Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Lawmaker introduces bill requiring student-record sharing

By: Associated Press//October 24, 2017//

Lawmaker introduces bill requiring student-record sharing

By: Associated Press//October 24, 2017//

Listen to this article

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican legislator has formally introduced a bill that would require police to notify school administrators whenever they arrest a student for a violent crime.

Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt began circulating the bill for co-sponsors on Tuesday. He said in a memo soliciting support that a national social justice agenda has become more important than disciplining students and teachers have become political pawns.

The bill would require police who take a student into custody on suspicion that they committed a felony or violent misdemeanor to notify the student’s school administrator before the next school day begins. Current law mandates that juvenile criminal records are sealed.

The bill also calls for state officials to post teachers’ rights online, including their right to defend themselves and to terminate their contracts without penalty if they’ve been attacked.

Polls

Should Steven Avery be granted a new evidentiary hearing?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Legal News

See All Legal News

WLJ People

Sea all WLJ People

Opinion Digests