Chapter 116 — COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES
16 sections in this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 116.01 Purpose
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116.01 Purpose. The organization of school districts in Wisconsin is such that the legislature recognizes the benefit of a service unit between the school district and the state superintendent. The cooperative educational service agencies are designed to serve educational needs i…
Wis. Stat. § 116.015 Legal status
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116.015 Legal status. A cooperative educational service agency may in its name enter into contracts authorized by this chapter and may sue and be sued. History: 1977 c. 221; 1983 a. 27 s. 2200 (42). A CESA is not a state agency, but is a governmental subdivision. Suits against it…
Wis. Stat. § 116.02 Board of control; membership
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116.02 Board of control; membership. (1) (a) Each agency shall be governed by a board of control composed of members of school boards of school districts within the agency. Annually on or after the 4th Monday in April, the school board of each school district in the agency shall …
Wis. Stat. § 116.03 Board of control; duties
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116.03 Board of control; duties. The board of control shall: (1) Determine the policies of the agency. (4) Determine each participating local unit’s prorated share of the cost of cooperative programs and assess the costs of each program against each unit participating in the prog…
Wis. Stat. § 116.032 Contracts for services
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116.032 Contracts for services. (1) Subject to subs. (2) to (5), for the purpose of providing services to pupils, a board of control may contract with school districts, University of Wisconsin System institutions, technical college district boards, private schools, tribal schools…
Wis. Stat. § 116.035 Designation of records custodian
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116.035 Designation of records custodian. The board of control may, on behalf of any agency authority as defined in s. 19.32 (1), including the agency, the agency administrator and any subunit of the agency, designate one or more individuals to be legal custodians of records. His…
Wis. Stat. § 116.04 Agency administrator
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116.04 Agency administrator. The board of control shall appoint an individual to serve as agency administrator. The agency administrator shall implement the policies of the board of control. History: 1977 c. 221; 1983 a. 27; 1993 a. 355; 1995 a. 27.
Wis. Stat. § 116.045 Agency personnel
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116.045 Agency personnel. The agency is the sole employer of the personnel it employs. A recipient of personnel ser- 2 vices is not deemed an employer because of the exercise of supervision or control over any personnel services provided. History: 1977 c. 221.
Wis. Stat. § 116.05 Advisory committees
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116.05 Advisory committees. In each agency there shall be a professional advisory committee, composed of the school district administrator of each school district in the agency, which shall meet at the request of the board of control or the agency administrator to advise them. Th…
Wis. Stat. § 116.055 Real property
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116.055 Real property. The board of control may purchase, hold, encumber and dispose of real property, in the name of the agency, for use as its office or for any educational service provided by the agency if a resolution to do so is adopted by a twothirds vote of the members of …
Wis. Stat. § 116.06 Revision of agency boundaries
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116.06 Revision of agency boundaries. (1) Upon the petition of a school board of a district operating high school grades, the state superintendent, after investigation of the proposal, may transfer by order the entire school district from one agency to another, effective the next…
Wis. Stat. § 116.065 Withdrawal from agency
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116.065 Withdrawal from agency. (1) The school board of a school district may adopt a resolution to withdraw from an agency. The school board shall immediately notify the board of control and the state superintendent that the school board has adopted a resolution under this subse…
Wis. Stat. § 116.07 Consolidation of agencies
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116.07 Consolidation of agencies. (1) A board of control may on its own motion or shall on the petition of 100 electors of the agency territory approach an adjoining board of control regarding the feasibility of the consolidation of their agencies. Unless within 60 days of the fi…
Wis. Stat. § 116.08 Loans and local aid
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116.08 Loans and local aid. (1) An amount not to exceed $25,000 annually shall be paid to each agency to match any fed- EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES 116.10 eral funds received by the agency for vocational education administration. (2) Agencies may incur short term loans, but the …
Wis. Stat. § 116.09 State and federal grants
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116.09 State and federal grants. (1) Except as provided under sub. (2), the board of control is eligible for and may apply for any state or federal grant for which a school district is eligible. (2) If a school district in the agency applies for a grant the board of control is el…
Wis. Stat. § 116.10 Lease of equipment
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116.10 Lease of equipment. The board of control may lease equipment for the purpose of assisting pupils with a visual handicap to read. History: 1997 a. 27. May 22, 2026, are designated by NOTES. (Published 5-22-26)