118.127 Law enforcement agency information.
118.13 Pupil discrimination prohibited.
118.133 Participation in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities.
118.134 Race-based nicknames, logos, mascots, and team names.
118.135 Eye examinations and evaluations.
118.14 Age of pupils; phase in of 4-year-old kindergarten.
118.145 Admission to high school.
118.15 Compulsory school attendance.
118.153 Children at risk of not graduating from high school.
118.155 Released time for religious instruction.
118.16 School attendance enforcement.
118.162 Truancy committee and plan.
118.163 Municipal truancy and school dropout ordinances.
118.164 Removal of pupils from the class.
118.167 Private school determination by state superintendent.
118.169 Pupil identification.
118.17 Indigent children.
118.175 Pupils without parents or guardians; report required.
118.19 Teacher certificates and licenses; administrator and pupil services professional licenses.
118.191 Experience-based licensure for technical and vocational education subjects.
118.1915 Licensure for Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructors.
118.192 Professional teaching permits.
118.193 Licenses based on reciprocity.
118.194 Initial license to teach; Montessori.
118.195 Discrimination against handicapped teachers prohibited.
118.196 Teacher development program.
118.197 Initial license to teach; alternative preparation programs.
118.20 Teacher discrimination prohibited.
118.21 Teacher contracts.
118.22 Renewal of teacher contracts.
118.223 Collective bargaining.
118.225 Teacher evaluations.
118.23 Populous counties; teacher tenure.
118.235 Lunch period for teachers.
118.24 School district administrator.
118.245 Referendum; increase in employee wages.
118.25 Health examinations.
118.255 Health treatment services for children with special physical or mental health treatment needs.
118.257 Liability for referral to police.
118.258 Electronic communication devices prohibited.
118.26 Claim against school district.
118.28 Community action agencies.
118.29 Administration of drugs and emergency care.
118.291 Asthmatic pupils; possession and use of inhalers.
118.292 Possession and use of epinephrine.
118.2925 Life-threatening allergies in schools; use of epinephrine.
118.293 Concussion and head injury.
118.2935 Sudden cardiac arrest; youth athletic activities.
118.295 Suicide intervention; civil liability exemption.
118.301 Alternative pupil assessments.
118.305 Use of seclusion and physical restraint.
118.31 Corporal punishment.
118.32 Strip search by school employee.
118.33 High school graduation standards; criteria for promotion.
118.34 Technical preparation programs.
118.35 Programs for gifted and talented pupils.
118.38 Waivers of laws and rules.
118.42 Low-performing school districts and schools; state superintendent interventions.
118.43 Achievement guarantee contracts; state aid.
118.44 Achievement gap reduction; state aid.
118.45 Tests for alcohol use.
118.46 Policy on bullying.
118.50 Whole grade sharing.
118.51 Full-time open enrollment.
118.52 Part-time open enrollment.
118.53 Attendance by pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.
118.55 Early college credit program.
118.56 Work based learning programs.
118.57 Notice of educational options; accountability report performance category; pupil assessments.
118.60 Parental choice program for eligible school districts and other school districts.
Ch. 118 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in s.
115.001.
118.001
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.
118.001 History
History: 1995 a. 27.
118.001 Annotation
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.
118.001 Annotation
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.
118.001 Annotation
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.
118.01
118.01
Educational goals and expectations. 118.01(1)(1)
Purpose. Public education is a fundamental responsibility of the state. The constitution vests in the state superintendent the supervision of public instruction and directs the legislature to provide for the establishment of district schools. The effective operation of the public schools is dependent upon a common understanding of what public schools should be and do. Establishing such goals and expectations is a necessary and proper complement to the state's financial contribution to education. Each school board should provide curriculum, course requirements and instruction consistent with the goals and expectations established under sub.
(2). Parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district share with the state and school board the responsibility for pupils meeting the goals and expectations under sub.
(2).
118.01(2)(a)(a)
Academic skills and knowledge. Since the development of academic skills and knowledge is the most important goal for schools, each school board shall provide an instructional program designed to give pupils:
118.01(2)(a)1.
1. Basic skills, including the ability to read, write, spell, perform basic arithmetical calculations, learn by reading and listening and communicate by writing and speaking.
