes medication coverage
69	Second-chance homes
58	Crossing gates on buses required
57	Wisconsin school for deaf changes
54	Board election change petition requirements
48	Definition of minority group pupil
47	School crossing speed limit
37	Worker's compensation law changes
26	National Guard reemployment rights
22	Military service members' licenses and compensation
20	Prisoners of war remembrance day
16	State budget bill