118.13   Pupil discrimination prohibited.
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.
118.165   Private schools.
118.167   Private school determination by state superintendent.
118.169   Pupil identification numbers.
118.17   Indigent children.
118.175   Pupils without parents or guardians; report required.
118.18   Teacher reports.
118.19   Teacher certificates and licenses.
118.192   Professional teaching permits.
118.195   Discrimination against handicapped teachers prohibited.
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.
118.27   Gifts and grants.
118.28   Community action agencies.
118.29   Administration of drugs to pupils and emergency care.
118.291   Asthmatic pupils; possession and use of inhalers.
118.292   Possession and use of epinephrine auto-injectors.
118.2925   Life-threatening allergies in schools; use of epinephrine auto-injectors.
118.293   Concussion and head injury.
118.295   Suicide intervention; civil liability exemption.
118.30   Pupil assessment.
118.305   Use of seclusion and physical restraint.
118.31   Corporal punishment.
118.32   Strip search by school employee.
118.325   Locker searches.
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.
118.40   Charter schools.
118.42   Low-performing school districts and schools; state superintendent interventions.
118.43   Achievement guarantee contracts; state aid.
118.45   Tests for alcohol use.
118.46   Policy on bullying.
118.51   Full-time open enrollment.
118.52   Course options.
118.53   Attendance by pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.
118.55   Youth options program.
118.56   Work based learning programs.
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 does not mean that when the legislature had previously authorized the 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 ss. 118.001, 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.
118.01 118.01 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) (2)Educational goals.
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.
118.01(2)(a)2. 2. Analytical skills, including the ability to think rationally, solve problems, use various learning methods, gather and analyze information, make critical and independent judgments and argue persuasively.
118.01(2)(a)3. 3. A basic body of knowledge that includes information and concepts in literature, fine arts, mathematics, natural sciences, including knowledge of the elements of agriculture and the conservation of natural resources, and social sciences, including knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of the family as a consumer, cooperative marketing and consumers' cooperatives.
118.01(2)(a)4. 4. The skills and attitudes that will further lifelong intellectual activity and learning.
118.01(2)(a)5. 5. Knowledge in computer science, including problem solving, computer applications and the social impact of computers.
118.01(2)(b) (b) Vocational skills. Each school board shall provide an instructional program designed to give pupils:
118.01(2)(b)1. 1. An understanding of the range and nature of available occupations and the required skills and abilities.
118.01(2)(b)2. 2. Preparation to compete for entry level jobs not requiring postsecondary school education.
118.01(2)(b)3. 3. Preparation to enter job-specific vocational training programs.
118.01(2)(b)4. 4. Positive work attitudes and habits.
118.01(2)(c) (c) Citizenship. Each school board shall provide an instructional program designed to give pupils:
118.01(2)(c)1. 1. An understanding of the basic workings of all levels of government, including the duties and responsibilities of citizenship.
118.01(2)(c)2. 2. A commitment to the basic values of our government, including by appropriate instruction and ceremony the proper reverence and respect for and the history and meaning of the American flag, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. constitution and the constitution and laws of this state.
118.01(2)(c)3. 3. The skills to participate in political life.
118.01(2)(c)4. 4. An understanding of the function of organizations in society.
118.01(2)(c)5. 5. Knowledge of the role and importance of biological and physical resources.
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