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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 673
November 20, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Quinn
,
Marklein
and
Nass
, cosponsored by Representatives
Nedweski
,
Behnke
,
Brill
,
Callahan
,
Dittrich
,
Donovan
,
Duchow
,
Franklin
,
Gustafson
,
B. Jacobson
,
Kitchens
,
Kreibich
,
Melotik
,
Moses
,
Murphy
,
Mursau
,
Novak
,
O'Connor
,
Steffen
and
Tusler
. Referred to Committee on Education.
SB673,1,2
1
An Act
to amend
119.04 (1);
to create
120.12 (30) of the statutes;
relating to:
2
school board policies on appropriate communication with pupils.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires each school board to adopt, by July 1, 2026, a policy on appropriate communications between employees or volunteers of the school district and pupils enrolled in the school district, pupils attending school that are not under the control of the school board, and pupils who are homeschooled. A school board must include in the policy consequences for employees or volunteers who violate the the policy. The bill requires that the policy apply to communications that occur during or outside of school hours. Finally, under the bill, the policy must include standards for appropriate content and methods of communication.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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3
Section
1
.
119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by
2025 Wisconsin Act 42
, is
4
amended to read:
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1
119.04
(1)
Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
2
66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
3
115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415,
4
115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10,
5
118.12, 118.124, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162,
6
118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2)
7
(c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293,
8
118.2935, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56,
9
118.58, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), (15) to (27),
and
(29),
and (30),
120.125, 120.13 (1), (2)
10
(b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14,
11
120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and
12
board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the terms of a
13
contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an opportunity schools
14
and partnership program.
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15
Section
2
.
120.12 (30) of the statutes is created to read:
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16
120.12
(30)
Communications between school district employees and
17
pupils.
By July 1, 2026, adopt a policy on appropriate communication between a
18
school district employee or volunteer when acting in the individual’s official
19
capacity and a pupil enrolled in the school district, attending a school that is not
20
under the control of the school board, or attending a home-based private
21
educational program. The school board shall include in the policy specific
22
consequences for employees and volunteers who violate the policy. The school board
23
shall specify that the policy under this subsection applies to communications that
1
occur during or outside of school hours and shall include in the policy under this
2
subsection standards for all of the following:
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3
(a) Appropriate content.
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4
(b) Appropriate methods of communication.
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