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Upcoming Education Committee Hearings
By Dee Pettack | May 19, 2023
Next week the Senate Committee on Education will hold a public hearing on Tuesday (05/23) on two pieces of legislation.
Senate Bill 115: Requirement to add one-half credit of personal financial literacy as a high school graduation.
Under current law, a school board may grant a high school diploma to a pupil only if the pupil meets specific statutory requirements, including earning a certain number of credits in various subjects in the high school grades.
eginning with pupils graduating in 2028, this bill requires that, to graduate high school, a pupil must earn at least one-half credit of personal financial literacy that includes financial mindset, education and employment, money management, saving and investing, credit and debt, and risk management and insurance.
Senate Bill 206: Requirement to maintain usable opioid antagonist at a school in a standard first aid kit.
Under current law, school boards and governing bodies of private schools are required to supply a standard first aid kit for use in an emergency. Also under current law, certain school personnel, including employees and volunteers of public and private schools, are permitted to administer an opioid antagonist to a person who appears to be undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose.
This bill adds that school boards and governing bodies of private schools are required to ensure that each school maintains a usable supply of an opioid antagonist on site, in a place that is always accessible.
On Thursday (05/25) the Assembly Committee on Education will hold an executive session on two bills that were previously heard. If the committee approves the proposals, they will move to the full Assembly for consideration.
- AB 109 Financial Literacy: Requiring one-half credit of personal financial literacy for high school graduation.
- AB 024 Child Abuse Hotline: Posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. This bill would require that each school district post the number of the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in their buildings. A request was made that a uniform template be provided should the bill pass.
The committee will hold a public hearing and take public comments on three additional proposals following the conclusion of the executive session.
- AB 99 Teaching Licenses: Maintaining a lifetime teaching, administrator, or pupil services license. This bill will allow an educator to maintain their lifetime license if they work at the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) whereas, under current law the lifetime license would expire after five years.
- AB 246 Advisory Committee Membership: The membership of a human growth and development curriculum advisory committee. This bill removes the requirement that a School Administrator (as defined under PI-34) must be one of the members of the advisory committee appointed by the school board.
- AB 232 Hmong American Instruction: Directing school boards to provide instruction on Hmong Americans and Asian Americans. This bill adds Hmong Americans and Asian Americans to the list under Wis. Stat. §118.01 (2) (c) 8 which currently states: At all grade levels, an understanding of human relations, particularly with regard to American Indians, Black Americans, and Hispanics.
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