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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.496 - Borrowing on promissory notes; 1992 to 1995.

119.496
Borrowing on promissory notes; 1992 to 1995.
(1)
Subject to sub. (6), between June 1, 1992, and June 30, 1995, upon adopting a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the members elect and receipt of written approval by the mayor of the city, 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 and for educational programming.
(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 establish goals of involving minority investment firms certified under s. 16.287 as managing underwriters for at least 50 percent of the total amount financed by the notes and of engaging 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, 1995. The total amount of notes issued under this section may not exceed $35,000,000.
(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 1992 is increased by $8,000,000 for the purpose of this section.
(6)
The board may not direct the common council to issue promissory notes under this section unless all of the following occur:
(a)
The board adopts a resolution declaring its intention to comply with s. 119.497, 1995 stats., and notifies the secretary of administration of its action.
(b)
The board adopts a resolution declaring its intention, beginning in 1992 and annually thereafter until all notes issued under this section are repaid, to include as part of its budget transmitted to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b) a communication under s. 119.48 stating an amount needed for a school construction fund that is sufficient to require the common council to levy 0.6 mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable property in the city, and notifies the secretary of administration of its action.
History:  1991 a. 314; 1997 a. 113; 2011 a. 32.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.498 - Promissory notes; unfunded prior service liability contributions.

119.498
Promissory notes; unfunded prior service liability contributions.
(1)
Subject to s. 119.499 (1), the board may adopt a resolution requesting the common council of the city to authorize the issuance of promissory notes under s. 67.12 (12) for school purposes consisting of paying unfunded prior service liability contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
(2)
If the board adopts a resolution under sub. (1) and the city issues the notes, annually the board shall include in its budget transmitted to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b) an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest and redemption premium on the notes as they become due. The common council may authorize the issuance of the notes at public or private sale.
(3)
The sum of the amount of notes under this section that are outstanding and the amount of bonds under s. 119.49 that are outstanding at any time may not exceed 2 percent of the total value of all taxable property in the city as certified under s. 121.06 (2). The limit under s. 67.03 (1) (a) does not apply to notes under this section.
(4)
The city's budgetary authorization for borrowing in 2003 is increased by $200,000,000 for the purposes of this section, and notes in that amount may be omitted from the city's 2003 budget.
History:  1995 a. 358; 2003 a. 43.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.499 - Borrowing; unfunded prior service liability.

119.499
Borrowing; unfunded prior service liability.
(1)
The board may not request the redevelopment authority of the city to issue bonds under s. 66.1333 (5s) or adopt a resolution under s. 119.498 (1) unless it develops information on both options and chooses the option that is in the best public interest.
(1m)
If the redevelopment authority of the city issues bonds under s. 66.1333 (5s), the board may borrow money from the redevelopment authority to pay unfunded prior service liability contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System for the board. If the board borrows money from the redevelopment authority of the city to make such payments, it may use any school district revenues, including state aid, to repay the loan.
(2)
(a)
If the board decides to use school district revenues to repay the loan, it may request the city to remit designated revenues of the school district to the redevelopment authority of the city at such times and in such amounts as the board determines. The city may agree to the request, which is irrevocable while any amount due under the loan remains outstanding.
(b)
If the board decides to use state aid to repay the loan, it may request the department to remit the aid to the redevelopment authority of the city in an annual amount agreed to by the board and the department, and the department shall ensure that the aid remittance does not affect the amount determined to be received by the board as state aid under s. 121.08 for any other purpose.
History:  2003 a. 43.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.50 - Disbursement of moneys.

119.50
Disbursement of moneys.
(1)
All moneys received by or raised in the city for school district purposes shall be paid over to the city treasurer. Such moneys shall be disbursed by the city treasurer on the written order of the superintendent of schools, countersigned by the auditing officer of the city.
(2)
The board shall provide by resolution for the manner in which the payroll shall be certified, audited, approved and paid.
(3)
The superintendent of schools shall keep separate accounts of all money raised and apportioned for 1st class city school district purposes. The money shall be disbursed in accordance with this section and s. 66.0607 (5) and shall be paid from the proper funds.
History:  1971 c. 291; 1985 a. 225 s. 72; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 59; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
One who deals with a municipality does so at his or her own risk and may be subject to any provisions of law that might prevent him or her from being paid by a municipality even though the services were rendered. Unless the power to bind the municipality financially has been specifically delegated, the only entity with the statutory authority to contract is the municipality. The statutes do not authorize anyone other than the board to enter into contracts. The board may delegate that authority, but it must do so clearly and specifically. For an MPS employee to have such power, it must be specifically delegated by the board to that employee or class of employees. Holzbauer v. Safway Steel Products, Inc., 2005 WI App 240, 288 Wis. 2d 250, 708 N.W.2d 36, 04-2058.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.55 - Youth service centers, truancy abatement and burglary suppression.

119.55
Youth service centers, truancy abatement and burglary suppression.
(1)
(a)
The board shall establish one or more youth service centers for the counseling of children who are taken into custody under s. 938.19 (1) (d) 10. for being absent from school without an acceptable excuse under s. 118.15. The board shall contract with the boys and girls clubs of Greater Milwaukee for the operation of the centers.
(b)
The board shall establish 2 youth service centers under par. (a).
(2)
The board shall pay the city a sum sufficient to pay the costs of salaries and fringe benefits of 4 law enforcement officers to work on truancy abatement and burglary suppression on a full-time basis.
History:  1995 a. 27 ss. 4017t, 4017u, 7299m; 1997 a. 35, 113.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.66 - Interest in contracts forbidden.

119.66
Interest in contracts forbidden.
During the term for which elected or appointed and for 2 years after the expiration of the term, no member of the board may be employed by the board or by the department of employee trust funds in any capacity for which a salary or emolument is provided by the board or the department of employee trust funds. No board member, superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent, other assistant, teacher or other employee of the board may have any interest in the purchase or sale of property by the city for the use or convenience of the schools. No contract made in violation of this section is valid. Any consideration paid by the city for a purchase or sale prohibited by this section may be recovered in an action at law in the name of the city. Any person violating this section shall be removed from any position held under this subchapter.
History:  1981 c. 96; 1991 a. 39; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.68 - Claims against the city or board.

119.68
Claims against the city or board.
(1)
All claims against the city or board shall be audited for sufficiency of funds by the auditing officer of the city. The superintendent of schools shall furnish the auditing officer of the city a complete list of the claims. Before a warrant is issued therefor, the auditing officer of the city shall countersign it. Within 20 days after each regular or special meeting of the board, the superintendent of schools shall make and file with the auditing officer of the city statements of the condition of the funds for the support of the schools and of the financial transactions of the board during the period next preceding any such statement.
(2)
No action may be brought or maintained against the school upon a claim or cause of action unless the claimant complies with s. 893.80. This subsection does not apply to actions commenced under s. 19.37, 19.97 or 281.99.
History:  1971 c. 40, 291; 1977 c. 285; 1979 c. 323 s. 33; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 59; 1995 a. 158; 1997 a. 27.
The Milwaukee Public Schools are not a suable entity. That a complaint should have named the Milwaukee Board of School Directors or City of Milwaukee as defendant did not require dismissal. Amendment to name and serve the appropriate defendant was allowed. Kleckley v. Milwaukee Public Schools, 20 F Supp. 2d 1264 (1998).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.70 - Use of school buildings and grounds for civic purposes.

119.70
Use of school buildings and grounds for civic purposes.
(1)
The board may establish and maintain for children and adults, in the school buildings and on the school grounds, evening schools, vacation schools, reading rooms, library stations, debating clubs, gymnasiums, public playgrounds, public baths and similar activities and accommodations to be determined by the board. The board may cooperate, by agreement, with other commissions or boards having the custody and management of public parks, libraries, museums and public buildings and grounds of whatever sort to provide the equipment, supervision, instruction and oversight necessary to carry on such public educational and recreational activities in and upon such other buildings and grounds.
(3)
The board shall report to the common council on or before the first Monday in August of each year the amount of money required during the ensuing school year for the support of activities under sub. (1). The common council shall levy and collect a special tax in the manner that other taxes are levied and collected, equal to the amount of money so required for the activities. The tax shall not be used or appropriated, directly or indirectly, for any other purpose.
(4)
All moneys received by or raised in the school district for the activities under sub. (1) shall be paid to the city treasurer, to be disbursed in the manner that other school district funds are disbursed.
(5)
Nothing in this section prohibits the board from granting the use of school property to religious organizations under s. 120.13 (17).
History:  1971 c. 152 s. 31; 1973 c. 290; 1975 c. 353; 1983 a. 339 s. 10; 1985 a. 225 ss. 74, 75, 78; Stats. 1985 s. 119.70; 1989 a. 192, 290.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.71 - Five-year-old kindergarten programs.

119.71
Five-year-old kindergarten programs.
(1)
In this section, “full-day" has the meaning given in s. 121.004 (7) (c) 2.
(3)
(a)
Annually, the board shall spend at least $5,090,000 to expand its half-day 5-year-old kindergarten program to a full-day program, as provided under par. (b), and shall enroll in the expanded program only pupils who meet the income eligibility standards for a free lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1). The board shall select pupils for the expanded program based on the order in which the pupils register for the program.
(b)
The board shall use the funds specified under par. (a) to pay the costs of teachers, aides and other support staff, transportation of staff to pupils' homes, in-service programs, parental involvement programs and instructional materials. The board may not use the funds to provide facilities to house the program or to pay pupil transportation or indirect administrative costs associated with the program.
History:  1987 a. 399; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.73 - Kindergarten programs.

119.73
Kindergarten programs.
The board shall evaluate the effectiveness of the expanded 5-year-old kindergarten programs under s. 119.71 in meeting the needs of disadvantaged children. Annually by January 1, the board shall submit a report summarizing its findings to the state superintendent and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).
History:  1987 a. 399; 1989 a. 56 s. 259; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 113; 2003 a. 33.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.74 - Extended-day elementary grade, 4-year-old kindergarten and alcohol and other drug abuse programs.

119.74
Extended-day elementary grade, 4-year-old kindergarten and alcohol and other drug abuse programs.
The board shall spend at least $430,000 for the following programs in each school year:
(1)
Extended-day preschool to grade 6 programs.
(2)
Four-year-old kindergarten programs.
(3)
Alcohol and other drug abuse programs at 68th Street school.
History:  1987 a. 399; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.75 - First grade programs.

119.75
First grade programs.
(1)
The board shall provide expanded educational opportunities for first grade pupils who have participated in an expanded 5-year-old kindergarten program under s. 119.71.
(2)
Annually, the board shall spend at least $1,070,000 to pay the costs of teachers, aides and other support staff, transportation of staff to pupils' homes, in-service programs, parental involvement programs and instructional materials related to the programs under sub. (1). The board may not use the funds to provide facilities to house the programs under sub. (1) or to pay pupil transportation or indirect administrative costs associated with the programs under sub. (1).
History:  1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.78 - Family resource center.

119.78
Family resource center.
The board shall establish a family resource center to distribute parent education materials, conduct workshops on child development, facilitate communication between school personnel and parents of pupils enrolled in the school district and provide volunteer opportunities for parents within the schools.
History:  1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.82 - Alternative educational programs for learnfare pupils.

119.82
Alternative educational programs for learnfare pupils.
(1m)
Upon the request of the child or the child's parent or guardian, the board shall provide an alternative educational program for any child who resides in the city and satisfies all of the following:
(a)
Is at least 13 years of age but not more than 18 years of age.
(b)
Is receiving aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19 or is a member of a Wisconsin works group, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (s), with a member who is participating in Wisconsin works under s. 49.147 (3) to (5).
(c)
Has been or is being sanctioned under s. 49.26 (1) (h).
(2m)
Programs under sub. (1m) shall be designed to meet the high school graduation requirements under s. 118.33.
History:  1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27 ss. 4021, 9145 (1); 1995 a. 289; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 104; 2003 a. 33; 2009 a. 28.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.9000 - Definitions.

119.9000
Definitions.
In this subchapter:
(1)
“Commissioner" means the individual in charge of the opportunity schools and partnership program under this subchapter.
(2)
“Council" means the opportunity schools and partnership program advisory council.
(3)
“County" means a county having a population of 750,000 or more.
(4)
“County executive" means the chief elected official of a county.
(5)
“Eligible school" means a public school in the school district operating under this chapter identified on the annual report submitted by the state superintendent under s. 115.28 (10m) (a).
History:  2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.9001 - Commissioner of opportunity schools and partnership program; general provisions.

119.9001
Commissioner of opportunity schools and partnership program; general provisions.
(1)
The governor, the mayor of the city, and the county executive shall each appoint a person who is not an elected official to compile a list of candidates for the position of commissioner.
(2)
(a)
No later than 120 days after July 14, 2015, the county executive shall select, from the list of qualified candidates provided under sub. (1), an individual to serve as the commissioner of the opportunity schools and partnership program.
(b)
In the event of a vacancy in the commissioner position, the county executive shall notify the governor and the mayor of the city who shall follow the procedure under sub. (1). No later than 120 days after providing notice under this paragraph, the county executive shall select an individual to fill the vacant position.
(c)
The commissioner shall report to the county executive and may be removed from office only by the county executive.
(3)
The commissioner is subject to all restrictions, liabilities, punishments, and limitations, other than recall under s. 9.10 (4), prescribed by law for members of the common council in their city.
(4)
The commissioner shall be paid an annual salary in the amount set by the county executive.
(5)
(a)
The corporation counsel of the county shall be the legal adviser of and attorney for the commissioner and the opportunity schools and partnership program, except that the commissioner shall retain an attorney to represent the commissioner and the opportunity schools and partnership program in any matter if any of the following applies:
1.
The county executive, the county corporation counsel, or the commissioner determines that the commissioner or the opportunity schools and partnership program requires specialized legal expertise not possessed by the county corporation counsel.
2.
The county executive, the county corporation counsel, or the commissioner determines that the county corporation counsel does not have sufficient staff to adequately represent the interests of the commissioner or the opportunity schools and partnership program.
3.
The county executive, the county corporation counsel, or the commissioner determines that a conflict of interest exists.
(b)
The county corporation counsel shall notify the commissioner as soon as a determination is made under par. (a) that the county corporation counsel is unable to represent the commissioner.
(c)
The commissioner shall provide the county corporation counsel with reasonable notice of any meeting at which the commissioner will consider retention of an attorney.
History:  2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 150.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.9004 - Opportunity schools and partnership program.

119.9004
Opportunity schools and partnership program.
(1)
Legal entity.
(a)
There is created within the school district operating under this chapter a opportunity schools and partnership program under the management and control of the commissioner. The commissioner shall exercise the powers, duties, and functions prescribed to the commissioner by law independently of the board and under the supervision of the county executive. Budgeting, program coordination, and related management functions for the schools transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program shall be performed by the commissioner.
(b)
The opportunity schools and partnership program comprises individual eligible schools transferred by the commissioner under s. 119.9002 (2).
(2)
Exit from opportunity schools and partnership program. Subject to sub. (3) (a), the commissioner may transfer a school out of the opportunity schools and partnership program if the commissioner determines that the school has been placed in a performance category of “meets expectations" or higher on the 3 preceding consecutive accountability reports published for the school under s. 115.385 (1). Any of the following may apply to a school transferred out of the program under this subsection:
(a)
Subject to sub. (3) (b), the commissioner may return operation and general management of the school to the board.
(b)
The commissioner may transfer operation and management of the school to a person to operate the school under s. 118.40 as a charter school that is not an instrumentality of the school district, as determined under s. 118.40 (7).
(c)
The commissioner may transfer operation and general management of the school to the governing body of a private school.
(3)
Opportunity schools and partnership program; limitations.
(a)
A school transferred to the program under this subchapter may not be transferred out of the program under this subchapter for 5 consecutive school years.
(b)
The commissioner may not return operation and general management of a school that has been transferred to the opportunity schools and partnership program to the board if either of the following applies:
1.
The school remains an eligible school.
2.
The school district operating under this chapter has been assigned the performance category of “fails to meet expectations" on the 3 most recent accountability reports published under s. 115.385 (1).
History:  2015 a. 55; 2019 a. 185.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 119 - First class city school system. › 119.9005 - Payments to the commissioner, persons, and private schools operating schools in the opportunity schools and partnership program; state aid adjustments.

119.9005
Payments to the commissioner, persons, and private schools operating schools in the opportunity schools and partnership program; state aid adjustments.
Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the state superintendent shall do all of the following:
(1)
From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fs), pay to the commissioner on behalf of an individual or group operating a school under s. 119.9002 (3) (a) an amount equal to the amount paid per pupil to an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) in that school year multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in that school in that school year.
(2)
From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fs), pay to a person operating a school under a contract entered into under s. 119.9002 (3) (b) for that school year an amount equal to the amount paid per pupil to an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) in that school year multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in that school under that contract in that school year.
(3)
From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fs), pay to the governing body of a private school operating the school in which a pupil is enrolled under a contract entered into under s. 119.9002 (3) (c) for that school year an amount equal to the amount paid per pupil to an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) in that school year multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled in that school under that contract in that school year.
(4)
Reduce the amount of state aid that the school district operating under this chapter is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) for that school year by the sum of the amounts paid for that school year under subs. (1) to (3) and ensure that the aid reduction under this subsection is lapsed to the general fund.
(5)
Ensure that the aid adjustment under sub. (4) does not affect the amount determined to be received by the school district operating under this chapter as state aid under s. 121.08 for any other purpose.
History:  2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.01 - Number of school board members.

120.01
Number of school board members.
In common or union high school districts, school boards shall be composed of the following number of members:
(1)
A common school district operating elementary grades or a union high school district shall have 3 school board members, except that if such school district is coterminous with a town or has a population of 500 or more it may have 5 school board members.
(2)
A common school district operating elementary and high school grades may have 3, 5, 7 or 9 school board members.
(3)
A common or union high school district may have not exceeding 11 school board members if a plan of apportionment is established under s. 120.02 (2).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.05 - School board officials.

120.05
School board officials.
(1)
(a)
The members of a school board shall be the officers of a school district.
(b)
In the case of a 3-member school board, the school district president, treasurer and clerk shall constitute the school board. At the first election of a 3-member school board, the clerk shall be elected for a one-year term, the treasurer for a 2-year term and the president for a 3-year term.
(c)
In the case of a school board with more than 3 members, the school board shall annually elect a school district president, vice president, treasurer and clerk from among its members at a school board meeting held on or within 30 days after the 4th Monday in April.
(d)
A school district officer shall be a resident of the school district in which the officer serves. A school district officer who represents an apportioned area pursuant to a plan adopted under s. 120.02 (2) shall be a resident of the apportioned area for which he or she is elected or appointed at the time the officer takes the oath of office. If a school district officer who represents an apportioned area ceases to be a resident of that area after beginning his or her term but continues to be a resident of the school district, the officer may continue to serve for the balance of the term for which he or she was elected or appointed.
(2)
If the territory of a common school district and a union high school district is identical, the school board of the common school district shall constitute the school board of the union high school district.
(3)
If the school district president, vice president, treasurer or clerk of any school board is unable to discharge the duties of the office due to disability or absence, the school board may appoint a person to discharge the duties of such person until the disability or absence no longer exists. In the case of a 3-member school board the appointee shall be an elector of the school district. In the case of a larger school board the appointee for the president shall be the vice president and the appointee for the other officers shall be another school board member. The school board shall determine the compensation of such appointees. A person acting as school district clerk or school district treasurer shall have the powers of a deputy and shall take and file an official bond covering the person's acts unless the bond of such officer includes a bond for the officer's deputy. This subsection does not apply to vacancies caused by absence from the school district for a period exceeding 60 days covered by s. 17.03 (4m).
History:  1975 c. 138 s. 13; 1975 c. 199; Stats. 1975 s. 120.05; 1979 c. 173; 1985 a. 218, 304; 2017 a. 365.
The offices of president of a common school district board and chairperson of a town board within the district and the offices of school board member and town clerk are probably compatible. 74 Atty. Gen. 50.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.07 - School board member; refusal of salary.

120.07
School board member; refusal of salary.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Salary” means the annual salary for a school board member or the amount for each school board meeting the school board member actually attends.
(b)
“School board member” includes a school board member-elect.
(2)
(a)
1.
Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 120.10 (3), a school board member may send written notification to the school district clerk and the school district treasurer that the school 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 school board member's election is certified or the board member is appointed under s. 17.26, the school 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 school board member's election is certified.
b.
If the school board member's current taxable year ends within 3 months of the day on which the board member's election is certified or the board member is appointed to the board, the notification applies until the end of his or her next taxable year.
3.
Except as provided in subd. 2., a school board member shall send the notification at least 30 days before the start of the school board member's next taxable year and the notification applies only to that taxable year. A school board member may renew his or her refusal by sending a notification annually as provided in this subdivision.
4.
A school board member may not rescind a notification sent under this paragraph.
(b)
1.
If a school district clerk and school district treasurer receive a notification under par. (a), the school district treasurer may not pay the school 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 school board member's notification no longer applies, the school district treasurer shall pay the school 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 120 - School district government. › 120.09 - Consideration of special subject.

120.09
Consideration of special subject.
If in a common or union high school district at least 60 days prior to the annual meeting a petition is filed with the school district clerk signed by 100 electors requesting that the annual meeting consider a special subject or item of business which is a proper subject or item for consideration at the annual meeting, the school district clerk shall incorporate a statement of the subject or item in the notice of the annual meeting. The school district clerk shall prepare the proper ballot to permit voting on the subject or item at the annual meeting. If the petition includes a subject beyond the power of the annual meeting, the school district clerk shall reject that part of the petition which contains such subject and notify the proper person within 20 days of the school district clerk's receipt of the petition. The petition shall designate a person or a representative of an organization to be notified in case of its rejection.
History:  1975 c. 138, 199.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.115 - Report on debt service.

120.115
Report on debt service.
(1)
(a)
Within 10 days after adopting a resolution that authorizes the school board to incur debt or that authorizes the common council of a 1st class city to incur debt on behalf of the school district operating under ch. 119, the school board shall notify the department of the scheduled date of the referendum and submit a copy of the resolution to the department.
(b)
Within 10 days after holding a referendum that would authorize the school district to incur debt or that would authorize the common council of a 1st class city to incur debt on behalf of the school district operating under ch. 119, the school board shall notify the department of the approval or rejection of the referendum.
(2)
(a)
Within 10 days after adopting or revising a schedule for the payment of debt service, the school board shall submit the schedule to the department.
(b)
Within 10 days after adopting or revising a schedule for the payment of debt service on debt issued on behalf of the school district operating under ch. 119, the common council of a 1st class city shall submit the schedule to the department.
(3)
Monthly, the department shall submit to the department of administration and the legislative fiscal bureau a report that aggregates all debt service payment schedules submitted under sub. (2).
History:  1997 a. 27, 237.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.123 - School and school district accountability reports.

120.123
School and school district accountability reports.
Beginning in September 2016, and annually thereafter, each school that maintains an Internet site shall, if the school is included in the most recent accountability report published under s. 115.385, within 30 days after the department publishes the accountability report, prominently link on the home page of that Internet site to the pages in that most recent accountability report concerning the school.
History:  2015 a. 338.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.135 - Capital improvement fund.

120.135
Capital improvement fund.
(1)
By July 1, 2000, by a two-thirds vote of the members elect, a school board may adopt a resolution creating a capital improvement fund for the purpose of financing the cost of acquiring and improving sites, constructing school facilities and major maintenance of or remodeling, renovating and improving school facilities if all of the following are true:
(a)
A tax incremental district that is located in whole or in part in the school district is terminated before the maximum number of years that the tax incremental district would have existed under s. 66.1105 (7) (am) or (ar).
(b)
The value increment of the tax incremental district exceeds $300,000,000.
(2)
In each year in which the school board adopts a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the members elect expressing its intention to do so until the year after the year in which the tax incremental district would have been required to terminate under s. 66.1105 (7) (am) or (ar), the school board may deposit into the capital improvement fund the percentage, not to exceed 100 percent, specified in the resolution of the school district's portion of the positive tax increment of the tax incremental district in that year, as determined by the department of revenue under s. 66.1105.
(3)
The school board shall use the balance of the school district's portion of the positive tax increment of the tax incremental district to reduce the levy that otherwise would be imposed.
(4)
(a)
Money in the capital improvement fund may not be used for any purpose or be transferred to any other fund without the approval of a majority of the electors of the school district voting on the question at a referendum.
(b)
The school board may not deposit into the capital improvement fund any amount other than the percentage specified under sub. (2).
(5)
The school board shall submit a report by January 1 of each odd-numbered year to the governor and the joint committee on finance describing the use of the moneys deposited into the fund under sub. (1) and the effects of that use.
History:  1999 a. 17; 2001 a. 30; 2013 a. 8.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.137 - Long-term capital improvement trust fund.

120.137
Long-term capital improvement trust fund.
(1)
In this section, a “long-term capital improvement plan" is a capital improvement plan for at least a 10-year period.
(2)
A school board that has approved a long-term capital improvement plan may create a long-term capital improvement trust fund for the purpose of financing the costs of the capital improvements included in the school board's approved long-term capital improvement plan.
(3)
(a)
A school board may not expend money deposited in a long-term capital improvement trust fund created under sub. (2) for a period of 5 years beginning on the date the trust fund is created.
(b)
After the 5-year period described in par. (a), a school board may make expenditures from a long-term capital improvement trust fund solely for the purposes described in the school board's approved long-term capital improvement plan and may not transfer money from a long-term capital improvement trust fund to any other school district fund.
History:  2013 a. 336.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.14 - Audit of school district accounts.

120.14
Audit of school district accounts.
In a common or union high school district:
(1)
At the close of each fiscal year, the school board of each school district shall employ a licensed accountant to audit the school district accounts and certify the audit. The audit shall include information concerning the school district's self-insurance plan under s. 66.0137 (4m) or 120.13 (2) (b), as specified by the commissioner of insurance, and information about expenditures for community programs and services under s. 120.13 (19). If required by the state superintendent under s. 115.28 (18), the audit shall include an audit of the number of pupils reported for membership purposes under s. 121.004 (5). The cost of the audit shall be paid from school district funds. Annually by September 15, the school district clerk shall file a financial audit statement with the state superintendent.
(3)
The annual meeting may authorize and direct an audit of the school district accounts by a certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442.
(4)
The department shall establish by rule a standard contract and minimum standards for audits performed under this section.
History:  1971 c. 108 ss. 5, 6; 1971 c. 125 s. 523; 1975 c. 224; 1977 c. 29; 1983 a. 27; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (17m); 1985 a. 29; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2013 a. 306; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.15 - School district president; duties.

120.15
School district president; duties.
The school district president of a common or union high school district shall:
(1)
Countersign all checks, share drafts or other drafts for disbursement of school district moneys.
(2)
Defend on behalf of the school district all actions brought against the school district.
(3)
Prosecute, when authorized by an annual meeting or the school board, actions brought by the school district.
(4)
Prosecute an action for the recovery of any forfeiture incurred under chs. 115 to 121 in which the school district is interested. If the school district president has incurred the forfeiture, such action shall be prosecuted by the school district treasurer. Of the net sum recovered under such action, one-half shall be paid into the school district treasury and one-half to the county treasury for the benefit of the school fund.
(5)
Act as chairperson of school board meetings and see that minutes of the meetings are properly recorded, approved and signed. In the absence of the president, the vice president or, in the case of a 3-member board, another school board member selected by the school board, shall act as chairperson of school board meetings.
History:  1979 c. 89, 173; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 368.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.20 - School board members; compatible positions.

120.20
School board members; compatible positions.
(1)
A school board member may serve as a volunteer coach or a supervisor of an extracurricular activity if all of the following apply:
(a)
The school board member does not receive compensation for serving as a volunteer coach or supervisor.
(b)
The school board member agrees to abstain from voting on any issue that comes before the school board that substantially and directly concerns the activity that he or she coaches or supervises while he or she is serving as a volunteer coach or supervisor.
(c)
The school board receives the results of a criminal background investigation of the school board member conducted by the department of justice or the federal bureau of investigation.
(1m)
A school board member may serve as a volunteer school bus driver if all of the following apply:
(a)
The school board member has received authorization to operate a school bus, as defined in s. 121.51 (4), from the department of transportation in the form of a school bus endorsement under s. 343.12.
(b)
The school board member holds a valid commercial driver license, as defined in s. 340.01 (7m).
(c)
The school board member does not receive compensation for serving as a volunteer school bus driver.
(d)
The school board member agrees to abstain from voting on any issue that comes before the school board that substantially and directly concerns school bus drivers.
(2)
(a)
Subsections (1) (b) and (1m) (d) may not be construed to require a school board member who is serving as a volunteer coach, supervisor, or school bus driver to abstain from voting on the school district's annual budget.
(b)
Reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with providing volunteer services is not considered compensation for purposes of sub. (1) (a) or (1m) (c). For a school board member serving as a volunteer school bus driver, any costs related to training for or renewing a commercial driver license or a school bus endorsement under s. 343.12 is considered an expense incurred in connection with providing the volunteer service.
(3)
Notwithstanding s. 120.001, this section applies to members of a school board of a common, union high, or unified school district.
History:  2015 a. 92; 2023 a. 26.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.21 - School board contracts for courses.

120.21
School board contracts for courses.
(1)
(a)
The school board of a union high school district or a common school district operating elementary and high school grades may contract:
1.
With the University of Wisconsin-Extension for extension courses for pupils enrolled in high school.
2.
With flight operator schools, approved by the U.S. civil aeronautics administration, for courses in flight instruction approved by the state superintendent.
(b)
The cost of contracts under this subsection shall be paid out of the school district general fund.
(3)
Any contract entered into by a school board that relates to providing online courses is open to public inspection and copying.
History:  1985 a. 29; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 103; 2007 a. 222.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.25 - School board cooperation in acquiring school facilities.

120.25
School board cooperation in acquiring school facilities.
(1)
Two or more school boards may by written contract executed by all participants to the contract, own, construct, lease or otherwise acquire school facilities including real estate located within or outside the boundaries of any participating school district.
(2)
School boards entering into a contract under this section may, without limitation because of enumeration:
(a)
Provide for acquisition, construction, operation and administration of a facility, and establish the functions, projects and services to be provided in the facility, including, without limitation because of enumeration, proration of all expenses involved, operational and fiscal management including deposit and disbursement of funds appropriated, designation of the municipal employer for purposes of compliance with s. 111.70, teacher retirement, worker's compensation and unemployment insurance.
(b)
Purchase real estate and personal property, including a fractional or other interest in the real estate and personal property and enter into leases for sites, building and equipment for a term not exceeding 50 years.
(c)
Issue municipal obligations subject to the procedures and limitations of ch. 67.
(d)
Provide the terms and conditions for accepting additional school districts as participants in the plan and for withdrawal from or termination of the contract including apportionment of assets and liabilities.
(3)
A contract entered into under this section shall at all times be limited to a period of 50 years but may, by mutual written consent of all participants, be modified or extended beyond the initial term.
(4)
A contract or any extension of the contract of over 5 years duration which includes a common or union high school district participant shall be approved by the annual or special school district meeting.
(5)
Each school board shall adopt and maintain a written policy on contracting under this section.
(6)
School boards entering into a contract under this section shall designate for each employee providing services under the contract either a school district entering into the contract or a cooperative educational service agency as the employer for purposes of compliance with s. 111.70, teacher's retirement, worker's compensation and unemployment insurance.
History:  1999 a. 150 ss. 357, 632; 2005 a. 220.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.41 - Composition of school board.

120.41
Composition of school board.
(1)
A school board of a unified school district may have 5, 7 or 9 members.
(2)
The number of school board members may be changed in accordance with s. 120.02 (1). A plan of apportionment of school board members may be adopted in accordance with s. 120.02 (2).
History:  1981 c. 20; 1985 a. 225 s. 84; Stats. 1985 s. 120.41.