Education

• Agencies
  • U.S. Dept. of Education
    Includes A-Z topics index.
    • Depts. of Education: States & Territories
  • WI Dept. of Public Instruction
    Includes A-Z topics index.
  • WI Educational Approval Board
    Learn about the educational programming offered at EAB approved schools and their success in serving students. File a complaint about a school. Access a listing of closed schools and request transcripts from select closed schools. Learn how to spot a degree, diploma, or accreditation mill (educational offerings that are considered bogus). The Board oversees private for-profit schools, out-of-state nonprofit colleges & universities, and in-state nonprofit institutions incorporated after 1991.
• Answers to Frequently Asked Compulsory School Attendance Questions (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
• Charter Schools in WI (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
  Information about charter schools in Wisconsin. Includes legislative report, directory of schools, grants, important dates, enrollment & membership information, questions & answers, and more.
• Education (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
  Commentary with links to federal statutes, regulations & opinions and state statutes.
• Education & School Law Questions and Answers (State Bar of WI)
• Pupil Nondiscrimination Program (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
• Statutory Requirements for School Districts (WI Legislative Fiscal Bureau)
• Complaints
  • ESEA/NCLB Complaints (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
  • IDEA Complaints (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
  • Pupil Nondiscrimination Law Complaints (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
    • More about filing a complaint
• Licenses
  • Educator License Search (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
• No Child Left Behind
  • No Child Left Behind (U.S. Dept. of Education)
    Guidance & regulations, A-Z index to related topics, funding facts, answers to questions and more.
  • No Child Left Behind (WI Dept. of Public Instruction
• Records
  • Student Records & Confidentiality (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
• Safe Schools
  • Safe Schools Legal Resource Manual (WI Dept. of Justice, 2007)
• Special Education
  • Special Education Topics (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
    Topics arranged in an A-Z listing including assessment/accountability, types of disabilities, policies/procedures, etc.
  • Wrightslaw
    Articles, newsletters, case law, U.S. statutes and regulations pertaining to special education law and advocacy.

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: ch. 36-39 "Educational Institutions"
• WI Statutes: ch. 115-121 "Public Instruction"
• WI Admin. Code: EAB 1-11 "Educational Approval Board"
• WI Admin. Code: HEA 1-14 "Higher Education Aids Board"
• WI Admin. Code: PI 1-44 "Public Instruction"
• WI Admin. Code: TCS 1-16 "Technical College System Board"
• WI Admin. Code: UWS 1-22 "University of Wisconsin System"
• U.S. Code:  20 USC "Education"
• CFR: 34 CFR "Education"

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Last Updated: June 7, 2010 | Up to Top