115.29 General powers. The state superintendent may:
(1) Designate representative. Designate the deputy state superintendent or another employee of the department as the state superintendent's representative on any body on which the state superintendent is required to serve, except the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
(2) Educational meetings. Attend such educational meetings and make such investigations as the state superintendent deems important and as will acquaint the state superintendent with the different systems of public schools in the United States.
(3) Auxiliary instructional employees. By order, establish classes of auxiliary instructional employees and authorize their employment in the instructional program of the elementary and high schools for specific purposes and their reimbursement from the instructional budget. Auxiliary instructional employees shall not be covered as teachers as defined in s. 40.02 (55) or under s. 118.21, 118.22 or 121.006 (2) but shall be eligible under the public employee trust fund as participating employees as defined in s. 40.02 (46), if it is made applicable, other than through s. 40.21 (3), to the school district employing them.
(4) High school graduation equivalency.
(a) Grant a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation to an individual if the individual has successfully completed the civics test required under s. 118.33 (1m) (a) and if, in the state superintendent's judgment, the individual has presented satisfactory evidence of having completed a recognized high school course of study or its equivalent. The state superintendent may establish the standards by which high school graduation equivalency is determined. Such standards may consist of evidence of high school courses completed in high schools recognized by the proper authorities as accredited, results of examinations given by or at the request of the state superintendent, successful completion of correspondence study courses given by acceptable correspondence study schools, a general educational development certificate of high school equivalency issued by an agency of the U.S. government, course credits received in schools meeting the approval of the state superintendent, or other standards established by the state superintendent.
(b) Promulgate rules establishing fees for issuing a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation or a general educational development certificate under par. (a). The rules may provide exemptions from the fees based on financial need.
(5) Teacher supply, information and analysis. Assist school boards, cooperative educational service agencies and county children with disabilities education boards to locate qualified professional school personnel, assist qualified professional school personnel to locate vacant positions and provide information and analysis of the professional school personnel supply.
(6) English language proficiency assessment system. Assist in the establishment of, and participate in, a consortium of state education agencies organized to obtain public and private funds to be used to purchase an English language proficiency assessment system.
(7) Teen pregnancy prevention. Apply for all federal funds allocated for providing instruction in any of the subjects identified in s. 118.019.
(8) Alternative data collection method; low-income pupils. Use an alternative data collection method established by the department to identify pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
History: 1971 c. 100 s. 23; 1971 c. 125, 211; 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 32, 301; 1981 c. 96; 1983 a. 27; 1993 a. 492; 1995 a. 27, 111; 1997 a. 27, 35, 164; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25; 2009 a. 134; 2011 a. 216; 2015 a. 55.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
115.295 - Federal appropriations adjustments.
115.297 - Cooperative research on education programs; statewide student data system.
115.298 - Disclosure of pupil records.
115.31 - License or permit revocation; reports; investigation.
115.315 - Memorandum of understanding; license restriction and suspension.
115.33 - Inspection of school buildings.
115.34 - School lunch program.
115.341 - School breakfast program.
115.343 - Wisconsin school day milk program.
115.345 - Nutritional improvement for elderly.
115.347 - Direct certification of eligibility for school nutrition programs.
115.35 - Health problems education program.
115.355 - Assistance to schools for instruction on adoption.
115.36 - Assistance to schools for alcohol and other drug abuse programs.
115.3615 - Head start supplement.
115.363 - Second Chance Partners for Education.
115.364 - Aid for school mental health programs.
115.365 - Assistance to schools for suicide prevention programs.
115.366 - Grants to support peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs.
115.367 - School-based mental health services grants.
115.368 - Assistance to schools for protective behaviors programs.
115.37 - Blind and visual impairment education council.
115.372 - Deaf and hard-of-hearing education council.
115.38 - School performance report; educational program review.
115.383 - Student information system.
115.385 - School and school district accountability report.
115.405 - Grant program for peer review and mentoring.
115.41 - Teacher improvement program.
115.415 - Educator effectiveness.
115.42 - Grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure.
115.423 - Rural school teacher talent pilot program.
115.425 - Professional standards council for teachers.
115.43 - Precollege scholarships.
115.438 - Personal electronic computing devices; grant program.
115.44 - Early identification program.
115.445 - Four-year-old kindergarten grants.
115.447 - Summer school programs; grants.
115.45 - Robotics league participation grants program.
115.455 - Grant for information technology education.
115.46 - Interstate agreement on qualification of educational personnel.
115.47 - Designated state official under agreement.
115.48 - Contracts under agreement.
115.52 - Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
115.525 - Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
115.53 - State superintendent; powers.
115.54 - Compulsory education.
115.72 - Establishment of programs.
115.73 - Program requirements.
115.735 - Parent advisory committee.
115.74 - Assessment of needs and evaluation of resources.
115.745 - Tribal language revitalization grants.
115.762 - Division for learning support.
115.77 - Local educational agency duties.
115.775 - Duties of operators of certain charter schools.
115.777 - Special education referrals.
115.78 - Individualized education program team; timeline.
115.787 - Individualized education programs.
115.79 - Educational placements.
115.791 - Reimbursement for private school placement.
115.7915 - Special Needs Scholarship Program.
115.792 - Procedural safeguards.
115.80 - Due process hearings.
115.807 - Transfer of parental rights at age of majority.
115.81 - Children in residential care centers.
115.812 - Placement disputes; school board referrals; interagency cooperation.
115.817 - Children with disabilities education board.
115.82 - Admission and transportation of nonresidents.
115.881 - Additional special education aid.
115.882 - Payment of state aid.
115.884 - Special education transition grants.
115.885 - Special education transition readiness grant program.
115.897 - Exhaustion of remedies.
115.90 - Noncompliance; remedies.
115.915 - Availability of program services and modifications.
115.92 - Establishment of programs; rules.
115.95 - Legislative findings and declaration of policy.
115.96 - Establishment of programs.
115.97 - Bilingual-bicultural education programs required.
115.977 - Contracting; continued eligibility.
115.98 - Bilingual-bicultural advisory committee.
115.99 - Preschool and summer school programs.
115.993 - Report on bilingual-bicultural education.
115.996 - Report to the legislature.
115.997 - Interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.