Chapter 117, SCHOOL DISTRICT REORGANIZATION

117.01 Applicability. This chapter does not apply to any school district reorganization affecting a school district operating under ch. 119. History: 1989 a. 114.

117.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Affected school district” means the entire territory of any of the following school districts: (a) A school district from which any territory is detached or proposed to be detached. (b) A school district to which any territory is attached…

117.05 General provisions. (1) APPEAL PANELS. The state superintendent shall appoint 3 members of the board to hear appeals filed under ss. 117.12 (4) and 117.13 (3). No 2 members of the appeal panel may be board members from any of the following kinds of school districts: those …

117.08 Consolidation of school districts. (1) INITIATION OF PROCEDURES. The school boards of 2 or more school districts may adopt resolutions stating that they will consider consolidating their school districts. The school district clerk of each school board adopting a resolution…

117.09 Consolidation of union high and elementary school districts. (1) INITIATION OF PROCEDURES. The school board of a union high school district and the school boards of any of the school districts operating only elementary grades whose territory is included in the union high s…

117.10 Dissolution of a school district. 117.10(1)(1) Initiation of procedures. A school board may adopt a resolution stating that it will consider dissolving the school district. The school district clerk of a school board adopting a resolution under this subsection shall send a…

117.105 Creation of a school district. (1) INITIATION OF PROCEDURES. Procedures to create a school district from the territory of one or more existing school districts may be initiated by any of the following methods: (a) Before July 1 of any year, a written petition requesting t…

117.11 Detachment and attachment of large territory. (1) APPLICATION. This section applies to the detachment of territory from one school district and its attachment to an adjoining school district if one of the following applies: (a) The assessed value of the territory proposed …

117.12 Detachment and attachment of small territory initiated by owner. (1) APPLICATION. This section applies to the detachment of territory from one school district and its attachment to an adjoining school district if all of the following apply: (a) The assessed value of the te…

117.13 Detachment and attachment of small territory initiated by school boards. (1) APPLICATION. This section applies to the detachment of territory from one school district and its attachment to an adjoining school district if all of the following apply: (a) The assessed value o…

117.132 Territory annexed to certain municipalities. (1) APPLICATION. This section applies to the proposed attachment to a school district of territory that is located wholly in a county with a population of more than 325,000 and less than 750,000. (1m) DEFINITIONS. In this secti…

117.14 Appeal to court. (1) Any person aggrieved by the denial of a consolidation under s. 117.08 (2) or 117.09 (2), the granting of a detachment and attachment of territory under s. 117.11 (3) or any order of the board or an appeal panel under this chapter may, within 30 days af…

117.15 Criteria for school district reorganizations. In making any decision under ss. 117.08 to 117.132, a school board, the board and an appeal panel shall consider the following factors as they affect the educational welfare of all of the children residing in all of the affecte…

117.17 Reorganization order. (1) CONTENTS; EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) Every order of school district reorganization under s. 117.08, 117.09 or 117.105 that creates a new school district shall state the school districts which are dissolved or from which territory is detached to create th…

117.20 Referendum procedures. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if a referendum is required under ss. 117.08 to 117.11, it shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November following receipt of the petition or adoption of the resolution under s. 117.08 (3) (a)…

117.22 School boards in new school districts. (1) JOINT INTERIM SCHOOL BOARDS. (a) If school districts are consolidated under s. 117.08 or 117.09, the school boards of the consolidating school districts shall constitute the joint interim school board of the new school district. (…

117.25 Transfer of assets, liabilities and employees; agreements between consolidating school districts. (1) CONSOLIDATIONS. On the effective date of a consolidation of school districts under s. 117.08 or 117.09, all of the following apply: (a) The school districts that were cons…

117.27 Change of district type. (1) A common or union high school district may be changed into a unified school district, a unified school district operating only high school grades may be changed into a union high school district, and a unified school district operating only ele…

117.30 Attachment upon failure to operate school. (1) (a) Except as provided under pars. (b) to (d), if a school district for 2 or more successive years has failed to operate sufficient classes at each grade level to provide all pupils who reside in the school district an opportu…

117.35 School district boundary disputes. (1) SCHOOL BOARD ACTION. (a) If there is a boundary dispute, the school boards of the interested school districts may resolve the dispute by the adoption, by each of the school boards, of a resolution resolving the dispute. Before adoptin…