Wisconsin Administrative Code

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) “Department” means the Wisconsin department of public instruction. (2) “Forces of nature" means an event that is outside the control of the school board and could not be avoided with the exercise of due care. (2m) “International baccalau…

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.

PI 30.02 Definitions. Subchapter II — Additional (High Cost) Special Education Aid

PI 30.03 Purpose and construction.

PI 30.04 Application for reimbursement. Subchapter I — General Provisions 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) “Aid eligible” means either a cost that is eligible fo…

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…

PI 30.06 Purpose.

PI 30.07 Percentage of salaries for reimbursement. special education and related services to an individual child with disabilities, excluding clerical or administrative costs. Excluded clerical or administrative costs include salaries and fringe benefits of principals, special ed…

PI 31.01 Purpose. This chapter sets forth procedures for the payment of aid for school mental health programs as allowed in s. 115.364, Stats. History: EmR1903: emerg. cr. eff. 1-19-19; CR 18-084: cr. Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6-1-19.

PI 31.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XDepartmentY means the Wisconsin department of public instruction. (2) XEligible independent charter schoolY has the meaning given under s. 115.364 (1) (a), Stats. (3) XEligible private schoolY has the meaning given under s. 115.364 (1) …

PI 31.03 Eligible expenditures. The state superintendent shall do all of the following when determining an entity[s expenditures under s. 115.364 (2), Stats.: (1) Only reimburse an entity for an increase in its expenditures in the prior school year compared to the immediately pre…

PI 31.04 Reporting. An entity shall submit a request for reimbursement by submitting a form provided by the department. Note: The claim for reimbursement form may be obtained at no charge from the Wisconsin department of public instruction[s webpage at https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/men…

PI 33.01 Purpose. This chapter establishes procedures and requirements for 2 or more school districts to enter into a whole grade sharing agreement under s. 118.50, Stats.

PI 33.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XDepartmentY means the Wisconsin department of public instruction. (2) XDistrict of attendanceY means a school district, other than a pupil[s district of residence, that the pupil is attending under a whole grade sharing agreement. (3) X…

PI 33.03 Substantial enrollment. In order to meet the requirement to enroll a substantial portion of the pupils in one or more grades for a substantial portion of a school day under s. 118.50 (1) (intro.), Stats., a whole grade sharing agreement shall provide for at least 20 perc…

PI 33.04 Pupil records. (1) RECORD SHARING. A whole grade sharing agreement shall specify the pupil records that will be shared between the district of attendance and district of residence. In the absence of parental consent, the district of residence may only share those pupil r…

PI 33.05 Pupil assessments. (1) ASSESSMENT RESULTS. The department shall report the results of any assessment required for participating pupils under ss. 118.016 and 118.30, Stats., and 20 USC 6311 (b) (3), to the district of residence. (2) DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT. The dep…

PI 33.06 State aid. (1) INITIAL TERM. The department may not pay a school district participating in a whole grade sharing agreement additional aid under s. 121.105 (4), Stats., beyond the 7th year after the whole grade sharing agreement first takes effect. (2) TERMINATION. If a w…

PI 33.07 Habitual truancy and expulsion. (1) EXIf a district of attendance issues an order under s. 120.13 (1), Stats., to expel a participating pupil, it shall immediately notify the district of residence. (2) HABITUAL TRUANCY. The district of attendance shall notify the distric…

PI 33.08 Approval of organizations conducting feasibility studies. An organization may seek the approval of the department to conduct a feasibility study under s. 118.50 (2) (c), Stats., by submitting an application to the department on a form provided by the department. The depa…

PI 34.001 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Accredited” means that an institution of higher education meets accepted criteria of quality, as established by a regional institutional accrediting agency, a national institutional accrediting agency, or a programmatic accrediting org…

PI 34.002 Teacher standards. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to receive a license to teach under subch. VI, an applicant shall complete an approved program and demonstrate proficient performance in the knowledge, skills, and dispositions in all of the following: (1)…

PI 34.003 Administrator standards. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to receive a school administration license under subch. VIII, an applicant shall complete an approved program in school administration and demonstrate proficient performance in all of the following k…

PI 34.004 Pupil services standards. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to receive a license in a pupil services category under subch. VII, an applicant shall complete an approved program and demonstrate proficient performance in the knowledge, skills, and dispositions …

PI 34.005 Applicability. This subchapter governs the state superintendent’s review and approval of educator preparation programs under ss. 115.28 (7) and 118.19 (3), Stats., beginning on the effective date of this chapter.

PI 34.006 Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Institution” means one or more accredited colleges or universities offering an educator preparation program. (2) “Student” means an individual enrolled in an educator preparation program. (3) “Entity” means one of the following or a…

PI 34.007 Program approval. (1) ELIGIBILITY. An entity may apply under sub. (2) for the state superintendent’s approval of its educator preparation program if all of the following applies: (a) The entity’s educator preparation program is headquartered and physically located in th…

PI 34.008 Program improvement plan. If the state superintendent determines that a program improvement plan is required under s. PI 34.007 (4) (a) or (5) (c) 3., the state superintendent shall provide written notice to the educator preparation program. The notice shall include all…

PI 34.009 Denials and appeal rights. (1) DENIALS. If the state superintendent determines that an educator preparation program does not meet the requirements under this subchapter or subch. IV or that an educator preparation program did not correct the areas of noncompliance withi…

PI 34.010 Hearings and final decision. (1) HEARING If the state superintendent grants a hearing request for a hearing under s. PI 34.009 (3), the state superintendent shall nominate an independent hearing examiner. The independent hearing examiner shall do all of the following: (…

PI 34.011 Experimental or innovative programs. (1) REQUEST FOR APPROVAL. An entity may request the state superintendent’s approval of an experimental or innovative educator preparation program that does not comply with one or more requirements contained in this subchapter or subc…

PI 34.012 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Entity” means one of the following or a consortium of the following: (a) CESA. (b) Community-based organization. (c) Institution. (d) Non-profit organization. (e) Private enterprise. (f) School. (g) School district. (2) “SCD” means a s…

PI 34.013 Organization and administration of educator preparation programs. (1) SCD AUTHORITY. If an entity is an institution, it shall ensure the SCD is clearly identified and has the responsibility, authority, and personnel to develop, administer, evaluate, and revise each educ…

PI 34.014 Faculty. (1) RECRUITMENT OF FACULTY. The entity shall recruit, hire, and retain a diverse educator preparation faculty. (2) FACULTY QUALIFICATIONS. An entity’s faculty who teach in educator preparation programs shall meet all of the following requirements: