Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 118 - General school operations.
118.26 - Claim against school district.

118.26 Claim against school district. No action may be brought or maintained against a school district upon a claim or cause of action unless the claimant complies with s. 893.80. This section does not apply to actions commenced under s. 19.37, 19.97 or 281.99.
History: 1977 c. 285; 1979 c. 323 s. 33; 1995 a. 158; 1997 a. 27.
VTAE [technical college] districts are school districts under this section. Binder v. Madison, 72 Wis. 2d 613, 241 N.W.2d 613 (1976).

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 118 - General school operations.

118.001 - Duties and powers of school boards; construction of statutes.

118.01 - Educational goals and expectations.

118.015 - Reading instruction.

118.016 - Assessments of reading readiness.

118.017 - Foreign language instruction.

118.019 - Human growth and development instruction.

118.02 - Special observance days.

118.025 - Arbor day observance.

118.03 - Textbooks.

118.035 - School uniforms.

118.04 - Summer classes.

118.045 - Commencement of school term.

118.05 - School conservation camps.

118.06 - Flag, pledge of allegiance, and national anthem.

118.07 - Health and safety requirements.

118.075 - Indoor environmental quality in schools.

118.076 - Lifesaving skills instruction.

118.08 - School zones; crossings.

118.09 - Safety zones.

118.10 - School safety patrols.

118.105 - Control of traffic on school premises.

118.11 - School fences.

118.12 - Sale of goods and services at schools.

118.123 - Reports and records; forfeitures.

118.125 - Pupil records.

118.126 - Privileged communications.

118.127 - Law enforcement agency information.

118.13 - Pupil discrimination prohibited.

118.133 - Participation in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities.

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.

118.17 - Indigent children.

118.175 - Pupils without parents or guardians; report required.

118.18 - Teacher reports.

118.19 - Teacher certificates and licenses; administrator and pupil services professional licenses.

118.191 - Experience-based licensure for technical and vocational education subjects.

118.1915 - Licensure for Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructors.

118.192 - Professional teaching permits.

118.193 - Licenses based on reciprocity.

118.194 - Initial license to teach; Montessori.

118.195 - Discrimination against handicapped teachers prohibited.

118.196 - Teacher development program.

118.197 - Initial license to teach; alternative preparation programs.

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 and emergency care.

118.291 - Asthmatic pupils; possession and use of inhalers.

118.292 - Possession and use of epinephrine.

118.2925 - Life-threatening allergies in schools; use of epinephrine.

118.293 - Concussion and head injury.

118.2935 - Sudden cardiac arrest; youth athletic activities.

118.295 - Suicide intervention; civil liability exemption.

118.30 - Pupil assessment.

118.301 - Alternative pupil assessments.

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.

118.44 - Achievement gap reduction; state aid.

118.45 - Tests for alcohol use.

118.46 - Policy on bullying.

118.50 - Whole grade sharing.

118.51 - Full-time open enrollment.

118.52 - Part-time open enrollment.

118.53 - Attendance by pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.

118.55 - Early college credit program.

118.56 - Work based learning programs.

118.57 - Notice of educational options; accountability report performance category; pupil assessments.

118.60 - Parental choice program for eligible school districts and other school districts.