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WI Stat § 116.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies.|116.06 - Revision of agency boundaries.

116.06  Revision of agency boundaries. (1) Upon the petition of a school board of a district operating high school grades, the state superintendent, after investigation of the proposal, may transfer by order the entire school district from one agency to another, effective the next succeeding July 1. Any school district so transferred shall pay its agreed share of all expenses incurred by the agency in its behalf, but shall not be required to fulfill any commitments in the agency from which transferred extending beyond the effective date of transfer. A transfer of the territory of a union high school district shall include and effect a transfer of that territory of underlying elementary school districts which lie within the boundaries of the union high school district. (2) When a new school district is created, it becomes a part of the agency in which the greatest portion of its equalized valuation lies, effective the next succeeding July 1. When territory is detached from a school district operating high school grades and attached to a school district that is in another agency, such transferred territory shall become a part of the agency of the school district to which it is attached, effective the next succeeding July 1.History:  1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 116.065 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies.|116.065 - Withdrawal from agency.

116.065  Withdrawal from agency. (1) The school board of a school district may adopt a resolution to withdraw from an agency. The school board shall immediately notify the board of control and the state superintendent that the school board has adopted a resolution under this subsection. (2) A resolution adopted under sub. (1) or (3) prior to January 15 in any school year shall be effective the next succeeding July 1. A resolution adopted under sub. (1) or (3) on or after January 15 in any school year shall be effective on the 2nd succeeding July 1. (3) A school district that has withdrawn from an agency under sub. (1) may rejoin the agency by adopting a resolution and immediately notifying the board of control and state superintendent of the resolution to rejoin.  (4) The school board of a school district that has withdrawn from an agency under this section and is not in any other agency may contract with the department for other programs and services the school district would be receiving if it were in an agency. (5) The board of control of an agency may not assess any cost against a school district that withdraws from the agency under this section for expenses the board incurs while the school district is not in the agency.History:  1985 a. 29; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2015 a. 55 ss. 3234 to 3236m, 3240.
WI Stat § 116.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies.|116.07 - Consolidation of agencies.

116.07  Consolidation of agencies. (1) A board of control may on its own motion or shall on the petition of 100 electors of the agency territory approach an adjoining board of control regarding the feasibility of the consolidation of their agencies. Unless within 60 days of the filing of the petition each board of control passes a resolution to explore the feasibility of consolidation and to hold a separate public hearing, the resolution or petition is denied without further action. (2) Upon completion of a plan of consolidation, the affected boards of control shall give 30 days' notice in writing to those school boards affected of a public hearing on the proposed consolidation. Notice of such hearing also shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985, the last insertion to be at least 20 days prior to the date of the hearing. (3) Following the hearing on the proposed consolidation the affected boards of control shall vote on the consolidation. A majority vote of the members present and voting from each board of control shall be necessary to approve the proposed consolidation. The consolidation shall become effective the next succeeding July 1. The boards of control acting jointly shall devise a plan for the equitable distribution of the assets and liabilities of the existing agencies and provide for the transfer of existing contracts and programs. (4) No such plan is valid if it permits any territory of this state to be outside an agency area, unless the territory is part of a school district that has withdrawn from an agency under s. 116.065. History:  1977 c. 221; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 116.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies.|116.08 - Loans and local aid.

116.08  Loans and local aid. (1) An amount not to exceed $25,000 annually shall be paid to each agency to match any federal funds received by the agency for vocational education administration. (2) Agencies may incur short term loans, but the outstanding amount of such loans at any one time shall not exceed 50 percent of the agency's receipts for the prior fiscal year. (3) No school district shall ever lose any state aid because of refusal of the school district to subscribe to any services provided by an agency. (4) Except for the operation of a charter school under s. 118.40 (3) (c), whenever an agency performs any service or function under chs. 115 to 121 by contract with a county board or any agency thereof, with a school board or with a county children with disabilities education board, the contract may authorize the agency to make claim for and receive the state aid for performing the service or function. The agency shall transmit a certified copy of the contract containing the authority to collect state aid to the department. When an agency receives the state aid, it shall pay over or credit the amount of state aid received to the proper county or agency thereof, school district or county children with disabilities education board for which the service or function was performed according to the contract therefor.History:  1971 c. 125; 1973 c. 90, 333; 1975 c. 39; 1977 c. 29; 1977 c. 221 s. 6; 1979 c. 34, 89; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 29, 120; 1985 a. 135 s. 85; 1985 a. 218 s. 22, 1985 a. 332; 1995 a. 27 ss. 3924r, 3924t, 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 164, 238; 1999 a. 32; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 116.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies.|116.09 - State and federal grants.

116.09  State and federal grants. (1) Except as provided under sub. (2), the board of control is eligible for and may apply for any state or federal grant for which a school district is eligible. (2) If a school district in the agency applies for a grant the board of control is eligible for that grant only on behalf of one or more school districts in the agency.History:  1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 116.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies.|116.10 - Lease of equipment.

116.10  Lease of equipment. The board of control may lease equipment for the purpose of assisting pupils with a visual handicap to read.History:  1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 117.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 117 - School district reorganization.|117.01 - Applicability.

117.01  Applicability. This chapter does not apply to any school district reorganization affecting a school district operating under ch. 119.History:  1989 a. 114.
WI Stat § 117.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 117 - School district reorganization.|117.03 - Definitions.

117.03  Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Affected school district" means the entire territory of any of the following school districts:(a) A school district from which any territory is detached or proposed to be detached.(b) A school district to which any territory is attached or proposed to be attached.(c) A school district that is consolidated with one or more other school districts or proposed to be consolidated with one or more other school districts.(d) A school district that is dissolved or proposed to be dissolved. (2) “Appeal panel" means a panel appointed by the state superintendent under s. 117.05 (1). (3) “Board" means the school district boundary appeal board. (3g) “Boundary dispute" means a dispute between 2 or more school districts concerning whether certain territory is located within a particular school district. (3m) “Enrollment" means the number of pupils enrolled, as provided under s. 121.05 (1) (a), on the most recent of the preceding 3rd Friday of September or 2nd Friday of January. (4) “Equalized valuation" has the meaning given under s. 121.004 (2). (4m) “Interested school district" means a school district involved in a boundary dispute. (5) “Reorganization" means the consolidation of 2 or more school districts, the dissolution of a school district, the detachment of territory from one school district and its attachment to an adjoining school district or the creation of a school district.History:  1989 a. 114; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 18.
WI Stat § 117.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 117 - School district reorganization.|117.14 - Appeal to court.

117.14  Appeal to court. (1) Any person aggrieved by the denial of a consolidation under s. 117.08 (2) or 117.09 (2), the granting of a detachment and attachment of territory under s. 117.11 (3) or any order of the board or an appeal panel under this chapter may, within 30 days after copies of the order are filed with the secretary of the board under s. 117.17 (2), appeal the order to a circuit court as follows:(a) If the order is issued under ss. 117.08, 117.09 or 117.10, the appeal shall be filed with the circuit court of any county in which any territory of any affected school district is located.(b) If the order is issued under ss. 117.105 to 117.132, the appeal shall be filed with the circuit court of any county in which any of the territory proposed to be detached from one school district and attached to, or included in, another school district is located or with the circuit court of any county in which any territory of the school district to which the territory is proposed to be attached, or the school district that is proposed to be created, is located. (1m) Any person aggrieved by an order resolving a boundary dispute under s. 117.35 (3) may, within 30 days after copies of the order are filed with the secretary of the board under s. 117.17 (2), appeal the order to circuit court. The appeal shall be filed with the circuit court of any county in which any portion of the disputed territory is located. (2) A person appealing under this section shall serve a written notice of appeal stating specifically the grounds upon which the appeal is based on the secretary of the board and file the notice with the clerk of the circuit court.History:  1989 a. 114, 287; 1997 a. 286; 1999 a. 18.
WI Stat § 117.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 117 - School district reorganization.|117.15 - Criteria for school district reorganizations.

117.15  Criteria for school district reorganizations. In making any decision under ss. 117.08 to 117.132, a school board, the board and an appeal panel shall consider the following factors as they affect the educational welfare of all of the children residing in all of the affected school districts, and may consider other appropriate factors: (1) The geographical and topographical characteristics of the affected school districts, including the estimated travel time to and from school for pupils in the school districts. (2) The educational needs of all of the children residing in the affected school districts, the educational programs currently offered by each affected school district and the ability and commitment of each school district to meet those needs and continue to offer those educational programs. (2m) If territory is proposed to be detached from one school district and attached to an adjoining school district or proposed to be included in a new school district under s. 117.105, whether the proposed detachment will have any adverse effect on the program currently offered by the school district from which the territory is proposed to be detached, including both curricular and extracurricular aspects of that program. (3) The testimony of and written statements filed by the residents of the affected school districts. (4) The estimated fiscal effect of the proposed reorganization on the affected school districts, including the effect of the apportionment of assets and liabilities. (5) Whether the proposed reorganization will make any part of a school district's territory noncontiguous. (6) The socioeconomic level and racial composition of the pupils who reside or will reside in territory proposed to be detached from one school district and attached to an adjoining school district, in territory proposed to be included in a new school district under s. 117.105 or in school districts proposed to be consolidated or in a school district proposed to be dissolved; the proportion of the pupils who reside in such territory who are children at risk, as defined under s. 118.153 (1) (a); and the effect that the pupils described in this paragraph will have on the present and future socioeconomic level and racial composition of the affected school districts and on the proportion of the affected school districts' enrollments that will be children at risk. (7) The results of any referendum held under s. 117.10.History:  1989 a. 114, 287; 1997 a. 286.On review of a decision under this section, the only issues to be considered are whether the reorganization authority acted within its jurisdiction and whether the determination was arbitrary and capricious. While an authority is bound to consider all the factors enumerated in this section, it may consider information from other sources, including matters within its knowledge and expertise. School District of Waukesha v. School District Boundary Appeal Board, 201 Wis. 2d 109, 548 N.W.2d 122 (Ct. App. 1996), 95-0905.
WI Stat § 117.20 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 117 - School district reorganization.|117.20 - Referendum procedures.

117.20  Referendum procedures. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if a referendum is required under ss. 117.08 to 117.11, it shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November following receipt of the petition or adoption of the resolution under s. 117.08 (3) (a), 117.09 (3) (a), 117.10 (3) (a) or 117.11 (4) (a). If a referendum is required under s. 117.105 (3), it shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in the 2nd November following receipt of the petition or adoption of the resolution under s. 117.105 (1). If a referendum is required under s. 117.105 (4m), it shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November following the date an order is issued by the board under s. 117.105 (4m) (c).(b)1. If the alternative timeline under s. 117.08 (5) (a) is used and a referendum is required, it shall be held on the first Tuesday in April following receipt of the petition or adoption of the resolution under s. 117.08 (3) (a).2. If the alternative timeline under s. 117.08 (5) (b) is used and a referendum is required, it shall be held on the 2nd Tuesday in September following receipt of the petition or adoption of the resolution under s. 117.08 (3) (a).  (2) The clerk of each affected school district shall publish notice, as required under s. 8.55, in the territory of that school district. The procedures for school board elections under s. 120.06 (9), (11), (13), and (14) apply to a referendum held under this section. The school board and school district clerk of each affected school district shall each perform, for that school district, the functions assigned to the school board and the school district clerk, respectively, under those subsections. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the elections commission under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The clerk of each affected school district shall file with the secretary of the commission a certified statement prepared by the school district board of canvassers of the results of the referendum in that school district.History:  1989 a. 114; 1997 a. 286; 2003 a. 265; 2007 a. 1; 2009 a. 307; 2015 a. 118; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 117.27 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 117 - School district reorganization.|117.27 - Change of district type.

117.27  Change of district type. (1) A common or union high school district may be changed into a unified school district, a unified school district operating only high school grades may be changed into a union high school district, and a unified school district operating only elementary grades or both elementary and high school grades may be changed into a common school district, if at least 30 days prior to the spring election a petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 requesting the change is filed with the school district clerk signed by at least 10 percent of the electors residing in the school district. The validity of the petition shall be governed by the rules promulgated under s. 8.40 (3). (2) (a) The petition shall state that the school board of the predecessor school district shall become the first school board of the successor school district. Upon receipt of the petition, the school district clerk shall publish a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, of the filing of the petition. The notice shall include the date, time and place at which the school board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed change. The public hearing shall be held at least 7 days prior to the date of the spring election.(b) The school district clerk shall include in the notice of the spring election a statement that the election ballot will include a question on the change requested by the petition. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the elections commission under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a) and the question on the ballot shall be:“Shall the .... (name of school district) be a .... (type of school district structure set forth in the petition)?Yes ....  No ...." (3) If a majority of the electors voting at the spring election vote in favor of the change, the school board shall issue an order of school district reorganization effective on the July 1 following the spring election. A certified copy of the order shall be filed as provided under s. 117.17 (2). (4) When the type of school district is changed, all property, assets, claims, contracts, liabilities and obligations of the predecessor school district become the property, assets, claims, contracts, liabilities and obligations of the successor school district.History:  1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 218; 1985 a. 225 ss. 57, 82; 1985 a. 332; 1989 a. 114 s. 11; Stats. 1989 s. 117.27; 1989 a. 192; 2007 a. 1; 2015 a. 118.A nonbinding resolution declaring an intent to purchase real estate in the future does not create an “obligation" under sub. (4). Perritt Limited Partnership v. Kenosha Unified School District #1, 153 F.3d 489 (1998).
WI Stat § 118.001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.001 - Duties and powers of school boards; construction of statutes.

118.001  Duties and powers of school boards; construction of statutes. The statutory duties and powers of school boards shall be broadly construed to authorize any school board action that is within the comprehensive meaning of the terms of the duties and powers, if the action is not prohibited by the laws of the federal government or of this state.History:  1995 a. 27.This section expresses the legislature's intent to give school boards broader powers and wide discretion in exercising those powers, but does not mean that when the legislature had previously authorized the board to take particular actions using specified procedures the board has the authority to follow other procedures in taking those particular actions. Madison Metropolitan School District v. Burmaster, 2006 WI App 17, 288 Wis. 2d 771, 709 N.W.2d 73, 05-0875.The duties and powers under ss. 118.001, 120.12 (14), and 120.13 extend to individual teachers as employees of the school board. It would be absurd to require teachers to obtain special permission from the school board with respect to every detail of their teaching. Summer homework, particularly for an honors class for which students receive additional credit, fits comfortably within the range of what is reasonable and is not unconstitutional. Larson v. Burmaster, 2006 WI App 142, 295 Wis. 2d 333, 720 N.W.2d 134, 05-1433.
WI Stat § 118.015 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.015 - Reading instruction.

118.015  Reading instruction. (1) Purpose and intent. It is the purpose and intent of this section to provide for a developmental reading program for pupils at all grade levels. (2)  Employment of reading specialists. Each school district shall employ a reading specialist certified by the department to develop and coordinate a comprehensive reading curriculum in grades kindergarten to 12. At the discretion of the state superintendent, a school district may contract with other school districts or cooperative educational service agencies to employ a certified reading specialist on a cooperative basis. (3)  Duties of reading specialist. The reading specialist shall:(a) Develop and implement a reading curriculum in grades kindergarten to 12.(b) Act as a resource person to classroom teachers to implement the reading curriculum.(c) Work with administrators to support and implement the reading curriculum.(d) Conduct an annual evaluation of the reading curriculum.(e) Coordinate the reading curriculum with other reading programs and other support services within the school district. (4)  School board duties. The school board shall:(a) Develop a program of reading goals for the district for grades kindergarten to 12.(b) Make an assessment of existing reading needs in grades kindergarten to 12 in the district based on the reading goals established under par. (a).(c) Make an annual evaluation of the reading curriculum of the school district.(d) If the school board maintains an Internet site for the school district, include a link to the guidebook related to dyslexia and related conditions that is published on the department's Internet site under s. 115.28 (56) (b).History:  1977 c. 29; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2019 a. 86.