2013 WISCONSIN ACT
255
An Act
to amend
115.88 (1) of the statutes;
relating to:
substitute special education teachers and paraprofessional staffing services.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1
.
115.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.88
(1)
Personnel.
A school board, board of control of a cooperative educational service agency or, upon authorization of the county board, a county children with disabilities education board may employ, for a special education program, either full-time or part-time licensed teachers, licensed coordinators of special education, school nurses, licensed school social workers, licensed school psychologists, licensed school counselors, paraprofessionals, licensed consulting teachers to work with any teacher of regular education programs who has a child with a disability in a class and any other personnel approved by the department. The board may contract with private or public agencies for
substitute teaching and paraprofessional staffing services,
physical or occupational therapy services, orientation and mobility training services, educational interpreter services, educational audiology, speech and language therapy, pupil transition services for eligible pupils who are 18 to 21 years old, or any service approved by the state superintendent, on the basis of demonstrated need. A school board may contract with a charter school to provide special education services to pupils attending the charter school if the charter school is under contract with the school board under s. 118.40 (2m) and the charter school is not an instrumentality of the school district.
Section
1m
.
Initial applicability.
(1)
This act first applies to state aid paid in the 2014-15 fiscal year.
