Wisconsin Administrative Code

PI 2.05 School district boundary appeal board. (1) COMPOSITION AND LENGTH OF TERMS. (a) Section 15.375 (2), Stats., requires the state superintendent of public instruction to appoint 12 school board members to serve on the school district boundary appeal board. As further specifi…

PI 20.01 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XCenterY has the meaning given in s. 115.525 (1), Stats. (2) XDECAY means Wisconsin DECA. (3) XDepartmentY means the department of public instruction. (4) XFBLAY means Wisconsin Future Business Leaders of America. (5) XFCCLAY means Wisco…

PI 20.02 Applicability and purpose. This chapter establishes procedures as authorized under s. 20.907 (5), Stats., for the handling of monies received and expended by the department in conjunction with student activities and gifts received for the benefit of students at the Wisco…

PI 20.03 State superintendent responsibilities. (1) The state superintendent may receive and expend funds incident to carrying out the activities of statewide career and technical stu- PI 20.04 PI 20.05 Wisconsin educational services program for the deaf and hard of hearing; Wisc…

PI 20.04 Wisconsin educational services program for the deaf and hard of hearing; Wisconsin center for the blind and visually impaired. (1) The directors of the Wisconsin educational services program for the deaf and hard of hearing and the Wisconsin center for the blind and visu…

PI 20.05 Records. (1) Complete, accurate and auditable records of all accounts established under ss. PI 20.03 and 20.04 shall be maintained by the department. (2) Records shall be established in accordance with generally accepted accounting, auditing, and internal control princip…

PI 21.01 Applicability and purpose. This chapter establishes uniform marking standards for vehicles used as driver education vehicles pursuant to s. 341.267 (1) (b), Stats.; establishes minimum standards which all high school driver education programs must meet to obtain departme…

PI 21.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XBehind-the-wheel instructionY means that portion of the driver education program in which the student is actually driving a vehicle. (2) XCESAY means a cooperative educational service agency, under ch. 116, Stats. (3) XCCDEBY means coun…

PI 21.03 Uniform marking standards. (1) All motor vehicles used as driver education vehicles in programs operated by public school districts, private schools, CCDEBs, CESAs and TCSs shall be marked with signs as follows: (a) The sign inscription shall read STUDENT DRIVER or DRIVE…

PI 21.04 Minimum standards for department approval under s. 343.06 (1) (c), Stats. A public school, private school, CCDEB, or CESA driver education program is approved by the department under s. 343.06 (1) (c), Stats., if the program uses vehicles which meet the requirements of s…

PI 22.01 Purpose and applicability. The purpose of this chapter is to establish policies and procedures to meet the requirement that precollege scholarships, as authorized in s. 115.43, Stats., be awarded to economically disadvantaged pupils on a competitive basis and that criter…

PI 22.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XDepartmentY means the department of public instruction. (2) XEconomically disadvantaged pupilY means a pupil who is eligible for a free or reduced-priced lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b). (3) XPostsecondary educational institutionsY means th…

PI 22.03 General. (1) The scholarship program shall provide scholarships for economically disadvantaged pupils to attend precollege programs. (2) Economically disadvantaged pupils in grades 6 through 12 are eligible for these scholarships. (3) The department shall collect data fr…

PI 22.04 Criteria for the review and approval of precollege programs. (1) Postsecondary educational institutions under this chapter shall submit to the state superintendent proposals for precollege programs. (2) Precollege programs shall include at least one of the following: PI …

PI 22.05 Scholarship applications. (1) The department shall develop, in consultation with postsecondary school educational institutions, a scholarship application which shall include verification that the pupil is eligible for free or reducedpriced lunch. Note: PI-1573, Precolleg…

PI 22.06 Scholarship awards. (1) Scholarship awards shall be made by the state superintendent. (2) Scholarships shall be awarded to economically disadvantaged pupils and paid to the postsecondary educational institution providing the precollege program in which the pupil is enrol…

PI 23.01 Authority. This chapter is adopted under ss. 115.28 (9) and 227.11 (2) (a), Stats.

PI 23.02 Applicability and purpose. (1) Section 20 USC 7912 requires that each state receiving funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 establish and implement a statewide policy requiring that pupils attending a persistently dangerous public school, or pupi…

PI 23.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XDepartmentY means the Wisconsin department of public instruction. (2) XESEAY means the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. (3) XSchool boardY has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (7), Stats. (4) XSchool districtY has …

PI 23.04 ESEA intradistrict safe school transfer options. The school board of a school shall allow a pupil to attend another appropriate grade level public school operated by the school district, including a public charter school, if either of the following applies to the pupil: …

PI 23.05 Persistently dangerous schools. (1) The department shall identify persistently dangerous schools using data collected through the school performance report under s. 115.38 (1) (b) 2., Stats., and upon review of information submit- PI 23.04 PI 23.05 PI 23.06 ESEA intradis…

PI 23.06 Victims of a violent criminal offense. (1) A pupil may transfer to another appropriate grade level public school operated by the school district if he or she has been a victim of a violent criminal offense under either of the following circumstances and reports the incid…

PI 24.01 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XDepartmentY means the Wisconsin department of public instruction. (2) XSAGEY means the student achievement guarantee in education program created under s. 118.43, Stats. Subchapter II — Aid Payment

PI 24.015 Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) XAidY or XappropriationY means funds available for the SAGE program and for school districts with Achievement Gap Reduction contracts under s. 20.255 (2) (cu), Stats., minus the amount needed for the evaluation under s. 118.44 (7), S…

PI 24.02 Purpose. Under ss. 118.43 (6m) and 118.44 (6) (e), Stats., the department is required to promulgate rules to implement and administer the payment of aid under this subchapter. The department shall calculate and pay aid to school districts as provided in ss. 118.43 (6) (b…

PI 24.03 Calculation and payment of aid. (1) AID CALCULATION. The department shall calculate the amount of aid to be paid in each school year to the school district of each eligible school. The amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cu), Stats., as noted in s. 118.44 (6) (bm), …

PI 24.05 Purpose. Under s. 118.43 (8), Stats., beginning in the 2000-01 school year, a school district under s. PI 24.06 is the chapter was last published. PI 24.05 WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE eligible for an aid payment equal to 20% of the district[s annual debt service on bon…

PI 24.06 Eligible applicants and program requirements. (1) A school district other than a school district under ch. 119, Stats., shall meet all of the following requirements to receive an amount equal to 20% of the annual SAGE related debt service cost on bonds: (a) On or after O…

PI 24.07 Payment of debt aid. (1) The department shall make an aid payment on a current fiscal year basis to the district in an amount equal to 20% of the SAGE portion of the debt service payment, excluding any payments required on bond anticipation notes. The department shall de…

PI 25.01 Applicability and purpose. (1) Under s. 118.153 (2) (a), Stats., every school board shall identify the children at risk of not graduating from high school who are enrolled in the school district and annually by August 15 develop a plan describing how the school board wil…

PI 25.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAdjudicated delinquentY means delinquent as defined under s. 938.02 (3m), Stats. (2) XAlternative education programY means those programs as defined under s. 115.28 (7) (e) 1., Stats. (3) XBasic skills,Y for purposes of determining whet…

PI 25.03 Identification of children at risk of not graduating from high school and children at risk plan. (1) Annually by August 15, each board shall develop a district plan that identifies the process for determining if a pupil is at risk. In determining whether a pupil is behin…

PI 25.04 General requirements for school boards. Each board that has identified children at risk under s. PI 25.03 shall provide for all of the following: (1) Designate a staff person who will be responsible for developing the district plan required under s. 118.153 (2) (a), Stat…

PI 25.05 Provisions applicable to private contracting. (1) The board of a school district may contract with private, nonprofit, nonsectarian agencies to provide programs for children at risk if the board determines that the agencies can adequately serve such children. A board con…

PI 25.06 Special provisions applicable to a first class city school system. The school board of the school district operating under ch. 119, Stats., shall ensure all of the following: (1) If there is no space for a pupil in a specific children at risk program provided under the b…

PI 25.07 State financial aid and annual reports. (1) STATE FINANCIAL AID. (a) If, in the previous school year, a school district had 30 or more dropouts or a dropout rate exceeding 5% of its total high school enrollment, the board may apply to the state superintendent for aid und…

PI 26.01 Applicability and purpose. (1) Under s. 121.02 (1) (m), Stats., every school board shall provide access to an education for employment program approved by the state superintendent. Under s. 115.28 (59), Stats., the state superintendent shall ensure that every school boar…

PI 26.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAcademic and career planY means a comprehensive plan developed and maintained by a pupil that includes the pupil[s academic, career, personal, and social goals and the means by which the pupil will achieve those goals both before and af…

PI 26.03 Education for employment program. (1) An education for employment program shall include a long-range plan approved by the school board and developed by a team of school district staff and community stakeholders, which may include businesses, postsecondary education insti…

PI 26.04 General requirements for school boards. The school board shall do the following: (1) Indicate on a pupil[s transcript the name of each course completed by the pupil, the number of high school credits earned for each course, whether a course is eligible for postsecondary …

PI 26.05 Program approval. A program shall be approved by the state superintendent as long as the program complies with all of the requirements of this chapter and ss. 115.28 (59) and 121.02 (1) (m), Stats. the chapter was last published.

PI 27.01 Applicability and purpose. This chapter establishes procedures for school boards to use in requesting that a school term commence prior to September 1 as provided for under s. 118.045, Stats. This chapter also establishes criteria used in determining whether an extraordi…

PI 27.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XDepartmentY means the Wisconsin department of public instruction. (2) XForces of natureY means an event that is outside the control of the school board and could not be avoided by exercise of due care. (2m) XInternational baccalaureate …

PI 27.03 Commencement of school term. (1) Except as specified under subs. (2) and (3), no public school may commence a school term until September 1. (2) The provisions in this chapter do not prohibit a school board from doing any of the following: (a) Holding athletic contests o…

PI 27.04 Reporting requirements. The state superintendent shall provide, annually by November 1, a report on the operation of the rule to the assembly committee having jurisdiction over tourism and the senate committee having jurisdiction over education. The report shall include …

PI 30.01 Purpose. This chapter establishes criteria for awarding special education aid under ch. 115, Stats.

PI 30.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAid eligibleY means either a cost that is eligible for reimbursement directly to the applicant under s. 115.88, 115.93, or 118.255, Stats., or a cost that is contracted from another agency, eligible for reimbursement to that agency unde…

PI 30.03 Purpose and construction. (1) This subchapter specifies the method to determine the nonadministrative costs for providing special education and related services to a child under s. 115.881 (2), Stats. (2) To the extent feasible, this subchapter shall be construed such th…

PI 30.04 Application for reimbursement. (1) An applicant shall apply for reimbursement under s. 115.881, Stats. on a form specified by the department, which shall include each child for whom the applicant believes it has incurred nonadministrative costs for providing special educ…

PI 30.05 Determination of costs. (1) The department shall determine the following: (a) The total number of days of enrollment for each child identified by the applicant, using data reported and certified in the student information system. (b) The total number of days of enrollmen…