Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 115 - State superintendent; general classifications and definitions; children with disabilities.
115.71 - Definitions.

115.71 Definitions. In this subchapter:
(1) “Alternative school" means any nonsectarian private school or tribally operated school in this state which complies with the requirements of 42 USC 2000d and in which at least 75 percent of the pupils enrolled are American Indians.
(2) “American Indian" means any person who is:
(a) A member of a tribe, band or other organized group of Indians, including those tribes, bands or groups terminated since 1940, or who is a descendant in the first or 2nd degree of any such member;
(b) Considered by the federal government, on May 22, 1980, to be an Indian for any purpose;
(c) An Eskimo, Aleut or other Alaska native; or
(d) Determined to be an Indian under rules promulgated by the state superintendent under s. 115.28 (17) (c).
(4) “Home school coordinator" means a person employed by the school district to promote communication between the school and the American Indian community.
(5) “Tribal education authority" means the educational authority of a tribe, band or other organized group of American Indians, which may be vested in a tribal department or division of education, a tribal school board, a tribal education committee or any similar body.
History: 1979 c. 346; 1981 c. 314 s. 146; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 115 - State superintendent; general classifications and definitions; children with disabilities.

115.001 - Definitions.

115.01 - Classifications.

115.28 - General duties.

115.29 - General powers.

115.293 - Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium; Common Core State Standards Initiative; prohibition.

115.295 - Federal appropriations adjustments.

115.297 - Cooperative research on education programs; statewide student data system.

115.298 - Disclosure of pupil records.

115.30 - Forms and reports.

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.

115.435 - Supplemental aid.

115.436 - Sparsity aid.

115.437 - Per pupil aid.

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.

115.51 - Definitions.

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.

115.58 - Park grounds.

115.71 - Definitions.

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.

115.758 - Construction.

115.76 - Definitions.

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.

115.782 - Evaluations.

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.

115.797 - Mediation.

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.

115.88 - State aid.

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.

115.898 - Rule making.

115.90 - Noncompliance; remedies.

115.91 - Definition.

115.915 - Availability of program services and modifications.

115.92 - Establishment of programs; rules.

115.93 - State aid.

115.95 - Legislative findings and declaration of policy.

115.955 - Definitions.

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.

115.991 - Training programs.

115.993 - Report on bilingual-bicultural education.

115.995 - State aids.

115.996 - Report to the legislature.

115.997 - Interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.

115.999 - Opportunity schools and partnership program.