118.165(1)(e)
(e) The program is not operated or instituted for the purpose of avoiding or circumventing the compulsory school attendance requirement under s.
118.15 (1) (a) and
(am).
118.165(1)(f)
(f) The pupils in the institution's educational program, in the ordinary course of events, return annually to the homes of their parents or guardians for not less than 2 months of summer vacation, or the institution is licensed as a child welfare agency under s.
48.60 (1).
118.165(2)
(2) An institution may request the state superintendent to approve the institution's educational program as a private school. The state superintendent shall base his or her approval solely on the criteria under sub.
(1).
118.167
118.167
Private school determination by state superintendent. If an association that regulates or accredits private educational institutions in this state submits an affidavit to the state superintendent attesting that the institution meets or exceeds all of the criteria under s.
118.165 and the state superintendent finds that the institution does meet or exceed all of the criteria under s.
118.165, the state superintendent shall determine that the institution is a private school. If at any time the state superintendent finds that an institution determined to be a private school under this section no longer meets the criteria under s.
118.165, the state superintendent may withdraw the determination.
118.169
118.169
Pupil identification. 118.169(1)(1)
Identification numbers. A school board, and the governing body of a private school, may assign to each pupil enrolled in the school district or private school a unique identification number. The school board or governing body may not assign to any pupil an identification number that is identical to or incorporates the pupil's social security number. This subsection does not prohibit a school board or governing body from requiring a pupil to disclose the pupil's social security number, nor from using a pupil's social security number if the use is required by a federal or state agency or private organization in order for the school district or private school to participate in a particular program.
118.169(2)(a)(a) If a school board or operator of a charter school under s.
118.40 (2r) or
(2x) issues identification cards to pupils, the school board or operator shall include on each identification card issued to a pupil the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or one of its affiliate crisis centers or, if the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ceases operations, another national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to individuals in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. The school board or operator may also include on the identification card any of the following information:
118.169(2)(a)1.
1. A statement that the text-based emotional support service of the Crisis Text Line may be accessed by texting HOPELINE to 741741 or, if applicable, by specifying any successor method.
118.169(2)(a)2.
2. Instructions for contacting a text-based state or national organization, other than the organization described under subd.
1., that provides free support to individuals in crisis 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
118.169(2)(a)3.
3. The telephone number for a local suicide prevention hotline.
118.169(2)(b)
(b) A school board or operator of a charter school under s.
118.40 (2r) or
(2x) may include the information described under par.
(a) on pupil identification cards by printing the information on, or by affixing a sticker that contains the information to, the identification cards.
118.169 History
History: 1997 a. 128;
2019 a. 116.
118.17
118.17
Indigent children. The principal or teacher in charge of any public school shall report to the county department under s.
46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 for the county wherein the school is situated the name and address of any child in the school whose parent, guardian or other person having control, charge or custody of the child is without sufficient means to furnish the child with food or clothing necessary to enable the child to attend school.
118.17 History
History: 1985 a. 29;
1995 a. 27.
118.17 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: Section
120.12 (11) provides for free books and school supplies for indigent children.
118.175
118.175
Pupils without parents or guardians; report required. 118.175(2)
(2) If a pupil is a child who is without a parent or guardian, any school teacher, school administrator, school counselor or school social worker who knows that the child is without a parent or guardian shall report that fact as soon as possible to the county department under s.
46.22 or
46.23 or, in a county having a population of 750,000 or more, to the department of health services.
118.18
118.18
Teacher reports. Every teacher shall record the names, ages and studies of all pupils under his or her charge and their daily attendance and such other facts or matters relating to the school as the state superintendent or school board requires.
118.19
118.19
Teacher certificates and licenses; administrator and pupil services professional licenses. 118.19(1)(1)
Except as provided in subs.
(1b) and
(1c) and s.
118.40 (8) (b) 1. and
2., any person seeking to teach in a public school, including a charter school, or in a school or institution operated by a county or the state shall first procure a license or permit from the department.
118.19(1b)
(1b) An individual may teach an online course in a subject and level in a public school, including a charter school, without a license or permit from the department if the individual holds a valid license or permit to teach the subject and level in the state from which the online course is provided.
118.19(1c)(a)(a) In this subsection, “institution of higher education” means an institution or college campus within the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college under ch.
38, or any private, nonprofit postsecondary institution that is a member of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.