120.10(4)(4) Reimbursement of school board members. Authorize the payment of actual and necessary expenses of a school board member when traveling in the performance of duties and the reimbursement of a school board member for actual loss of earnings when duties require the school board member to be absent from regular employment.

120.10(5)(5) Building sites. Designate sites for school district buildings and provide for the erection of suitable buildings or for the lease of suitable buildings for a period not exceeding 20 years with annual rentals fixed by the lease.

120.10(5m)(5m) Real estate. Authorize the school board to acquire, by purchase or condemnation under ch. 32, real estate and structures and facilities appurtenant to such real estate necessary for school district purposes.

120.10(6)(6) Tax for sites, buildings and maintenance. Vote a tax to purchase or lease suitable sites for school buildings, to build, rent, lease or purchase and furnish, equip and maintain school district buildings. The tax may be spread over as many years as are required to pay any obligations approved or authorized at the annual meeting including rental payments due in future years under an authorized lease.

120.10(7)(7) Tax for transportation vehicles. Vote a tax to purchase, operate and maintain transportation vehicles and to purchase liability insurance for such vehicles, and to finance contracts for the use and services of such vehicles.

120.10(10)(10) School debt service fund. Vote a tax to create a fund for the purpose of paying all current bonded indebtedness for capital expenditures. All money raised through taxation or otherwise collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited by the school district treasurer in a segregated fund. Such money shall not be used for any other purpose, except as provided by s. 67.11 (1), or be transferred to any other fund except by authorization by a two-thirds majority vote of the total number of electors of the school district.

120.10(10m)(10m) School capital expansion fund. Vote a tax to create a fund for the purpose of financing all current and future capital expenditures related to buildings and sites. All money raised through taxation or otherwise collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited by the school district treasurer in a segregated fund. Such money shall not be used for any other purpose or be transferred to any other fund except by authorization by a majority vote of the electors present at a subsequent annual meeting and only if notice that the issue would be on the agenda was included in the notice of the subsequent annual meeting under s. 120.08 (1) (c).

120.10(15)(15) Textbooks. Authorize the school board to furnish textbooks under conditions prescribed by the annual meeting or by the school board. The authorization shall continue in effect until revoked by a subsequent annual meeting.

120.10(19)(19) Consolidation of high schools. In a union high school district, vote to consolidate schools or to discontinue a school where more than one high school is operated by the school district.

120.10 AnnotationAn action may be instituted and maintained by a school district board without specific approval of the district when management, control, and conservation of school district property requires speedy application for process. Joint School District No. 1 v. City of Chilton, 78 Wis. 2d 52, 253 N.W.2d 879 (1977).

120.10 AnnotationThe power to convert an elementary school to another educational use is not granted by sub. (5) or (12). The school board has this power under s. 120.13 (1). State ex rel. Waldeck v. Goedken, 84 Wis. 2d 408, 267 N.W.2d 362 (1978).

120.10 AnnotationSub. (10) authorizes levying a tax for the purposes of current or future capital expenditures even without corresponding, existing bonded indebtedness. Barth v. Board of Education, 108 Wis. 2d 511, 322 N.W.2d 694 (Ct. App. 1982).

120.10 AnnotationNothing in sub. (6) limits a district from paying a building lease from a general fund raised by the levy of taxes under sub. (8) for school operations. Dieck v. Unified School District, 165 Wis. 2d 458, 477 N.W.2d 613 (1991).

120.11(1)(1) The school board in a common or union high school district shall hold a regular meeting at least once each month at a time and place determined by the school board and may hold special school board meetings under sub. (2). A majority of the school board members constitute a quorum at a regular or special school board meeting. The school district president shall preside at school board meetings. In the president’s absence, the school district vice president shall preside or, in the case of a 3-member board, the school board may select another school board member to preside. The school district clerk shall record the minutes of school board meetings and, in his or her absence, the school board may select another school board member to act as the clerk of the meeting.

120.11(2)(a)(a) The school board shall hold a special school board meeting upon the written request of a school board member filed with the school district clerk or, in the school district clerk’s absence, the school district president. The school district clerk or, in the school district clerk’s absence, the president shall fix a reasonable date, time, and place for the meeting. Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c), the school district clerk or, in the school district clerk’s absence, the president shall notify each school board member of the date, time, and place of the meeting at least 24 hours before the meeting. Except as provided under pars. (b) and (c), the school district clerk or, in the school district clerk’s absence, the president shall give the notice to each school board member in a manner likely to give the school board member notice of the meeting.

120.11(2)(b)(b) If the school district clerk or, in the school district clerk’s absence, the school district president determines that providing notice at least 24 hours before a special school board meeting under par. (a) is, for good cause shown by the school district clerk or president, impossible or impractical, the school district clerk or president may notify each school board member of the date, time, and place of the meeting less than 24 hours, but not less than 2 hours, before the meeting.