Education
- Agencies
- U.S. Dept. of Education
Includes A-Z topics index. - WI Dept. of Public Instruction
- WI Educational Approval Board
Learn about the educational programming offered at EAB approved schools and their success in serving students. 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.
- U.S. Dept. of Education
- 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. - Pupil Nondiscrimination Program (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
- Safe Schools Legal Resource Manual (WI Dept. of Justice)
- Statutory Requirements for School Districts (WI Legislative Fiscal Bureau)
- Complaints
- IDEA Complaints (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
- Pupil Nondiscrimination Law Complaints (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
- Home Schooling
- Home-Based Private Education Program: Home Schooling (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
Information on curricula on attendance requirements. Access Form PI 1206. Find other resource for assistance. - WI Statutes Relating to Home-Based Private Education (Homeschooling) (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
- Home-Based Private Education Program: Home Schooling (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
- 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
- No Child Left Behind (U.S. Dept. of Education)
- Records
- Student Records & Confidentiality (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
- School and Library Records Management (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
- Special Education and Students with Disabilities Records (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
- 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.
- Special
Education Topics (WI Dept. of Public Instruction)
- Transportation
- Pupil transportation: public schools (WI Legislative Council)
- School bus equipment, operation, and transportation safety (WI Legislative Council)
- Vaccines
- Vaccination subcollection in the COVID-19: Pandemics Past and Present database(HeinOnline)
This collection helps researchers explore vaccination history and policy for COVID-19 and other diseases. Documents include titles on vaccine mandates and laws, as well as the development of various vaccinations. Available in our libraries, and remotely to library cardholders. - Student immunization program, Wisconsin Legislative Council Issue Brief (2022)
- Vaccination subcollection in the COVID-19: Pandemics Past and Present database(HeinOnline)
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"
Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.
Related Topics
Law Review Articles
- In Wisconsin Expulsions, We Don't Leave Children Behind
Marquette L Rev 91.4 (Summ 2008) - Schools and Social Media: First Amendment Issues Arising From Student Use of the Internet
Intellectual Prop & Tech L Jnl 21.4 (Spr 2009)
Library Resources
- Education Law
- Home Schooling Resources
- Practical Education Law for the 21st Century
- School Law in Wisconsin
- Student Liability Issues