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WI Stat § 118.016 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.016 - Assessments of reading readiness.

118.016  Assessments of reading readiness. (1) (a) In the 2014–15 and 2015-16 school years, each school board and the operator of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall, using the appropriate, valid, and reliable assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the department, annually assess each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten to 2nd grade in the school district or in the charter school for reading readiness. The department shall ensure that the assessment evaluates whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge.(b) Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, each school board and the operator of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall, using the appropriate, valid, and reliable assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the school board or operator, annually assess each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten to 2nd grade in the school district or in the charter school for reading readiness. The school board or operator shall ensure that the assessment evaluates whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge. A school board or operator may administer computer adaptive assessments. (c) The department shall pay to the school board or operator, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f), the per pupil cost of the selected assessment. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under this paragraph, the state superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards and operators of charter schools entitled to the aid. (1g) If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under subch. V of ch. 115, the school board or operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall comply with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).  (1r) The school board or operator of the charter school shall report the results of a pupil's assessment under sub. (1) to the pupil's parent or guardian.  (2) The school board of the school district or operator of the charter school in which the pupil is enrolled shall provide a pupil whose assessment under sub. (1) indicates that he or she is at risk of reading difficulty with interventions or remedial reading services, as described under s. 121.02 (1) (c). History:  2011 a. 166; 2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 118.017 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.017 - Foreign language instruction.

118.017  Foreign language instruction. (1) All instruction shall be in the English language, except:(a) Those programs established under subch. VII of ch. 115 where instruction shall be in the English language and in the non-English language of the bilingual-bicultural education program.(b) The school board may cause any foreign language to be taught to pupils who desire it.(c) The school board may cause any course to be taught in a foreign language if the purpose is to facilitate the instruction of English speaking pupils in that language. (2) A school board may grant foreign language credit to a pupil who has satisfactorily completed a high school course in American sign language.History:  1983 a. 412 ss. 4, 5; Stats. 1983 s. 118.017; 1989 a. 280.
WI Stat § 118.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.02 - Special observance days.

118.02  Special observance days. On the following days when school is held or, if the day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, on a school day immediately preceding or following the respective day, the day shall be appropriately observed: (1) January 15, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. (2) February 12, Abraham Lincoln's birthday. (3) February 15, Susan B. Anthony's birthday. (4) February 22, George Washington's birthday. (5) March 4, Casimir Pulaski Day. (5m) March 17, for “The Great Hunger" in Ireland from 1845 to 1850. (5r) April 9, Prisoners of War Remembrance Day. (6) April 13, American Creed Day. (6m) April 19, Patriots' Day. (7) April 22, Environmental Awareness Day. (7g) The last Friday in April, Arbor Day, except that if the governor by proclamation sets apart one day to be designated as Arbor and Bird Day under s. 14.16 (1), that day shall be appropriately observed. (7r) June 14, if school is held, Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Day. (8) September 16, Mildred Fish Harnack Day. (9) September 17, U.S. Constitution Day. (9g) Wednesday of the 3rd week in September, as part of Wonderful Wisconsin Week under s. 14.16 (8), Wisconsin Day. (9r) Friday of the 3rd week in September, POW-MIA Recognition Day. (9t) Wednesday of the 4th week in September, Bullying Awareness Day. (10) September 28, Frances Willard Day. (11) October 9, Leif Erikson Day. (12) October 12, Christopher Columbus' birthday. (13) November 11,Veterans Day.History:  1975 c. 204, 219, 398, 422; 1979 c. 214, 301, 355; 1985 a. 232; 1987 a. 11, 16, 403; 1989 a. 146; 1993 a. 333; 1999 a. 83; 2001 a. 16, 20, 104, 105; 2003 a. 305; 2005 a. 149; 2009 a. 309.
WI Stat § 118.025 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.025 - Arbor day observance.

118.025  Arbor day observance. The principal of a public, private, or tribal school may request one free tree provided from state forest nurseries by the department of natural resources under s. 28.06 for each 4th grade pupil in the school for planting in conjunction with an annual observance and celebration of arbor day. History:  1981 c. 59; 2009 a. 302.
WI Stat § 118.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.03 - Textbooks.

118.03  Textbooks. (1) The school board shall adopt all the textbooks necessary for use in the schools under its charge. The list of the adopted books shall be filed with the school district clerk. (2) The school board may purchase textbooks and sell them to the pupils at cost or it may designate agents of the school district to sell the textbooks to the pupils. The agents, at stated times, shall make settlement with the school district for books sold. The agents may add a selling commission which shall not exceed 10 percent of the net price. (3) No dealer in textbooks may sell any books at a price to exceed 15 percent above the net list prices, transportation added thereto. (4) Any person violating this section may be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100.History:  1983 a. 412.
WI Stat § 118.035 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.035 - School uniforms.

118.035  School uniforms. (1) In this section, “school" means a public school and includes a charter school other than a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x). (2) A school board may adopt a policy that requires all pupils enrolled in school in the school district, or all pupils enrolled in one or more schools in the school district, to wear a uniform while in school or while under the supervision of a school authority. (3) If a school board adopts a policy under sub. (2), it shall do all of the following:(a) Establish a method whereby the parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a school in which the policy is in effect may exempt his or her child from complying with the policy.(b) Ensure that no pupil is penalized academically or otherwise discriminated against because the pupil's parent or guardian has chosen to exempt the pupil from complying with the policy.(c) Notify each parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a school in which the policy will be implemented of the policy at least 3 months before the school board implements the policy.(d) Assist economically disadvantaged pupils to obtain the uniforms. (4) The requirements under sub. (3) do not apply to any school board that has in effect on September 1, 2001, a school uniform policy for pupils enrolled in a school in the school district and has had such a policy in effect continuously since that date. (6) Nothing in this section affects the authority of a school board to require pupils to wear uniforms for extracurricular activities, and the provisions of sub. (3) do not apply to such a requirement.History:  2001 a. 16; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 143.
WI Stat § 118.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.04 - Summer classes.

118.04  Summer classes. Any school board may elect to operate summer classes or to permit pupils to attend summer classes operated by another school district on a tuition basis if the school district of operation will accept them. Sections 118.15 and 118.16 shall not apply to summer classes. Every school board electing to operate summer classes: (1) Shall make rules governing attendance and cause them to be spread on the school board minutes. (2) May accord to children living in the school district during the summer session the status of residents of the school district for the purpose of attendance at summer classes, even though the children were not regular residents of the school district during the preceding regular school session, but any such children who are not legal residents of the state shall not be counted in computing the state aid to which the school district is entitled. (3) May permit children from another school district to attend summer classes upon payment of nonresident tuition. (4) Shall not charge tuition for attendance at summer classes or interim session classes of pupils who are residents of the school district if the school board receives aid for such classes under s. 121.14 (1) (a). The school board may establish and collect reasonable fees for social, recreational, or extracurricular summer classes or interim session classes and programs which are neither credited toward graduation nor aided under s. 121.14. History:  1983 a. 27; 2013 a. 257.
WI Stat § 118.045 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.045 - Commencement of school term.

118.045  Commencement of school term. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), beginning in the year 2000, no public school may commence the school term until September 1. (2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a school board from doing any of the following:(a) Holding athletic contests or practices before September 1.(b) Scheduling in-service days or work days before September 1.(c) Holding school year-round. (3) A school board may commence the school term before September 1 in any school year if the school board requests the department to allow it to commence the school term before September 1 and the school board includes reasons with its request. The department may grant a request only if it determines that there are extraordinary reasons for granting it. The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this subsection.History:  1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16.
WI Stat § 118.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.05 - School conservation camps.

118.05  School conservation camps. (1) To promote an understanding of geology, geography, conservation, nature study and other aspects of general knowledge which are learned best by actual contact with nature itself, any school district may establish, operate and maintain and levy taxes to support individually or in cooperation with other school districts or municipalities a school conservation camp. The camp need not be within the school district. (2) The school board of any such district may operate, contribute to the operation of, participate in the joint operation of, pay or charge fees for the operation of the school conservation camp. The school board may admit nonresident pupils as well as resident pupils of the school district. The school board shall determine age and other entrance requirements and the program to be offered. The camp may be operated in summer or at any other time that the school board determines. (3) The school board may acquire, rent or accept the free use of facilities and equipment to operate the camp and may accept private contributions of any kind. (4) The school board may conduct the camp on property under the custody of other municipal, state or federal agencies when permission is granted or on private property with consent of the owner. (5) Every state agency shall cooperate in making their staff and facilities available to further the objectives of this program.
WI Stat § 118.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.06 - Flag, pledge of allegiance, and national anthem.

118.06  Flag, pledge of allegiance, and national anthem. (1) Every school board and the governing body of every private school shall cause the U.S. flag to be displayed in the schoolroom or from a flagstaff on each school ground during the school hours of each school day. (2) Every public school shall offer the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem in grades one to 12 each school day. Every private school shall offer the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem in grades one to 12 each school day unless the governing body of the private school determines that the requirement conflicts with the school's religious doctrines. No pupil may be compelled, against the pupil's objections or those of the pupil's parents or guardian, to recite the pledge or to sing the anthem.History:  1993 a. 492; 2001 a. 16.
WI Stat § 118.076 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.076 - Lifesaving skills instruction.

118.076  Lifesaving skills instruction. (1) In this section, “automatic external defibrillator" has the meaning given in s. 440.01 (1) (ad). (3) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and subject to sub. (4), each school board operating any grade from 7 to 12, the operator of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that operates any grade from 7 to 12, and the governing body of each private school that operates any grade from 7 to 12 shall do all of the following:(a) Provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiocerebral resuscitation in any health education course offered to pupils in grades 7 to 12. The school board, operator of the charter school, or governing body of the private school shall use either of the following, and shall incorporate into the instruction the psychomotor skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiocerebral resuscitation:1. An instructional program developed by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.2. Nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiocerebral resuscitation.(b) Provide instruction about automated external defibrillators to pupils enrolled in grades 7 to 12 in the school district, charter school, or private school. (4) (a) In this subsection, a “virtual school” is a school in which all or a portion of the instruction is provided through means of the Internet, and the pupils enrolled in and instructional staff employed by the school are geographically remote from each other. “Virtual school” includes a virtual charter school.(b) A virtual school need not provide any instruction required under sub. (3) in a manner that requires the pupils receiving the instruction and instructional staff providing the instruction to be together in the same geographical location. A virtual school may provide all of the instruction required under sub. (3) through the means of the Internet.History:  2009 a. 273; 2015 a. 55, 390; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 118.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.08 - School zones; crossings.

118.08  School zones; crossings. (1) On any street or highway which borders the grounds of any public, private, or tribal school in which school is held for a term of not less than 6 months, the authority in charge of the maintenance of the street or highway shall erect black and yellow “school" warning signs. The authority may also designate school crossings across any street or highway, whether or not the street or highway borders on the grounds of a school. (2) All signs required by this section and their installation shall comply with standards adopted by the department of transportation.History:  1973 c. 90; 1975 c. 48; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (g); 2009 a. 302.
WI Stat § 118.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.09 - Safety zones.

118.09  Safety zones. (1) Every school district maintaining a school outside the corporate limits of a city or village shall provide at the school site a zone which will provide safety for pupils from vehicular traffic during loading and unloading of pupils at the school. The zone may consist of a widening toward or into the schoolyard of the traveled portion of the adjacent highway so as to permit a vehicle to stop in the extended area completely clear of such traveled portion or may be constructed wholly within the schoolyard with connecting roads to the adjacent highway. The zone and approaches from the highway for use of vehicles shall be graveled or hard-surfaced. (2) The school district shall cooperate with the agency of the town, county or state having jurisdiction of the highway to the end that matters pertaining to the highway will be properly protected. Contracts for the necessary materials and construction and maintenance, including snow removal, of zones may be entered into with the county or town or with private persons. If the contracting party does not have jurisdiction over the highway, the contract shall be approved by the agency of the state, county or town having jurisdiction over the highway before any work is commenced thereunder. (3) All loading and unloading of pupils at the school, whether transported by a public or private vehicle, shall take place in the safety zone. The operator of a vehicle under contract to transport pupils to the school shall have necessary police powers so that pupils will be properly safeguarded in loading and unloading at the zone and while the operator's vehicle is approaching and leaving the zone. The operator shall first alight before loading or unloading pupils at the zone, and while at stops on the operator's highway route to load and unload pupils, the operator shall exhibit the vehicle's stop sign. (4) Private schools shall comply with this section to the same extent as school districts.History:  1993 a. 492.
WI Stat § 118.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.10 - School safety patrols.

118.10  School safety patrols. Any school board may organize school safety patrols and, with the permission of the parents, appoint pupils as members thereof for the purpose of influencing and encouraging the other pupils to refrain from crossing public highways at points other than at regular crossings and for the purpose of directing pupils not to cross highways at times when the presence of traffic would render such crossing unsafe. Nothing in this section authorizes or permits the use of any safety patrol member for the purpose of directing vehicular traffic, nor may any safety patrol member be stationed in that portion of the highway intended for the use of vehicular traffic. No liability shall attach to the school district or any individual, school board member, school district administrator, teacher or other school authority by virtue of the organization, maintenance or operation of a school safety patrol organized, maintained and operated under this section.History:  1997 a. 113.
WI Stat § 118.105 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.105 - Control of traffic on school premises.

118.105  Control of traffic on school premises. (1) Any school board may request local authorities to control motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic on off-highway school premises located within the jurisdiction of such local authorities. (2) If the governing body of any town, city or village by ordinance regulates the operation and parking of motor vehicles on off-highway public school premises, school drives or parking lots or pedestrian traffic on any such drives or parking lots, the school board may enter into written agreements with such governing body for reimbursement of the cost of enforcing such ordinance. (3) Nothing in this section shall preclude the governing body of any town, city or village from repealing ordinances regulating the operation or parking of motor vehicles on off-highway public school premises, drives or parking lots or regulating pedestrian traffic on such drives or parking lots without prior consent of a school board which requested enactment of such ordinance.History:  1975 c. 251.
WI Stat § 118.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.11 - School fences.

118.11  School fences. The school district shall erect and maintain all the fence necessary to enclose the school site or grounds without any financial burden on the holders of adjoining properties.
WI Stat § 118.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.12 - Sale of goods and services at schools.

118.12  Sale of goods and services at schools. (1) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), any person may sell or promote the sale of goods or services on school district or cooperative educational service agency property.(b) A school board may adopt written resolutions governing the sale and promotion of goods and services on school district property. The board of control of a cooperative educational service agency may adopt written resolutions governing the sale and promotion of goods and services on agency property. The resolutions may prohibit, restrict or provide guidelines for such sales and promotions. (2) (a) No school district employee may receive for his or her personal benefit anything of value from any person other than his or her employing school district to sell, promote the sale of or act as an agent or solicitor for the sale of any goods or services to any public school pupil while on the property of his or her employing school district or at an activity of his or her employing school district.(b) No cooperative educational service agency employee may receive for his or her personal benefit anything of value from any person other than his or her employing agency to sell, promote the sale of or act as an agent or solicitor for the sale of any goods or services to any public school pupil while on the property or at an activity of his or her employing agency or while on the property or at an activity of a school district in the agency. (3) Any person violating sub. (2) is subject to a forfeiture of not more than $200 for each offense. (4) If a school board enters into a contract that grants to one vendor the exclusive right to sell soft drinks in one or more schools of the school district, the contract may not prohibit the sale of milk in any school and, to the maximum extent possible, the school board shall ensure that milk is available to pupils in each school covered by the contract. (5) If a school board contracts with a person to provide photographs of 12th grade pupils for a school yearbook, the contract may not prohibit a pupil from supplying his or her own photograph for the yearbook, subject to the school board's reasonable specifications. History:  1985 a. 214; 1997 a. 35; 2001 a. 109; 2003 a. 132.