http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/pubsub/educationk12.htm Wisconsin LRB publications covering Education, K-12 are grouped for this channel. Saturday Sunday 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 en-us http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/images/lrbcommon/lrbnews.gif http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/pubsub/educationk12.htm http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/Lb/08Lb6.pdf To prevent virtual charter schools from closing, the legislature responded by enacting 2007 Wisconsin Act 222. Signed by Governor Doyle on April 7, 2008, Act 222 makes changes to charter school, open enrollment, and teacher licensing laws to allow virtual charter schools in Wisconsin to operate with public funding. Education, K-12 08Lb6 Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/waag/WAAG-07-1.pdf Charter schools have opened in 97 of the state's 425 school districts, and charter schools specifically designed for students at risk of not graduating from high school have opened in 62. Education, K-12 waag-07-1 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/wb/06wb15.pdf The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program provides statepaid tuition vouchers to allow up to 22,500 children from lowincome families residing in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) district to enroll in private schools in the City of Milwaukee. The 2005 Legislature enacted a number of changes to the Choice Program. Education, K-12 06wb15 Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ttp/ttp-09-2006.html Obesity is a problem nationwide. Many experts agree that teaching children proper nutrition and exercise practices will help ensure a healthier population in the future. Classroom instruction, changes to school meal programs, and restrictions on sale of competitive foods in schools are methods used to help children develop healthy eating habits. Education, K-12 ttp-09-06 Fri, 1 Sep 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/Lb/06Lb15.pdf 2005 Wisconsin Act 445, passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Jim Doyle on May 23, 2006, requires school districts to ensure that human growth and development programs present abstinence from sexual activity as the preferred behavior between unmarried students, and as the most effective way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Education, K-12 06LB15 Thu, 1 Jun 2006 00:00:01 GMT