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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies. › 116.05 - Advisory committees.

116.05
Advisory committees.
In each agency there shall be a professional advisory committee, composed of the school district administrator of each school district in the agency, which shall meet at the request of the board of control or the agency administrator to advise them. The board of control may appoint additional advisory committees that are representative of the users of the agency's services and programs.
History:  1977 c. 221 s. 6; 1995 a. 27.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies. › 116.055 - Real property.

116.055
Real property.
The board of control may purchase, hold, encumber and dispose of real property, in the name of the agency, for use as its office or for any educational service provided by the agency if a resolution to do so is adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board of control and then approved by three-fourths of the school boards in the agency by majority vote of each school board. Aid received under s. 116.08 may be used for the acquisition and maintenance of real property under this section.
History:  1983 a. 27.
School district members of a CESA who unsuccessfully oppose a real estate purchase by the CESA are obliged to pay their share of the costs of the purchase and may be sued by the CESA to enforce the obligation. 80 Atty. Gen. 296.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies. › 116.06 - Revision of agency boundaries.

116.06
Revision of agency boundaries.
(1)
Upon the petition of a school board of a district operating high school grades, the state superintendent, after investigation of the proposal, may transfer by order the entire school district from one agency to another, effective the next succeeding July 1. Any school district so transferred shall pay its agreed share of all expenses incurred by the agency in its behalf, but shall not be required to fulfill any commitments in the agency from which transferred extending beyond the effective date of transfer. A transfer of the territory of a union high school district shall include and effect a transfer of that territory of underlying elementary school districts which lie within the boundaries of the union high school district.
(2)
When a new school district is created, it becomes a part of the agency in which the greatest portion of its equalized valuation lies, effective the next succeeding July 1. When territory is detached from a school district operating high school grades and attached to a school district that is in another agency, such transferred territory shall become a part of the agency of the school district to which it is attached, effective the next succeeding July 1.
History:  1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies. › 116.065 - Withdrawal from agency.

116.065
Withdrawal from agency.
(1)
The school board of a school district may adopt a resolution to withdraw from an agency. The school board shall immediately notify the board of control and the state superintendent that the school board has adopted a resolution under this subsection.
(2)
A resolution adopted under sub. (1) or (3) prior to January 15 in any school year shall be effective the next succeeding July 1. A resolution adopted under sub. (1) or (3) on or after January 15 in any school year shall be effective on the 2nd succeeding July 1.
(3)
A school district that has withdrawn from an agency under sub. (1) may rejoin the agency by adopting a resolution and immediately notifying the board of control and state superintendent of the resolution to rejoin.
(4)
The school board of a school district that has withdrawn from an agency under this section and is not in any other agency may contract with the department for other programs and services the school district would be receiving if it were in an agency.
(5)
The board of control of an agency may not assess any cost against a school district that withdraws from the agency under this section for expenses the board incurs while the school district is not in the agency.
History:  1985 a. 29; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2015 a. 55 ss. 3234 to 3236m, 3240.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies. › 116.07 - Consolidation of agencies.

116.07
Consolidation of agencies.
(1)
A board of control may on its own motion or shall on the petition of 100 electors of the agency territory approach an adjoining board of control regarding the feasibility of the consolidation of their agencies. Unless within 60 days of the filing of the petition each board of control passes a resolution to explore the feasibility of consolidation and to hold a separate public hearing, the resolution or petition is denied without further action.
(2)
Upon completion of a plan of consolidation, the affected boards of control shall give 30 days' notice in writing to those school boards affected of a public hearing on the proposed consolidation. Notice of such hearing also shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985, the last insertion to be at least 20 days prior to the date of the hearing.
(3)
Following the hearing on the proposed consolidation the affected boards of control shall vote on the consolidation. A majority vote of the members present and voting from each board of control shall be necessary to approve the proposed consolidation. The consolidation shall become effective the next succeeding July 1. The boards of control acting jointly shall devise a plan for the equitable distribution of the assets and liabilities of the existing agencies and provide for the transfer of existing contracts and programs.
(4)
No such plan is valid if it permits any territory of this state to be outside an agency area, unless the territory is part of a school district that has withdrawn from an agency under s. 116.065.
History:  1977 c. 221; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies. › 116.08 - Loans and local aid.

116.08
Loans and local aid.
(1)
An amount not to exceed $25,000 annually shall be paid to each agency to match any federal funds received by the agency for vocational education administration.
(2)
Agencies may incur short term loans, but the outstanding amount of such loans at any one time shall not exceed 50 percent of the agency's receipts for the prior fiscal year.
(3)
No school district shall ever lose any state aid because of refusal of the school district to subscribe to any services provided by an agency.
(4)
Except for the operation of a charter school under s. 118.40 (3) (c), whenever an agency performs any service or function under chs. 115 to 121 by contract with a county board or any agency thereof, with a school board or with a county children with disabilities education board, the contract may authorize the agency to make claim for and receive the state aid for performing the service or function. The agency shall transmit a certified copy of the contract containing the authority to collect state aid to the department. When an agency receives the state aid, it shall pay over or credit the amount of state aid received to the proper county or agency thereof, school district or county children with disabilities education board for which the service or function was performed according to the contract therefor.
History:  1971 c. 125; 1973 c. 90, 333; 1975 c. 39; 1977 c. 29; 1977 c. 221 s. 6; 1979 c. 34, 89; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 29, 120; 1985 a. 135 s. 85; 1985 a. 218 s. 22, 1985 a. 332; 1995 a. 27 ss. 3924r, 3924t, 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 164, 238; 1999 a. 32; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 116 - Cooperative educational service agencies. › 116.09 - State and federal grants.

116.09
State and federal grants.
(1)
Except as provided under sub. (2), the board of control is eligible for and may apply for any state or federal grant for which a school district is eligible.
(2)
If a school district in the agency applies for a grant the board of control is eligible for that grant only on behalf of one or more school districts in the agency.
History:  1995 a. 27.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 117 - School district reorganization. › 117.03 - Definitions.

117.03
Definitions.
In this chapter:
(1)
“Affected school district" means the entire territory of any of the following school districts:
(a)
A school district from which any territory is detached or proposed to be detached.
(b)
A school district to which any territory is attached or proposed to be attached.
(c)
A school district that is consolidated with one or more other school districts or proposed to be consolidated with one or more other school districts.
(d)
A school district that is dissolved or proposed to be dissolved.
(2)
“Appeal panel" means a panel appointed by the state superintendent under s. 117.05 (1).
(3)
“Board" means the school district boundary appeal board.
(3g)
“Boundary dispute" means a dispute between 2 or more school districts concerning whether certain territory is located within a particular school district.
(3m)
“Enrollment" means the number of pupils enrolled, as provided under s. 121.05 (1) (a), on the most recent of the preceding 3rd Friday of September or 2nd Friday of January.
(4)
“Equalized valuation" has the meaning given under s. 121.004 (2).
(4m)
“Interested school district" means a school district involved in a boundary dispute.
(5)
“Reorganization" means the consolidation of 2 or more school districts, the dissolution of a school district, the detachment of territory from one school district and its attachment to an adjoining school district or the creation of a school district.
History:  1989 a. 114; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 18.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 117 - School district reorganization. › 117.14 - Appeal to court.

117.14
Appeal to court.
(1)
Any person aggrieved by the denial of a consolidation under s. 117.08 (2) or 117.09 (2), the granting of a detachment and attachment of territory under s. 117.11 (3) or any order of the board or an appeal panel under this chapter may, within 30 days after copies of the order are filed with the secretary of the board under s. 117.17 (2), appeal the order to a circuit court as follows:
(a)
If the order is issued under ss. 117.08, 117.09 or 117.10, the appeal shall be filed with the circuit court of any county in which any territory of any affected school district is located.
(b)
If the order is issued under ss. 117.105 to 117.132, the appeal shall be filed with the circuit court of any county in which any of the territory proposed to be detached from one school district and attached to, or included in, another school district is located or with the circuit court of any county in which any territory of the school district to which the territory is proposed to be attached, or the school district that is proposed to be created, is located.
(1m)
Any person aggrieved by an order resolving a boundary dispute under s. 117.35 (3) may, within 30 days after copies of the order are filed with the secretary of the board under s. 117.17 (2), appeal the order to circuit court. The appeal shall be filed with the circuit court of any county in which any portion of the disputed territory is located.
(2)
A person appealing under this section shall serve a written notice of appeal stating specifically the grounds upon which the appeal is based on the secretary of the board and file the notice with the clerk of the circuit court.
History:  1989 a. 114, 287; 1997 a. 286; 1999 a. 18.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 117 - School district reorganization. › 117.15 - Criteria for school district reorganizations.

117.15
Criteria for school district reorganizations.
In making any decision under ss. 117.08 to 117.132, a school board, the board and an appeal panel shall consider the following factors as they affect the educational welfare of all of the children residing in all of the affected school districts, and may consider other appropriate factors:
(1)
The geographical and topographical characteristics of the affected school districts, including the estimated travel time to and from school for pupils in the school districts.
(2)
The educational needs of all of the children residing in the affected school districts, the educational programs currently offered by each affected school district and the ability and commitment of each school district to meet those needs and continue to offer those educational programs.
(2m)
If territory is proposed to be detached from one school district and attached to an adjoining school district or proposed to be included in a new school district under s. 117.105, whether the proposed detachment will have any adverse effect on the program currently offered by the school district from which the territory is proposed to be detached, including both curricular and extracurricular aspects of that program.
(3)
The testimony of and written statements filed by the residents of the affected school districts.
(4)
The estimated fiscal effect of the proposed reorganization on the affected school districts, including the effect of the apportionment of assets and liabilities.
(5)
Whether the proposed reorganization will make any part of a school district's territory noncontiguous.
(6)
The socioeconomic level and racial composition of the pupils who reside or will reside in territory proposed to be detached from one school district and attached to an adjoining school district, in territory proposed to be included in a new school district under s. 117.105 or in school districts proposed to be consolidated or in a school district proposed to be dissolved; the proportion of the pupils who reside in such territory who are children at risk, as defined under s. 118.153 (1) (a); and the effect that the pupils described in this paragraph will have on the present and future socioeconomic level and racial composition of the affected school districts and on the proportion of the affected school districts' enrollments that will be children at risk.
(7)
The results of any referendum held under s. 117.10.
History:  1989 a. 114, 287; 1997 a. 286.
On review of a decision under this section, the only issues to be considered are whether the reorganization authority acted within its jurisdiction and whether the determination was arbitrary and capricious. While an authority is bound to consider all the factors enumerated in this section, it may consider information from other sources, including matters within its knowledge and expertise. School District of Waukesha v. School District Boundary Appeal Board, 201 Wis. 2d 109, 548 N.W.2d 122 (Ct. App. 1996), 95-0905.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 117 - School district reorganization. › 117.20 - Referendum procedures.

117.20
Referendum procedures.
(1)
(a)
Except as provided in par. (b), if a referendum is required under ss. 117.08 to 117.11, it shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November following receipt of the petition or adoption of the resolution under s. 117.08 (3) (a), 117.09 (3) (a), 117.10 (3) (a) or 117.11 (4) (a). If a referendum is required under s. 117.105 (3), it shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in the 2nd November following receipt of the petition or adoption of the resolution under s. 117.105 (1). If a referendum is required under s. 117.105 (4m), it shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November following the date an order is issued by the board under s. 117.105 (4m) (c).
(b)
1.
If the alternative timeline under s. 117.08 (5) (a) is used and a referendum is required, it shall be held on the first Tuesday in April following receipt of the petition or adoption of the resolution under s. 117.08 (3) (a).
2.
If the alternative timeline under s. 117.08 (5) (b) is used and a referendum is required, it shall be held on the 2nd Tuesday in September following receipt of the petition or adoption of the resolution under s. 117.08 (3) (a).
(2)
The clerk of each affected school district shall publish notice, as required under s. 8.55, in the territory of that school district. The procedures for school board elections under s. 120.06 (9), (11), (13), and (14) apply to a referendum held under this section. The school board and school district clerk of each affected school district shall each perform, for that school district, the functions assigned to the school board and the school district clerk, respectively, under those subsections. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the elections commission under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a). The clerk of each affected school district shall file with the secretary of the commission a certified statement prepared by the school district board of canvassers of the results of the referendum in that school district.
History:  1989 a. 114; 1997 a. 286; 2003 a. 265; 2007 a. 1; 2009 a. 307; 2015 a. 118; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 117 - School district reorganization. › 117.27 - Change of district type.

117.27
Change of district type.
(1)
A common or union high school district may be changed into a unified school district, a unified school district operating only high school grades may be changed into a union high school district, and a unified school district operating only elementary grades or both elementary and high school grades may be changed into a common school district, if at least 30 days prior to the spring election a petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 requesting the change is filed with the school district clerk signed by at least 10 percent of the electors residing in the school district. The validity of the petition shall be governed by the rules promulgated under s. 8.40 (3).
(2)
(a)
The petition shall state that the school board of the predecessor school district shall become the first school board of the successor school district. Upon receipt of the petition, the school district clerk shall publish a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, of the filing of the petition. The notice shall include the date, time and place at which the school board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed change. The public hearing shall be held at least 7 days prior to the date of the spring election.
(b)
The school district clerk shall include in the notice of the spring election a statement that the election ballot will include a question on the change requested by the petition. The form of the ballot shall correspond to the form prescribed by the elections commission under ss. 5.64 (2) and 7.08 (1) (a) and the question on the ballot shall be:
“Shall the .... (name of school district) be a .... (type of school district structure set forth in the petition)?
Yes ....  No ...."
(3)
If a majority of the electors voting at the spring election vote in favor of the change, the school board shall issue an order of school district reorganization effective on the July 1 following the spring election. A certified copy of the order shall be filed as provided under s. 117.17 (2).
(4)
When the type of school district is changed, all property, assets, claims, contracts, liabilities and obligations of the predecessor school district become the property, assets, claims, contracts, liabilities and obligations of the successor school district.
History:  1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 218; 1985 a. 225 ss. 57, 82; 1985 a. 332; 1989 a. 114 s. 11; Stats. 1989 s. 117.27; 1989 a. 192; 2007 a. 1; 2015 a. 118.
A nonbinding resolution declaring an intent to purchase real estate in the future does not create an “obligation" under sub. (4). Perritt Limited Partnership v. Kenosha Unified School District #1, 153 F.3d 489 (1998).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.001 - Duties and powers of school boards; construction of statutes.

118.001
Duties and powers of school boards; construction of statutes.
The statutory duties and powers of school boards shall be broadly construed to authorize any school board action that is within the comprehensive meaning of the terms of the duties and powers, if the action is not prohibited by the laws of the federal government or of this state.
History:  1995 a. 27.
This section expresses the legislature's intent to give school boards broader powers and wide discretion in exercising those powers, but it does not mean that, when the legislature had previously authorized a board to take particular actions using specified procedures, the board has the authority to follow other procedures in taking those particular actions. Madison Metropolitan School District v. Burmaster, 2006 WI App 17, 288 Wis. 2d 771, 709 N.W.2d 73, 05-0875.
The duties and powers under this section and ss. 120.12 (14) and 120.13 extend to individual teachers as employees of the school board. It would be absurd to require teachers to obtain special permission from the school board with respect to every detail of their teaching. Summer homework, particularly for an honors class for which students receive additional credit, fits comfortably within the range of what is reasonable and is not unconstitutional. Larson v. Burmaster, 2006 WI App 142, 295 Wis. 2d 333, 720 N.W.2d 134, 05-1433.
Together, this section and ss. 120.12 (1) and 120.13 provide that a school board has the power to do all things reasonable to promote the cause of education and the duty to care for, control, and manage the property and affairs of the school district, and courts are required to broadly construe such already broad powers and duties so as to authorize any school board action that is within the comprehensive meaning of the terms of such powers and duties, so long as the action is not prohibited by state or federal laws. The powers of a school board include the power to authorize a ban from district property of an individual whose presence on district property the board has determined would unnecessarily expose students to potentially dangerous behavior. Klosterman v. School District, 2022 WI App 54, 404 Wis. 2d 688, 981 N.W.2d 424, 20-2076.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.017 - Foreign language instruction.

118.017
Foreign language instruction.
(1)
All instruction shall be in the English language, except:
(a)
Those programs established under subch. VII of ch. 115 where instruction shall be in the English language and in the non-English language of the bilingual-bicultural education program.
(b)
The school board may cause any foreign language to be taught to pupils who desire it.
(c)
The school board may cause any course to be taught in a foreign language if the purpose is to facilitate the instruction of English speaking pupils in that language.
(2)
A school board may grant foreign language credit to a pupil who has satisfactorily completed a high school course in American sign language.
History:  1983 a. 412 ss. 4, 5; Stats. 1983 s. 118.017; 1989 a. 280.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.02 - Special observance days.

118.02
Special observance days.
On the following days when school is held or, if the day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, on a school day immediately preceding or following the respective day, the day shall be appropriately observed:
(1)
January 15, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
(2)
February 12, Abraham Lincoln's birthday.
(3)
February 15, Susan B. Anthony's birthday.
(4)
February 22, George Washington's birthday.
(5)
March 4, Casimir Pulaski Day.
(5m)
March 17, for “The Great Hunger" in Ireland from 1845 to 1850.
(5r)
April 9, Prisoners of War Remembrance Day.
(6)
April 13, American Creed Day.
(6m)
April 19, Patriots' Day.
(7)
April 22, Environmental Awareness Day.
(7g)
The last Friday in April, Arbor Day, except that if the governor by proclamation sets apart one day to be designated as Arbor and Bird Day under s. 14.16 (1), that day shall be appropriately observed.
(7r)
June 14, if school is held, Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Day.
(7w)
September 11, a day to remember the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, and to honor law enforcement officers and fire fighters.
(8)
September 16, Mildred Fish Harnack Day.
(9)
September 17, U.S. Constitution Day.
(9g)
Wednesday of the 3rd week in September, as part of Wonderful Wisconsin Week under s. 14.16 (8), Wisconsin Day.
(9r)
Friday of the 3rd week in September, POW-MIA Recognition Day.
(9t)
Wednesday of the 4th week in September, Bullying Awareness Day.
(10)
September 28, Frances Willard Day.
(11)
October 9, Leif Erikson Day.
(12)
October 12, Christopher Columbus' birthday.
(13)
November 11,Veterans Day.
History:  1975 c. 204, 219, 398, 422; 1979 c. 214, 301, 355; 1985 a. 232; 1987 a. 11, 16, 403; 1989 a. 146; 1993 a. 333; 1999 a. 83; 2001 a. 16, 20, 104, 105; 2003 a. 305; 2005 a. 149; 2009 a. 309; 2021 a. 213.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.025 - Arbor day observance.

118.025
Arbor day observance.
The principal of a public, private, or tribal school may request one free tree provided from state forest nurseries by the department of natural resources under s. 28.06 for each 4th grade pupil in the school for planting in conjunction with an annual observance and celebration of arbor day.
History:  1981 c. 59; 2009 a. 302.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.03 - Textbooks.

118.03
Textbooks.
(1)
The school board shall adopt all the textbooks necessary for use in the schools under its charge. The list of the adopted books shall be filed with the school district clerk.
(2)
The school board may purchase textbooks and sell them to the pupils at cost or it may designate agents of the school district to sell the textbooks to the pupils. The agents, at stated times, shall make settlement with the school district for books sold. The agents may add a selling commission which shall not exceed 10 percent of the net price.
(3)
No dealer in textbooks may sell any books at a price to exceed 15 percent above the net list prices, transportation added thereto.
(4)
Any person violating this section may be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100.
History:  1983 a. 412.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.035 - School uniforms.

118.035
School uniforms.
(1)
In this section, “school" means a public school and includes a charter school other than a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).
(2)
A school board may adopt a policy that requires all pupils enrolled in school in the school district, or all pupils enrolled in one or more schools in the school district, to wear a uniform while in school or while under the supervision of a school authority.
(3)
If a school board adopts a policy under sub. (2), it shall do all of the following:
(a)
Establish a method whereby the parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a school in which the policy is in effect may exempt his or her child from complying with the policy.
(b)
Ensure that no pupil is penalized academically or otherwise discriminated against because the pupil's parent or guardian has chosen to exempt the pupil from complying with the policy.
(c)
Notify each parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a school in which the policy will be implemented of the policy at least 3 months before the school board implements the policy.
(d)
Assist economically disadvantaged pupils to obtain the uniforms.
(4)
The requirements under sub. (3) do not apply to any school board that has in effect on September 1, 2001, a school uniform policy for pupils enrolled in a school in the school district and has had such a policy in effect continuously since that date.
(6)
Nothing in this section affects the authority of a school board to require pupils to wear uniforms for extracurricular activities, and the provisions of sub. (3) do not apply to such a requirement.
History:  2001 a. 16; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 143.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.04 - Summer classes.

118.04
Summer classes.
Any school board may elect to operate summer classes or to permit pupils to attend summer classes operated by another school district on a tuition basis if the school district of operation will accept them. Sections 118.15 and 118.16 shall not apply to summer classes. Every school board electing to operate summer classes:
(1)
Shall make rules governing attendance and cause them to be spread on the school board minutes.
(2)
May accord to children living in the school district during the summer session the status of residents of the school district for the purpose of attendance at summer classes, even though the children were not regular residents of the school district during the preceding regular school session, but any such children who are not legal residents of the state shall not be counted in computing the state aid to which the school district is entitled.
(3)
May permit children from another school district to attend summer classes upon payment of nonresident tuition.
(4)
Shall not charge tuition for attendance at summer classes or interim session classes of pupils who are residents of the school district if the school board receives aid for such classes under s. 121.14 (1) (a). The school board may establish and collect reasonable fees for social, recreational, or extracurricular summer classes or interim session classes and programs which are neither credited toward graduation nor aided under s. 121.14.
History:  1983 a. 27; 2013 a. 257.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.045 - Commencement of school term.

118.045
Commencement of school term.
(1)
Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), beginning in the year 2000, no public school may commence the school term until September 1.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not prohibit a school board from doing any of the following:
(a)
Holding athletic contests or practices before September 1.
(b)
Scheduling in-service days or work days before September 1.
(c)
Holding school year-round.
(3)
A school board may commence the school term before September 1 in any school year if the school board requests the department to allow it to commence the school term before September 1 and the school board includes reasons with its request. The department may grant a request only if it determines that there are extraordinary reasons for granting it. The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this subsection.
History:  1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.05 - School conservation camps.

118.05
School conservation camps.
(1)
To promote an understanding of geology, geography, conservation, nature study and other aspects of general knowledge which are learned best by actual contact with nature itself, any school district may establish, operate and maintain and levy taxes to support individually or in cooperation with other school districts or municipalities a school conservation camp. The camp need not be within the school district.
(2)
The school board of any such district may operate, contribute to the operation of, participate in the joint operation of, pay or charge fees for the operation of the school conservation camp. The school board may admit nonresident pupils as well as resident pupils of the school district. The school board shall determine age and other entrance requirements and the program to be offered. The camp may be operated in summer or at any other time that the school board determines.
(3)
The school board may acquire, rent or accept the free use of facilities and equipment to operate the camp and may accept private contributions of any kind.
(4)
The school board may conduct the camp on property under the custody of other municipal, state or federal agencies when permission is granted or on private property with consent of the owner.
(5)
Every state agency shall cooperate in making their staff and facilities available to further the objectives of this program.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.06 - Flag, pledge of allegiance, and national anthem.

118.06
Flag, pledge of allegiance, and national anthem.
(1)
Every school board and the governing body of every private school shall cause the U.S. flag to be displayed in the schoolroom or from a flagstaff on each school ground during the school hours of each school day.
(2)
Every public school shall offer the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem in grades one to 12 each school day. Every private school shall offer the pledge of allegiance or the national anthem in grades one to 12 each school day unless the governing body of the private school determines that the requirement conflicts with the school's religious doctrines. No pupil may be compelled, against the pupil's objections or those of the pupil's parents or guardian, to recite the pledge or to sing the anthem.
History:  1993 a. 492; 2001 a. 16.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.076 - Lifesaving skills instruction.

118.076
Lifesaving skills instruction.
(1)
In this section, “automatic external defibrillator" has the meaning given in s. 440.01 (1) (ad).
(3)
Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and subject to sub. (4), each school board operating any grade from 7 to 12, the operator of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that operates any grade from 7 to 12, and the governing body of each private school that operates any grade from 7 to 12 shall do all of the following:
(a)
Provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiocerebral resuscitation in any health education course offered to pupils in grades 7 to 12. The school board, operator of the charter school, or governing body of the private school shall use either of the following, and shall incorporate into the instruction the psychomotor skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiocerebral resuscitation:
1.
An instructional program developed by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
2.
Nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiocerebral resuscitation.
(b)
Provide instruction about automated external defibrillators to pupils enrolled in grades 7 to 12 in the school district, charter school, or private school.
(4)
(a)
In this subsection, a “virtual school” is a school in which all or a portion of the instruction is provided through means of the Internet, and the pupils enrolled in and instructional staff employed by the school are geographically remote from each other. “Virtual school” includes a virtual charter school.
(b)
A virtual school need not provide any instruction required under sub. (3) in a manner that requires the pupils receiving the instruction and instructional staff providing the instruction to be together in the same geographical location. A virtual school may provide all of the instruction required under sub. (3) through the means of the Internet.
History:  2009 a. 273; 2015 a. 55, 390; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.08 - School zones; crossings.

118.08
School zones; crossings.
(1)
On any street or highway which borders the grounds of any public, private, or tribal school in which school is held for a term of not less than 6 months, the authority in charge of the maintenance of the street or highway shall erect black and yellow “school" warning signs. The authority may also designate school crossings across any street or highway, whether or not the street or highway borders on the grounds of a school.
(2)
All signs required by this section and their installation shall comply with standards adopted by the department of transportation.
History:  1973 c. 90; 1975 c. 48; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (g); 2009 a. 302.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.09 - Safety zones.

118.09
Safety zones.
(1)
Every school district maintaining a school outside the corporate limits of a city or village shall provide at the school site a zone which will provide safety for pupils from vehicular traffic during loading and unloading of pupils at the school. The zone may consist of a widening toward or into the schoolyard of the traveled portion of the adjacent highway so as to permit a vehicle to stop in the extended area completely clear of such traveled portion or may be constructed wholly within the schoolyard with connecting roads to the adjacent highway. The zone and approaches from the highway for use of vehicles shall be graveled or hard-surfaced.
(2)
The school district shall cooperate with the agency of the town, county or state having jurisdiction of the highway to the end that matters pertaining to the highway will be properly protected. Contracts for the necessary materials and construction and maintenance, including snow removal, of zones may be entered into with the county or town or with private persons. If the contracting party does not have jurisdiction over the highway, the contract shall be approved by the agency of the state, county or town having jurisdiction over the highway before any work is commenced thereunder.
(3)
All loading and unloading of pupils at the school, whether transported by a public or private vehicle, shall take place in the safety zone. The operator of a vehicle under contract to transport pupils to the school shall have necessary police powers so that pupils will be properly safeguarded in loading and unloading at the zone and while the operator's vehicle is approaching and leaving the zone. The operator shall first alight before loading or unloading pupils at the zone, and while at stops on the operator's highway route to load and unload pupils, the operator shall exhibit the vehicle's stop sign.
(4)
Private schools shall comply with this section to the same extent as school districts.
History:  1993 a. 492.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.10 - School safety patrols.

118.10
School safety patrols.
Any school board may organize school safety patrols and, with the permission of the parents, appoint pupils as members thereof for the purpose of influencing and encouraging the other pupils to refrain from crossing public highways at points other than at regular crossings and for the purpose of directing pupils not to cross highways at times when the presence of traffic would render such crossing unsafe. Nothing in this section authorizes or permits the use of any safety patrol member for the purpose of directing vehicular traffic, nor may any safety patrol member be stationed in that portion of the highway intended for the use of vehicular traffic. No liability shall attach to the school district or any individual, school board member, school district administrator, teacher or other school authority by virtue of the organization, maintenance or operation of a school safety patrol organized, maintained and operated under this section.
History:  1997 a. 113.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.105 - Control of traffic on school premises.

118.105
Control of traffic on school premises.
(1)
Any school board may request local authorities to control motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic on off-highway school premises located within the jurisdiction of such local authorities.
(2)
If the governing body of any town, city or village by ordinance regulates the operation and parking of motor vehicles on off-highway public school premises, school drives or parking lots or pedestrian traffic on any such drives or parking lots, the school board may enter into written agreements with such governing body for reimbursement of the cost of enforcing such ordinance.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall preclude the governing body of any town, city or village from repealing ordinances regulating the operation or parking of motor vehicles on off-highway public school premises, drives or parking lots or regulating pedestrian traffic on such drives or parking lots without prior consent of a school board which requested enactment of such ordinance.
History:  1975 c. 251.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 118 - General school operations. › 118.12 - Sale of goods and services at schools.

118.12
Sale of goods and services at schools.
(1)
(a)
Except as provided under par. (b), any person may sell or promote the sale of goods or services on school district or cooperative educational service agency property.
(b)
A school board may adopt written resolutions governing the sale and promotion of goods and services on school district property. The board of control of a cooperative educational service agency may adopt written resolutions governing the sale and promotion of goods and services on agency property. The resolutions may prohibit, restrict or provide guidelines for such sales and promotions.
(2)
(a)
No school district employee may receive for his or her personal benefit anything of value from any person other than his or her employing school district to sell, promote the sale of or act as an agent or solicitor for the sale of any goods or services to any public school pupil while on the property of his or her employing school district or at an activity of his or her employing school district.
(b)
No cooperative educational service agency employee may receive for his or her personal benefit anything of value from any person other than his or her employing agency to sell, promote the sale of or act as an agent or solicitor for the sale of any goods or services to any public school pupil while on the property or at an activity of his or her employing agency or while on the property or at an activity of a school district in the agency.
(3)
Any person violating sub. (2) is subject to a forfeiture of not more than $200 for each offense.
(4)
If a school board enters into a contract that grants to one vendor the exclusive right to sell soft drinks in one or more schools of the school district, the contract may not prohibit the sale of milk in any school and, to the maximum extent possible, the school board shall ensure that milk is available to pupils in each school covered by the contract.
(5)
If a school board contracts with a person to provide photographs of 12th grade pupils for a school yearbook, the contract may not prohibit a pupil from supplying his or her own photograph for the yearbook, subject to the school board's reasonable specifications.
History:  1985 a. 214; 1997 a. 35; 2001 a. 109; 2003 a. 132.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.