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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.45 - Tests for alcohol use.

118.45
Tests for alcohol use.
A school board employee or agent, or law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 102.475 (8) (c), authorized by a public school board may require a public school pupil, including a charter school pupil, to provide one or more samples of his or her breath for the purpose of determining the presence of alcohol in the pupil's breath whenever the authorized employee, agent or officer has reasonable suspicion that the pupil is under the influence of alcohol while the pupil is in any of the circumstances listed in s. 125.09 (2) (b) 1. to 3. The authorized employee, agent or officer shall use a breath screening device approved by the department of transportation for the purpose of determining the presence of alcohol in a person's breath to determine if alcohol is present in the pupil's breath. The results of the breath screening device or the fact that a pupil refused to submit to breath testing shall be made available for use in any hearing or proceeding regarding the discipline, suspension or expulsion of a student due to alcohol use. No school board may require a pupil to provide one or more samples of his or her breath for the purpose of determining the presence of alcohol in the pupil's breath until the school board has adopted written policies regarding disciplines or treatments that will result from being under the influence of alcohol while on school premises or from refusing to submit to breath testing to determine the presence of alcohol in the pupil's breath.
History:  1995 a. 327.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.46 - Policy on bullying.

118.46
Policy on bullying.
(1)
By March 1, 2010, the department shall do all of the following:
(a)
Develop a model school policy on bullying by pupils. The policy shall include all of the following:
1.
A definition of bullying.
2.
A prohibition on bullying.
3.
A procedure for reporting bullying that allows reports to be made confidentially.
4.
A prohibition against a pupil retaliating against another pupil for reporting an incident of bullying.
5.
A procedure for investigating reports of bullying. The procedure shall identify the school district employee in each school who is responsible for conducting the investigation and require that the parent or guardian of each pupil involved in a bullying incident be notified.
6.
A requirement that school district officials and employees report incidents of bullying and identify the persons to whom the reports must be made.
7.
A list of disciplinary alternatives for pupils that engage in bullying or who retaliate against a pupil who reports an incident of bullying.
8.
An identification of the school-related events at which the policy applies.
9.
An identification of the property owned, leased, or used by the school district on which the policy applies.
10.
An identification of the vehicles used for pupil transportation on which the policy applies.
(b)
Develop a model education and awareness program on bullying.
(c)
Post the model policy under par. (a) and the model program under par. (b) on its Internet site.
(2)
By August 15, 2010, each school board shall adopt a policy prohibiting bullying by pupils. The school board may adopt the model policy under sub. (1) (a). The school board shall provide a copy of the policy to any person who requests it. Annually, the school board shall distribute the policy to all pupils enrolled in the school district and to their parents or guardians.
History:  2009 a. 309.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.53 - Attendance by pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.

118.53
Attendance by pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.
(1)
In this section, “course" means study which has the fundamental purposes of developing the knowledge, concepts, and skills in a subject.
(2)
In addition to the standards for admission under ss. 118.14, 118.145 (1), and 120.12 (25), the school board of a district shall determine the minimum standards for admission to a course offered by the school district in grades kindergarten through 8.
(2m)
A school board shall allow a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program who has not met the minimum standards for admission into high school under s. 118.145 (1) to attend up to 2 courses at a public school in the district during each school semester if the school board determines that the pupil qualifies for admission to those courses and if there is sufficient space in the classroom.
(3)
A school board shall allow a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program, who has met the standards for admission under sub. (2), to attend up to 2 courses at a public school in the district during each school semester if the school board determines that there is sufficient space in the classroom.
(4)
A pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program and attending a public school under this section may attend one course in each of 2 school districts, but may not attend more than 2 courses in any semester.
History:  2013 a. 20, 211.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.56 - Work based learning programs.

118.56
Work based learning programs.
A school board, a governing board of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or a governing body of a private school may create a work based learning program for pupils in grades 9 to 12. A school board or governing body that creates a work based learning program under this section shall create the program to do all of the following:
(1)
Require a pupil in the program to work at least 280 hours per school year for an employer that complies with sub. (3). Hours of instruction may not be used to satisfy the work requirements under this subsection. Hours that fulfill the work requirements under this subsection shall be counted as hours of direct pupil instruction, as provided under ss. 118.60 (2) (a) 8. and 119.23 (2) (a) 8.
(2)
Require a pupil to complete the required work hours by working no fewer than 40 and no more than 50 days per school year, by working no fewer than 6 and no more than 8 hours per day, and by working no more than 2 days per week.
(3)
Require that an employer who participates in the program do all of the following:
(a)
Comply with state laws relating to the employment of minors and any applicable federal labor law requirements for age and immigration status.
(b)
Provide each pupil with occupational training and work based learning experiences.
(c)
Provide each pupil with at least 30 hours of training while employing the pupil.
(d)
Provide each pupil with a mentor who supervises the pupil's work and provides the pupil with a year-end evaluation.
(e)
Provide a year-end evaluation to the pupil.
(4)
Provide transportation to and from the workplace at no cost to the pupil or the pupil's family.
(5)
In determining eligibility for the program, allow the school board or governing body to require a pupil to demonstrate employability through an interview process, teacher recommendations, or previous work, internship, or volunteer experience.
(6)
Require that a pupil who wishes to participate in the program enter into a signed agreement with the participating school and the pupil's parent or guardian.
History:  2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 11, 36.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.57 - Notice of educational options; accountability report performance category; pupil assessments.

118.57
Notice of educational options; accountability report performance category; pupil assessments.
(1)
Annually, by January 31, each school board shall publish as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, and post on its Internet site a description of the educational options available to children in the school district, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time or part-time open enrollment in a nonresident school district, the youth apprenticeship program under s. 106.13, and the early college credit program. A school board that does not operate high school grades is not required to include an educational option offered only to high school pupils in a description of educational options under this subsection.
(2)
The school board shall include in the notice under sub. (1) the most recent performance category assigned under s. 115.385 (1) (b) to each school within the school district boundaries, including charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) and private schools participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23. The notice published by the school board shall inform parents that the full school and school district accountability report is available on the school board's Internet site.
History:  2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 59, 143; 2021 a. 83.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.02 - Definitions.

119.02
Definitions.
In this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1)
“Board" means the board of school directors in charge of the public schools of a city of the 1st class other than those public schools transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership programs under s. 119.33 or subch. II.
(2)
“City" means a city of the 1st class.
(2g)
“Commissioner" means the individual in charge of the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. II.
(3)
“Members-elect" of a body at a particular time are those members who have been duly elected or appointed for a current regular or unexpired term and whose service has not terminated by death, resignation or removal from office.
(4)
“Opportunity schools and partnership program" means the program under s. 119.33 or the program under subch. II.
History:  2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.04 - Public instruction laws applicable.

119.04
Public instruction laws applicable.
(1)
Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.124, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.2935, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program.
(2)
The board shall exercise the powers, perform the functions and be entitled to all school aid under sub. (1) insofar as the same are relevant to cities of the 1st class. The board and the schools in cities of the 1st class shall be governed in all matters by the general laws of the state, except as altered or modified by express amendments.
History:  1971 c. 152 s. 38; 1971 c. 154 s. 80; 1973 c. 89 s. 20 (1); 1973 c. 90; 1973 c. 188 s. 6; 1973 c. 243, 254, 290, 307, 333; 1975 c. 39, 41, 95, 220, 379, 395, 422; 1977 c. 29; 1977 c. 203 s. 106; 1977 c. 206, 284, 447; 1979 c. 20; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (43) (a); 1979 c. 221, 298, 331; 1979 c. 346 s. 15; 1979 c. 355; 1981 c. 59; 1981 c. 241 s. 4; 1983 a. 193; 1983 a. 339 s. 10; 1983 a. 374 s. 12; 1983 a. 412, 489, 538; 1985 a. 29 s. 3202 (43); 1985 a. 56 s. 43; 1985 a. 214 s. 4; 1985 a. 225, 332; 1987 a. 27, 187, 285, 386, 403; 1989 a. 31, 120, 121, 122, 201, 209, 359; 1991 a. 39, 42, 189, 269; 1993 a. 16, 334, 377, 491; 1995 a. 27, 225; 1997 a. 27, 77, 113, 240, 252, 335; 1999 a. 9, 32, 73; 1999 a. 150 ss. 631, 672; 1999 a. 186; 2005 a. 99, 290, 346; 2007 a. 20, 97, 220, 222; 2009 a. 28, 60, 96, 215, 273, 305, 309; 2011 a. 10, 32, 85, 157, 166, 172; 2013 a. 20, 336; 2015 a. 55, 92; 2017 a. 59, 143, 364, 366; 2019 a. 83; 2021 a. 210, 238; 2023 a. 12.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.08 - Election of board members.

119.08
Election of board members.
(1)
(a)
The board shall consist of one member elected at-large and 8 members elected from numbered election districts determined by the board. The election districts shall be substantially equal in population and the boundaries of the election districts shall be drawn so as to reflect a balanced representation of citizens in all areas within the city.
(b)
Within 60 days after the common council of the city enacts an ordinance or adopts a resolution adjusting the boundaries of wards in the city following the federal decennial census under s. 5.15 (1) and (2), the board shall, by vote of a majority of the membership of the board, adopt an election district apportionment plan for the election of board members which shall be effective until the city enacts a new ordinance under s. 62.08 (1) adjusting the boundaries of its wards under s. 5.15 (1) and (2).
(c)
A person elected to represent a district shall reside within the boundaries of the district, except that if a person ceases to reside within the district because the boundaries of the district are changed during the person's term of office, the person may continue to serve for the balance of the term for which he or she was elected for so long as the person resides in the school district. Before taking office, the members of the board shall take the official oath of office and file it, duly certified by the officer administering the oath, with the city clerk.
(2)
The electors of each election district shall elect one member residing within the election district to represent the election district. The at-large member shall be elected by the electors of the city. Board members shall be electors of the city and shall be elected at the spring election. Candidates shall file nomination papers for full terms or, when vacancies are to be filled, for unexpired terms. The primary and spring elections for board members shall be conducted by the election officials for the election of judicial or other officers held on that date. The polling places for the state, municipal or judicial election shall be the polling places for the board election and the municipal election hours shall apply.
(3)
The regular terms of board members shall be 4 years.
(4)
A vacancy on the board shall be filled by a special election ordered by the board. At such election the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term. The board shall follow procedures under s. 8.50, so far as applicable.
History:  1977 c. 445; 1983 a. 105, 484; 1985 a. 312; 1987 a. 176; 1989 a. 290; 2011 a. 39.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.10 - Meetings of the board.

119.10
Meetings of the board.
(1)
The board is a continuing body. Any unfinished business before the board or any of its standing or special committees on the date of the annual meeting under sub. (2) shall be considered as pending before the board newly organized on such date. At its annual meeting, after the election of the new board president and the designation of the clerk, the clerk shall report to the board items of business pending before the board as a whole. After the annual April meeting, unless otherwise directed by the board, the clerk shall report items of business which had been pending before committees of the board to the corresponding committees of the board appointed by the new president. Matters thus reported may be acted upon by the board in the same manner and with the same effect as if the board had not been newly organized.
(2)
Annually, no earlier than the 4th Monday in April and no later than the first Monday in May, the board shall hold its organizational meeting, shall elect a president from among its members to serve for one year and until a successor is chosen and shall designate an individual to serve as clerk. In the absence or during the disability of the board president, the board shall elect an acting president. The board president shall appoint standing committees to serve for one year.
(3)
The board shall hold a regular meeting at least once each month at times fixed and published by the board in its rules. If a regular board meeting falls on a legal holiday, it shall be held on the next business day. Special meetings may be called and held as provided by the rules of the board. No business may be transacted at a special meeting other than that specified in the notice of the meeting, which shall be delivered personally or by mail to each member at least 24 hours before the time of such meeting.
(4)
A majority of the members-elect of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business but a smaller number may adjourn. A majority of the members-elect of the board shall be necessary to elect any person authorized to be elected by the board.
(5)
If a board member is absent for 4 successive board meetings without presenting satisfactory reason therefor in writing to the board, the board shall declare the member's seat vacant and shall fill the vacancy under s. 119.08 (4). If any person appointed or elected by the board is absent or is unable to perform the duties of the person's office, the board may appoint or elect a suitable person to act in the person's place during the person's absence or inability.
(6)
All elections or appointments by the board shall be by roll call vote which shall be entered by the clerk in the minutes and printed proceedings of the board.
History:  1977 c. 445; 1979 c. 110; 1991 a. 39, 269; 1993 a. 492.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.12 - Board; general provisions.

119.12
Board; general provisions.
(1)
Board members are subject to all restrictions, liabilities, punishments and limitations, including recall under s. 9.10 (4), prescribed by law for members of the common council in their city. A majority of the members-elect of the board may dismiss from office for malfeasance any member of the board. The board shall provide by resolution the manner of hearing and disposing of complaints against a board member.
(2)
In any action or proceeding in which the board is a defendant, service of any summons, writ, pleading or other papers served in commencing the action or proceeding upon the board president and the superintendent of schools constitutes service upon the entire board. It is sufficient to serve on such 2 officers any notice required by law to be served upon the board.
(3)
Each member of the board shall be paid an annual salary in the amount set by the board. The salary shall be paid monthly.
(4)
The board shall not in any one year contract any debt or incur any expense greater than the amount of the school funds subject to its order.
(5)
If the board president is by law a member of any board or commission, the board may appoint another board member to serve on such board or commission in place of the board president.
(6)
(a)
The city attorney of the city shall be the legal adviser of and attorney for the board, except that the board shall retain an attorney to represent the board in any matter if any of the following applies:
1.
The mayor, the common council, the city attorney, or the board determines that the board requires specialized legal expertise not possessed by the city attorney.
2.
The mayor, the common council, the city attorney, or the board determines that the city attorney does not have sufficient staff to adequately represent the interests of the board.
3.
The mayor, the common council, the city attorney, or the board determines that a conflict of interest exists.
(b)
The city attorney shall notify the board as soon as a determination is made under par. (a) that the city attorney is unable to represent the board. The board shall provide the city attorney with reasonable notice of any board meeting at which the board will consider retention of an attorney.
History:  1977 c. 318, 403, 445, 447; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 158; 1991 a. 39; 2015 a. 55.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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.
(bm)
The performance of pupils on the assessments administered during the prior school year under s. 118.016 (3), categorized by school, gender, and ethnicity.
NOTE: Par. (bm) is created eff. 7-1-24 by 2023 Wis. Act 20.
(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; 2023 a. 20.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.49 - Bond issues.

119.49
Bond issues.
(1)
(a)
If the board deems it necessary to construct buildings or additions to buildings, to remodel buildings or to purchase school sites or to provide funds for any such purpose as a participant in a contract under s. 120.25, it may by a two-thirds vote of the members-elect send a communication to the common council of the city.
(b)
The communication shall state the amount of funds needed under par. (a) and the purposes for which the funds will be used and shall request the common council to submit to the voters of the city at the next election held in the city the question of issuing school bonds in the amount and for the purposes stated in the communication.
(2)
Upon receipt of the communication, the common council shall file the communication as provided in s. 8.37 and shall cause the question of issuing such school bonds in the stated amount and for the stated school purposes to be submitted to the voters of the city at the next election held in the city. The question of issuing such school bonds shall be submitted so that the vote upon issuing such school bonds is taken separately from any other question submitted to the voters. If a majority of the electors voting on the school bond question favors issuing such school bonds, the common council shall cause the school bonds to be issued immediately or within the period permitted by law, in the amount requested by the board and in the manner other bonds are issued.
(3)
The proper city officials shall sell or dispose of the bonds in the same manner as other bonds are disposed of. The entire proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the city treasury, subject to the order of the board for the purposes named in the communication under sub. (1). Such school bonds shall be payable within 20 years from the date of their issue.
(4)
The common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all taxable property in the city, in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are levied and collected, which shall be sufficient to pay the interest on all school bonds issued under this subchapter which are outstanding and to pay such part of the principal of such school bonds as becomes due during the ensuing school year.
(5)
The sum of the amount of such school bonds outstanding and the amount of notes under s. 119.498 outstanding at any time shall not be greater than 2 percent of the total value of all taxable property in the city as certified under s. 121.06 (2). The tax levied to pay the interest and principal on such school bonds shall be in addition to the tax levied for general purposes upon all the taxable property of the city. The limit under s. 67.03 (1) (a) does not apply to bonds under this section.
History:  1973 c. 92, 172; 1975 c. 353; 1977 c. 418; 1989 a. 290; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 1999 a. 182; 2003 a. 43; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.495 - Borrowing on promissory notes; 1989 to 1993.

119.495
Borrowing on promissory notes; 1989 to 1993.
(1)
Between July 1, 1989, and the first Monday in August, 1993, upon adopting a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the members elect, the board may direct the common council to issue promissory notes under s. 67.12 (12) for the purpose of providing additional classroom space to accommodate anticipated school enrollments.
(2)
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 borrowing to be authorized in the budget for the ensuing year. The common council shall issue the notes and levy a direct annual irrepealable tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the notes as they become due. The common council may issue the notes by private sale. The common council shall make every effort to involve a minority investment firm certified under s. 16.287 as managing underwriter of the notes or to engage a minority financial adviser certified under s. 16.287 to advise the city regarding any public sale of the notes.
(3)
The common council may not issue a note under this section or sell a note issued under this section after June 30, 1994. The total amount of notes issued under this section may not exceed $27,500,000.
(4)
The board may enter into a contract in anticipation of the sale of the notes on the same basis upon which a 1st class city may contract in anticipation of the sale of bonds under s. 67.10 (6).
(5)
The city's budgetary authorization for borrowing in 1989 is increased by $10,000,000 for the purpose of this section.
History:  1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 314; 2011 a. 32.