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WI Stat § 119.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.13 - Board members; refusal of salary.

119.13  Board members; refusal of salary. (1) In this section, “board member” includes a member-elect. (2) (a)1. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 119.12 (3), a board member may send written notification to the clerk and the city treasurer that the board member wishes to refuse to accept the salary that he or she is otherwise entitled to receive.2.a. Except as provided in subd. 2. b., for the taxable year in which the board member's election is certified or the board member is appointed under s. 17.26, the board member shall send the notification no later than the day on which the board member takes the official oath of office and before the board member performs any services in his or her capacity as a board member. The notification applies only to the taxable year in which the board member's election is certified.b. If the board member's current taxable year ends within 3 months of the day on which the board member's election is certified, the notification applies until the end of his or her next taxable year.3. Except as provided in subd. 2., a board member shall send the notification at least 30 days before the start of the board member's next taxable year and the notification applies only to that taxable year. A board member may renew his or her refusal by sending a notification annually as provided in this subdivision.4. A board member may not rescind a notification sent under this paragraph.(b)1. If the clerk and city treasurer receive a notification under par. (a), the city treasurer may not pay the board member the salary that he or she is otherwise entitled to receive during the time period to which the notification applies, beginning with the first pay period that commences after the notification applies.2. If a board member's notification no longer applies, the city treasurer shall pay the board member any salary that he or she is entitled to receive, beginning with the first pay period that commences after the expiration of the notification.History:  2017 a. 9.
WI Stat § 119.19 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.19 - Released time for religious instruction.

119.19  Released time for religious instruction. (1) The board may permit a pupil, with the written permission of the pupil's parent or guardian, to be absent from school for up to 180 minutes per week to obtain religious instruction outside the school during the required school period. The board shall determine periods allotted for the pupil to be absent from school for the purpose of religious instruction. Monthly, the supervisor of the religious instruction shall report the names of the pupils who attended such weekly religious instruction to the principal of the school that the pupil regularly attends. The board may withdraw permission to be absent from school if a pupil does not attend the religious instruction. (2) The board is not responsible for transporting a pupil to or from religious instruction under sub. (1). (3) The board is released from all liability for a pupil who is absent from school under sub. (1).History:  1989 a. 267.
WI Stat § 119.22 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.22 - Sex discrimination in physical education or physical training prohibited.

119.22  Sex discrimination in physical education or physical training prohibited. Except as provided in s. 120.13 (37m), courses in physical education or physical training may not discriminate on the basis of sex in the provision of necessary facilities, equipment, instruction or financial support, or the opportunity to participate in any physical education or training activity as provided in 20 USC 1681 et seq.History:  1971 c. 219, 307, 336; 1973 c. 188; 1977 c. 284; 1979 c. 53; 1983 a. 36, 412; 2005 a. 346; 2007 a. 97.
WI Stat § 119.235 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.235 - Contracts with private schools and agencies.

119.235  Contracts with private schools and agencies. (1) The board may contract with any nonsectarian private school located in the city or any nonsectarian private agency located in the city to provide educational programs to pupils enrolled in the school district operating under this chapter. The board shall ensure that each private school or agency under contract with the board complies with ss. 118.125 and 118.13, 20 USC 1232g, 20 USC 1681 to 1688, 20 USC 3171 to 3197, 29 USC 794, 42 USC 2000d and 42 USC 6101 to 6107, and all health and safety laws and rules that apply to public schools. (2) Each private school or agency under contract with the board shall do all of the following:(a) Offer a full school year educational program.(b) Participate in the board's parent information program.(c) Offer diverse opportunities for parents to participate in the school's programs.(d) Meet insurance and financial requirements established by the board.(e) Develop a pupil recruitment and enrollment plan that incorporates all of the following:1. A good faith effort to achieve racial balance.2. A pupil selection process that gives preference to the siblings of enrolled pupils and that gives no other preferences except those approved by the board.3. A statement describing how the plan will serve the needs of low-academic achievers and pupils from low-income families.(f) Report to the board any information requested by the board. (3) Any pupil enrolled in the school district operating under this chapter may attend, at no charge, any private school or agency with which the board has contracted under sub. (1) if space is available in the private school or agency. (4) The board shall establish appropriate, quantifiable performance standards for pupils at each private school or agency with which it contracts in such areas as attendance, reading achievement, pupil retention, pupil promotion, parent surveys, credits earned and grade point average. (5) Annually, the board shall monitor the performance of the program under this section. The board may use the results of standardized basic educational skills tests to do so. The board shall include a summary of its findings in its annual report to the state superintendent under s. 119.44.History:  1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 119.24 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.24 - Admission of pupils.

119.24  Admission of pupils. A pupil may attend a school in an attendance district other than the one in which he or she resides with the written permission of the superintendent of schools. Beginning in the 2000-01 school year, the board shall provide spaces in each school for pupils who reside outside the attendance district for the school, but shall fill any unused spaces with pupils who reside in the attendance district. A pupil who attends a school may continue to attend that school until he or she graduates from the school and each sibling of that pupil shall be given priority over other pupils in the process of admission for that school.History:  1985 a. 29; 1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 119.26 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.26 - Partial annexation of school district.

119.26  Partial annexation of school district. When the city has annexed a portion of the territory of a school district and such annexation does not include the site of any school building of such school district, the school board of the district and the board may enter into an agreement to permit pupils residing in the annexed territory to continue to attend school in the school district, and the board shall pay tuition to the school district for the pupils in accordance with s. 121.78.History:  1985 a. 29 s. 3202 (43).
WI Stat § 119.28 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.28 - Special schools.

119.28  Special schools. (1) The board shall establish and maintain such special schools for children with disabilities, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), as are required to accommodate pupils of school age desiring to attend school. The board shall prescribe the courses of study and the educational and other activities in special schools. (2) The board may employ teachers to give instruction in homes or hospitals to pupils unable to attend special schools. (3) The board may provide transportation for pupils attending special schools and provide school lunches for pupils under such terms as it determines. (4) The superintendent of schools shall prescribe, with the approval of the committee on instruction, the periods of instruction at special schools subject to amendment, rejection or confirmation by the board. (5) Any action under subs. (3) and (4) shall be subject to the direction of the state superintendent and the division for learning support in the department as provided by law. History:  1973 c. 89; 1983 a. 27 s. 2200 (42); 1993 a. 335; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27, 164; 2011 a. 158.
WI Stat § 119.30 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.30 - Trade schools.

119.30  Trade schools. (1) The board may establish, conduct and maintain one or more schools for the purpose of giving practical instruction in the useful trades and may purchase the proper machinery, tools and equipment and employ a sufficient number of teachers and other necessary employees in such schools. Such schools shall be known as senior trade schools and junior trade schools. (2) Until otherwise determined by the board, only pupils who have completed the 8th grade in an accredited school whose graduates are eligible for admission to a high school in the city shall be admitted to the senior trade schools. Only pupils who have attained the age of 14 years or have completed at least 6 grades in elementary school shall be admitted to the junior trade schools. (3) The board may require pupils in trade schools to pay the cost of all materials consumed in the course. In lieu of that requirement, the board may establish a fixed sum to be paid by each pupil in a course which shall be sufficient to cover the cost of materials to be consumed by the pupil in the course. The board may sell any articles made or manufactured in a trade school and determine the use of the proceeds from the sale.History:  1973 c. 15; 1989 a. 290.
WI Stat § 119.315 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.315 - Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics pilot programs for pupils in grades kindergarten to 5.

119.315  Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics pilot programs for pupils in grades kindergarten to 5. If the board determines that state or federal aid is available, any school in the city that enrolls pupils in grades kindergarten to 5 is eligible to apply to the board for funding to participate in a pilot program designed to develop innovative instructional programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; support pupils who are typically under-represented in these subjects; and increase the academic achievement of pupils in those subjects. History:  2009 a. 215.
WI Stat § 119.32 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.32 - Superintendent of schools; business manager.

119.32  Superintendent of schools; business manager. (1) The board shall elect by roll call vote at a regular meeting a superintendent of schools whenever that office becomes vacant. The superintendent of schools shall be a person of suitable learning and experience in the art of instruction and shall have practical familiarity with the most approved methods of organizing and conducting a system of schools. (2) Under the direction of the board, the superintendent of schools shall have general supervision of:(a) The public schools and the manner of conducting and grading such schools.(b) The assistant superintendents, supervisors, educational department heads, professional assistants to the superintendent of schools, principals, vice principals and teachers in the city. (3) Subject to confirmation by the board, the superintendent of schools shall appoint the deputy superintendent of schools, associate superintendent of schools, executive assistant to the superintendent of schools, assistant to the superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent, division director, department director and other supervisory or administrative employees designated by the board. (4) The superintendent of schools shall be an advisory member of every committee of the board, except when an inquiry into his or her acts or an investigation of his or her official conduct is under consideration by such committee. (5) The superintendent of schools shall assign all teachers and engage and assign substitute teachers at the per diem compensation fixed by the board. (6) The superintendent of schools shall collect such statistics and information relating to schools and the population entitled to school privileges in the city as the board directs. (7) Notwithstanding ss. 115.28 (7), 118.19 (1) and 121.02 (1) (a), the board may elect a superintendent of schools, and may employ a business manager, who are not licensed by the department.History:  1989 a. 4; 1991 a. 10, 39, 189; 1993 a. 16, 58, 490, 492; 1995 a. 27 ss. 4013, 4014, 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 119.36 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.36 - Dismissal of superintendent of schools.

119.36  Dismissal of superintendent of schools. By a two-thirds vote of the members-elect and upon compliance with this section, the board may remove from office the superintendent of schools for a misdemeanor in office, incompetency or inattention to the duties of the office. Notice in writing of the charges against the accused and of the time and place of hearing and acting upon the charges shall be served upon the accused at least 5 days before the time of hearing and before any action is taken by the board on the charges. On demand, the accused or counsel for the accused shall be heard. Both the board and the accused may produce witnesses who shall be sworn by the board president and shall give testimony subject to the penalty for perjury.History:  1991 a. 39, 189.
WI Stat § 119.40 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.40 - Salary schedules.

119.40  Salary schedules. (1) (a) Annually, the board shall establish a schedule of salaries for all classroom teachers, not including principals and vice principals, in the schools of the city.(b) Annually, the board may establish one or more schedules of salaries for all its employees not covered under par. (a). (2) All schedules of salaries annually fixed by the board shall be adopted for the same period and on the same year basis as the annual school budget is adopted by the board.
WI Stat § 119.42 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.42 - Teacher tenure.

119.42  Teacher tenure. (1) In this section, “teacher" has the meaning given under s. 40.02 (55), but excludes the superintendent of schools, deputy superintendent of schools, associate superintendent of schools, executive assistant to the superintendent of schools, assistant to the superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent, division director and department director. (1m) The appointment of a teacher in a 1st class city school district shall be probationary. After successful probation by completing 3 years of continuous service, the appointment shall be permanent during efficiency and good behavior. A teacher who has a permanent appointment shall not be discharged, except for cause upon written charges. After 10 days' written notice to the teacher of the charges and upon the teacher's written request, the charges shall be investigated, heard and determined by the board. The action of the board on the matter shall be final. (2) Any teacher employed in a public school in territory annexed to the city, who at the time of the annexation possesses the qualifications required by law and by the rules of the board for probationary or permanent appointment to a teaching position in the city, shall have the status of a regularly appointed teacher in the schools of the city and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of regularly appointed teachers in the city. Time spent in teaching in the annexed territory prior to annexation shall be credited to each such teacher as time spent in teaching in the city. (3) This section does not apply after December 21, 1995. Any person whose employment is permanent under this section on December 21, 1995, shall retain all of the rights and privileges of such permanent employment after that date.History:  1981 c. 96 s. 67; 1985 a. 225; 1989 a. 4; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 58; 1995 a. 111.Teacher tenure laws are in derogation of the common law, creating a contract between the parties by operation of law, and therefore are to be strictly construed. The scope of the tenure created by the statute, or by school board rule enacted pursuant to statute, must be determined from the language of the section and cannot be broadened beyond the intent of the legislature. Farley v. Milwaukee Board of School Directors, 49 Wis. 2d 765, 183 N.W.2d 148 (1971).A probationer gains permanent status upon completion of six semesters; the school board's letter, sent after the sixth semester stating the plaintiff would not be reappointed, was ineffective. Bufkin v. Milwaukee Board of School Directors, 179 Wis. 2d 228, 507 N.W.2d 571 (Ct. App. 1993).
WI Stat § 119.44 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.44 - Board report.

119.44  Board report. (1) The board shall file its annual financial report with the city clerk and shall send a copy of the report to the state superintendent. (2) Annually at such times as the department prescribes but on or before September 1, the board shall file a verified annual report with the department, on forms supplied by the department. The annual report shall contain all of the following:(a) Prior school year attendance data, including all of the following categorized by school, grade, gender and ethnicity:1. The number of children:a. Attending a technical college under s. 118.15 (1) (b) or (cm).b. Excused from school attendance under s. 118.15 (1) (c).c. Provided each of the program or curriculum modifications under s. 118.15 (1) (d).2.a. The number of pupils suspended, the number of suspensions and the total number of school days missed as a result of suspensions under s. 120.13 (1) (b).b. The number of pupils expelled, the number of expulsions and the total number of school days missed as a result of expulsions under s. 120.13 (1) (c).3. The number of pupils transferred by the school board to a different school in the same school district.4. The high school graduation rate.5.a. The number of pupils enrolled in each school transferred to the superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, as reported by the superintendent of schools in the enrollment report submitted under s. 119.33 (2) (b) 5.b. The number of pupils enrolled in each school transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. II, as reported by the commissioner in the enrollment report submitted under s. 119.9002 (2) (f). (b) Scores of the standardized reading tests administered to pupils during the prior school year under s. 121.02 (1) (r), categorized by school, gender and ethnicity.(c) The information specified under s. 120.18 (1) (gm) and (i).(d) The information specified under s. 120.18 (1) (a). (3) Rules promulgated under s. 120.18 (3) apply to the information reported under sub. (2).History:  1987 a. 333; 1989 a. 31, 290; 1993 a. 16, 223, 399, 491; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 119.47 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.47 - Taxes for school extension fund.

119.47  Taxes for school extension fund. (1) If activities are being conducted under s. 119.70 (1), the board as part of the budget transmitted annually to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b) shall specify the amount of money required for the ensuing school year under s. 119.70 (3). The taxes so levied and collected shall constitute the school extension fund. (2) The board may receive and expend, in addition to the tax levied and collected under s. 119.70 (3), any sums of money appropriated by the common council of the city for community services. The common council may appropriate from the city general fund or a similar fund to the school district such sums of money as the common council deems expedient.History:  1971 c. 211 s. 126; 1975 c. 353; 1985 a. 225 ss. 60, 61, 77.
WI Stat § 119.485 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 119 - First class city school system.|119.485 - Taxes for state trust fund loans.

119.485  Taxes for state trust fund loans. (1) If the board is awarded a state trust fund loan under subch. II of ch. 24, the board shall include in its budget transmitted to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b) a written notice specifying the amount of money necessary to pay the principal and interest on the loan as they become due. The common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all property subject to taxation in the city, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected, equal to the amount of money required to make such payments. The taxes are in addition to all other taxes that the city is authorized to levy. (2) Annually by December 31, the board shall transfer to the city an amount which, when added to the interest that will accrue on the amount, is sufficient to meet the anticipated costs of debt service on the loan in the ensuing year.History:  1997 a. 27.