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WI Stat § 118.123 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.123 - Reports and records; forfeitures.

118.123  Reports and records; forfeitures. (1) Any officer or teacher who fails or neglects to make the reports or who fails to keep the records required by chs. 115 to 121 shall forfeit not less than $5 nor more than $25 for each such failure or neglect. (2) If any person designated in chs. 115 to 121 to prosecute an action for a forfeiture or neglect of duty fails to prosecute the action within 10 days after being requested in writing by an elector of the school district to do so, any elector of the school district may prosecute the action.History:  1979 c. 89, 301; 1985 a. 214 s. 1; Stats. 1985 s. 118.123.
WI Stat § 118.126 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.126 - Privileged communications.

118.126  Privileged communications. (1) A school psychologist, counselor, social worker and nurse, and any teacher or administrator designated by the school board who engages in alcohol or drug abuse program activities, shall keep confidential information received from a pupil that the pupil or another pupil is using or is experiencing problems resulting from the use of alcohol or other drugs unless:(a) The pupil using or experiencing problems resulting from the use of alcohol or other drugs consents in writing to disclosure of the information;(b) The school psychologist, counselor, social worker, nurse, teacher or administrator has reason to believe that there is serious and imminent danger to the health, safety or life of any person and that disclosure of the information to another person will alleviate the serious and imminent danger. No more information than is required to alleviate the serious and imminent danger may be disclosed; or(c) The information is required to be reported under s. 48.981 or 175.32. (2) A school psychologist, counselor, social worker, or nurse, or any teacher or administrator designated by the school board who engages in alcohol or drug abuse program activities, who in good faith discloses or fails to disclose information under sub. (1) is immune from civil liability for such acts or omissions. This subsection does not apply to information required to be reported under s. 48.981 or 175.32.History:  1979 c. 331; 1985 a. 163; 1987 a. 188, 339; 2017 a. 143.
WI Stat § 118.127 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.127 - Law enforcement agency information.

118.127  Law enforcement agency information. A school district, private school, or tribal school may disclose information from law enforcement officers' records obtained under s. 938.396 (1) (c) 3. only to persons employed by the school district who are required by the department under s. 115.28 (7) to hold a license, to persons employed by the private school or tribal school as teachers, and to other school district, private school, or tribal school officials who have been determined by the school board or governing body of the private school or tribal school to have legitimate educational interests, including safety interests, in that information. In addition, if that information relates to a pupil of the school district, private school, or tribal school, the school district, private school, or tribal school may also disclose that information to those employees of the school district, private school, or tribal school who have been designated by the school board or governing body of the private school or tribal school to receive that information for the purpose of providing treatment programs for pupils enrolled in the school district, private school, or tribal school. A school district may not use law enforcement officers' records obtained under s. 938.396 (1) (c) 3. as the sole basis for expelling or suspending a pupil or as the sole basis for taking any other disciplinary action against a pupil, but may use law enforcement officers' records obtained under s. 938.396 (1) (c) 3. as the sole basis for taking action against a pupil under the school district's athletic code. History:  1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 77, 173, 352; 1997 a. 27, 205; 2005 a. 344; 2009 a. 302, 309; 2011 a. 165.
WI Stat § 118.133 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.133 - Participation in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities.

118.133  Participation in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities. (1) Interscholastic athletics. (a) A school board shall permit a pupil who resides in the school district and is enrolled in a home-based private educational program to participate in interscholastic athletics in the school district on the same basis and to the same extent that it permits pupils enrolled in the school district to participate.(b) Upon request, the home-based educational program in which the pupil is enrolled shall provide the school board with a written statement that the pupil meets the school board's requirements for participation in interscholastic athletics based on age and academic and disciplinary records. No person may provide a false statement under this paragraph. The school board may not question the accuracy or validity of the statement or request additional information. (2)  Extracurricular activities. A school board shall permit a pupil who resides in the school district and is enrolled in a home-based private educational program to participate in extracurricular activities in the school district on the same basis and to the same extent that it permits pupils enrolled in the school district to participate. (3)  Participation fees. A school board may charge a pupil who participates in interscholastic athletics or extracurricular activities as permitted under this section participation fees, including fees for uniforms, equipment, and musical instruments, on the same basis and to the same extent that it charges these fees to a pupil who is enrolled in the school district. History:  2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 118.135 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.135 - Eye examinations and evaluations.

118.135  Eye examinations and evaluations. (1) Beginning in the 2002-03 school year, each school board and each charter school shall request each pupil entering kindergarten to provide evidence that the pupil has had his or her eyes examined by an optometrist licensed under ch. 449 or evaluated by a physician licensed under ch. 448. (2) A pupil who complies with a request under sub. (1) shall provide evidence of an eye examination or evaluation by December 31 following the pupil's enrollment in kindergarten. (3) To the extent feasible, the medical examining board and the optometry examining board shall encourage physicians and optometrists, for the purpose of this section, to conduct free eye examinations or evaluations of pupils who are in financial need and do not have insurance coverage for eye examinations or evaluations.History:  2001 a. 16; 2011 a. 32; 2017 a. 329.
WI Stat § 118.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.14 - Age of pupils; phase in of 4-year-old kindergarten.

118.14  Age of pupils; phase in of 4-year-old kindergarten. (1) Except as provided in s. 120.12 (25):(a) No child may be admitted to a 4-year-old kindergarten unless he or she is 4 years old on or before September 1 in the year that he or she proposes to enter school.(b) No child may be admitted to a 5-year-old kindergarten unless he or she is 5 years old on or before September 1 in the year he or she proposes to enter school.(c) No child may be admitted to the 1st grade unless he or she is 6 years old, on or before September 1 in the year he or she proposes to enter school. (2) A resident over 20 years of age may be admitted to school when in the judgment of the school board the resident will not interfere with the pupils of school age. (3) (a) Except a provided in par. (b), if a school board establishes a 4-year-old kindergarten program, the program shall be available to all pupils eligible for the program under sub. (1) (a) or s. 120.12 (25).(b) A school board that was operating a 4-year-old kindergarten program in the 2007-08 school year that did not comply with par. (a) shall make a 4-year-old kindergarten program available to all pupils eligible for the program under sub. (1) (a) or s. 120.12 (25) by the beginning of the 2013-14 school year. History:  1977 c. 418, 429; 1983 a. 36; 1985 a. 29; 1997 a. 240; 2007 a. 226.
WI Stat § 118.145 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.145 - Admission to high school.

118.145  Admission to high school. (1) The school board of a district operating high school grades shall determine the minimum standards for admission to high school. (2) A certificate or diploma or other written evidence issued by a school board showing that the pupil has completed the course of study in the elementary grades of the school district in which the pupil resides shall entitle the pupil to admission to high school. Such certificate or diploma or a certified copy thereof or a certified copy of a list of graduates shall be filed with the school district clerk of the school district operating the high school. (3) If the superintendent of a private school or of a tribal school files with the department the course of study for elementary grades prescribed by such school and if such course of study is substantially equivalent to the course of study prepared for elementary grades by the department, a certificate or diploma or other written evidence issued by the superintendent of the private school or tribal school showing that the pupil has completed such course of study shall entitle the pupil to admission to a public high school. The certificate or diploma or a certified copy thereof or a certified copy of a list of graduates shall be filed with the school district clerk of the school district operating the high school.  (4) The school board of a school district operating high school grades shall allow a pupil enrolled in a private school or a pupil enrolled in a tribal school, who has met the standards for admission to high school under sub. (1), to take up to 2 courses during each school semester if the pupil resides in the school district in which the public school is located and if the school board determines that there is sufficient space in the classroom. History:  1975 c. 39, 199; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 240; 2009 a. 302; 2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 118.155 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.155 - Released time for religious instruction.

118.155  Released time for religious instruction. (1) Any school board shall, without approval of the state superintendent, permit pupils with written permission of a parent or guardian to be absent from school at least 60 minutes but not more than 180 minutes per week to obtain religious instruction outside the school during the required school period. The supervisor of such religious instruction shall report monthly, to the principal of the school regularly attended, the names of the pupils who attended such weekly religious instruction. The school board may deny the privilege of released time to pupils who absent themselves from such religious instruction after requesting the privilege. The time period, or periods, allotted for the pupil to be absent from school for the purpose of religious instruction shall be determined by the school board. (2) Any transportation to religious instruction or from religious instruction to the public school shall be the responsibility of the parents or of the organization sponsoring the religious instruction. (3) The school district shall be released from all liability for a pupil who is absent from school in accordance with sub. (1).History:  1973 c. 161; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27.The constitutionality of this section is upheld. Holt v. Thompson, 66 Wis. 2d 659, 225 N.W.2d 678 (1975).
WI Stat § 118.164 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.164 - Removal of pupils from the class.

118.164  Removal of pupils from the class. (1) In this section, “teacher" means a person holding a license or permit issued by the state superintendent whose employment by a school district requires that he or she hold that license or permit. (2) Subject to 20 USC 1415 (k) and beginning August 1, 1999, a teacher may remove a pupil from the teacher's class if the pupil violates the code of classroom conduct adopted under s. 120.13 (1) (a) or is dangerous, unruly or disruptive or exhibits behavior that interferes with the ability of the teacher to teach effectively, as specified in the code of classroom conduct. The teacher shall send the pupil to the school principal or his or her designee and notify the school principal or his or her designee immediately of the reasons for the removal. In addition, the teacher shall provide to the principal or his or her designee within 24 hours after the pupil's removal from the class a written explanation of the reasons for the removal. (3) (a) The school principal or his or her designee shall place the pupil in one of the following:1. An alternative education program, as defined in s. 115.28 (7) (e) 1.2. Another class in the school or another appropriate place in the school, as determined by the school principal or his or her designee.3. Another instructional setting.4. The class from which the pupil was removed if, after weighing the interests of the removed pupil, the other pupils in the class and the teacher, the school principal or his or her designee determines that readmission to the class is the best or only alternative.(b) This subsection does not prohibit the teacher who removed the pupil from the class or the school board, school district administrator, school principal or their designees from disciplining the pupil.History:  1997 a. 335.
WI Stat § 118.165 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.165 - Private schools.

118.165  Private schools. (1) An institution is a private school if its educational program meets all of the following criteria:(a) The primary purpose of the program is to provide private or religious-based education.(b) The program is privately controlled.(c) The program provides at least 875 hours of instruction each school year.(d) The program provides a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and health. This subsection does not require the program to include in its curriculum any concept, topic or practice in conflict with the program's religious doctrines or to exclude from its curriculum any concept, topic or practice consistent with the program's religious doctrines.(e) The program is not operated or instituted for the purpose of avoiding or circumventing the compulsory school attendance requirement under s. 118.15 (1) (a) and (am). (f) The pupils in the institution's educational program, in the ordinary course of events, return annually to the homes of their parents or guardians for not less than 2 months of summer vacation, or the institution is licensed as a child welfare agency under s. 48.60 (1). (2) An institution may request the state superintendent to approve the institution's educational program as a private school. The state superintendent shall base his or her approval solely on the criteria under sub. (1).History:  1983 a. 512; 1989 a. 336; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 2009 a. 41.
WI Stat § 118.167 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.167 - Private school determination by state superintendent.

118.167  Private school determination by state superintendent. If an association that regulates or accredits private educational institutions in this state submits an affidavit to the state superintendent attesting that the institution meets or exceeds all of the criteria under s. 118.165 and the state superintendent finds that the institution does meet or exceed all of the criteria under s. 118.165, the state superintendent shall determine that the institution is a private school. If at any time the state superintendent finds that an institution determined to be a private school under this section no longer meets the criteria under s. 118.165, the state superintendent may withdraw the determination.History:  1983 a. 512; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 118.169 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.169 - Pupil identification.

118.169  Pupil identification. (1) Identification numbers. A school board, and the governing body of a private school, may assign to each pupil enrolled in the school district or private school a unique identification number. The school board or governing body may not assign to any pupil an identification number that is identical to or incorporates the pupil's social security number. This subsection does not prohibit a school board or governing body from requiring a pupil to disclose the pupil's social security number, nor from using a pupil's social security number if the use is required by a federal or state agency or private organization in order for the school district or private school to participate in a particular program. (2)  Identification cards. (a) If a school board or operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) issues identification cards to pupils, the school board or operator shall include on each identification card issued to a pupil the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or one of its affiliate crisis centers or, if the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ceases operations, another national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to individuals in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. The school board or operator may also include on the identification card any of the following information:1. A statement that the text-based emotional support service of the Crisis Text Line may be accessed by texting HOPELINE to 741741 or, if applicable, by specifying any successor method.2. Instructions for contacting a text-based state or national organization, other than the organization described under subd. 1., that provides free support to individuals in crisis 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.3. The telephone number for a local suicide prevention hotline.(b) A school board or operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may include the information described under par. (a) on pupil identification cards by printing the information on, or by affixing a sticker that contains the information to, the identification cards.History:  1997 a. 128; 2019 a. 116.
WI Stat § 118.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.17 - Indigent children.

118.17  Indigent children. The principal or teacher in charge of any public school shall report to the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 for the county wherein the school is situated the name and address of any child in the school whose parent, guardian or other person having control, charge or custody of the child is without sufficient means to furnish the child with food or clothing necessary to enable the child to attend school.History:  1985 a. 29; 1995 a. 27.Cross-reference:  Section 120.12 (11) provides for free books and school supplies for indigent children.
WI Stat § 118.175 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.175 - Pupils without parents or guardians; report required.

118.175  Pupils without parents or guardians; report required. (1) This section does not apply to a pupil who has a legal custodian, as defined in s. 48.02 (11) or 938.02 (11), or who is cared for by a kinship care relative, as defined in s. 48.57 (3m) (a) 2. (2) If a pupil is a child who is without a parent or guardian, any school teacher, school administrator, school counselor or school social worker who knows that the child is without a parent or guardian shall report that fact as soon as possible to the county department under s. 46.22 or 46.23 or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, to the department of health services.History:  1999 a. 9, 133; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a); 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
WI Stat § 118.18 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.18 - Teacher reports.

118.18  Teacher reports. Every teacher shall record the names, ages and studies of all pupils under his or her charge and their daily attendance and such other facts or matters relating to the school as the state superintendent or school board requires.History:  1979 c. 301; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 118.1915 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.1915 - Licensure for Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructors.

118.1915  Licensure for Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructors. (1) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (4m), (6) to (9), and (12) to (14), the department shall grant a license to an individual to provide instruction to pupils enrolled in a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program offered in the high school grades if the individual is eligible for licensure under s. 118.19 (4) and (10) and the individual satisfies all of the following:(a) Possesses a bachelor's degree.(b) Successfully completed a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Instructor Certification program. (2) A license under sub. (1) authorizes an individual to teach the courses for which the individual has successfully completed the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Instructor Certification process.History:  2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 118.192 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 118 - General school operations.|118.192 - Professional teaching permits.

118.192  Professional teaching permits. (1) The state superintendent shall establish an alternative teacher training program for music, art, foreign language, computer science, mathematics and science teachers. The program shall consist of approximately 100 hours of formal instruction. (2) An individual who holds a bachelor's degree in engineering, music, art, foreign language, computer science, mathematics or science from an accredited institution of higher education, has at least 5 years of experience as a professional in the subject area in which his or her degree was awarded and demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the state superintendent, competency in that subject area that is current and compatible with modern curricula may apply to the state superintendent for enrollment in the alternative teacher training program. The state superintendent shall charge a fee sufficient to cover the costs of the program. (3) The state superintendent shall grant a professional teaching permit to any person who satisfactorily completes the program under sub. (2). The permit authorizes the person to teach the subject area specified by the state superintendent in grades kindergarten to 12. The initial permit shall be valid for 2 years. During the initial permit period, the person shall be supervised by a person who holds a regular teaching license. The permit is renewable for 5-year periods. (4) A school board that employs a person who holds a professional teaching permit shall ensure that no regularly licensed teacher is removed from his or her position as a result of the employment of persons holding permits.History:  1991 a. 108; 1995 a. 27 ss. 3952, 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 237.