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Academic & Career Planning Services (ACP)
School districts are required by PI 26.03(1)(b)1 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code to inform parents each school year about what academic and career planning services their child receives. Districts must also provide parents multiple opportunities during each school year to participate in their child’s academic and career planning and update parents throughout the school year on the progress of their child’s planning. Academic and career planning services are required to be provided to students enrolled in grades 6 to 12. See Policy 2411 - School Counseling and Academic and Career Planning and HHASD ACP Website
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Asbestos Notification & Management Plan Notification
The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act requires school districts to inspect their buildings for asbestos-containing building materials and develop, maintain and update an asbestos management plan. The district must annually notify parents, teachers and employee organizations in writing of (1) the availability of the management plan, and (2) for each school location within the district that has any asbestos-containing building material, the planned or in-progress inspections, reinspections, response actions, and post-response actions, including periodic reinspection and surveillance activities. See Policy 8431.01 - Asbestos Management
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Child Nutrition Programs
School districts that participate in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) child nutrition programs (e.g., National School Lunch or Breakfast Programs, Special Milk Program) are required to provide an annual notice to parents/guardians informing them of the child nutrition programs offered in the district and eligibility requirements for free or reduced-price meals/milk. An application form must also be included with the notice. This information should be provided at the beginning of the school year.
Districts are required to distribute a Public Release before the start of the school year that (1) informs the general public that the district sponsors the school meal program(s), and (2) provides public notification of school meal program eligibility, benefits and services, program availability, applicant rights and responsibilities, procedures for filing a complaint and nondiscrimination policies. See Policy 8500 - Food Services and Policy 8531 - Free and Reduced-Price Meals
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Concussion and Head Injury
School districts are required by section 118.293 of the state statutes to distribute a concussion and head injury information sheet to (1) each person who will be coaching a youth athletic activity and (2) each student who wishes to participate in the activity at the beginning of a youth athletic activity season, except as otherwise specifically provided. See Policy 5340 - Students Accidents/Illness/Concussion
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Education for Employment Program (E4E)
School boards are required by PI 26.04(4) of the Wisconsin Administrative Code to annually notify parents of the district’s education for employment program. The notice must inform parents of the information and opportunities available to students under the program, including career awareness at the elementary grade levels, career exploration at the middle school levels, career planning and preparation at the high school grade levels, academic and career planning services for students in grades 6 to 12, and the availability of programs at technical colleges. Policy 2420 - Education for Employment and HHASD ACP Website which includes the approved E4E annual document.
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Education of Homeless Children and Youths
The school district’s designated liaison for homeless children and youths is expected to ensure that public notice of the educational rights of homeless children and youths is disseminated where such children and youths receive services such as the schools, public libraries and family shelters. See Policy 5111.01 - Homeless Students
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Educational Options
School boards are required by section 118.57 of the state statutes to annually publish, by January 31, a description of the educational options available to the children in the district. Additionally, under section 115.385(4) of the state statutes, each public school is annually required to provide a list of the educational options available to children residing in the district to the parent/guardian of each student enrolled in the district.
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General Student Nondiscrimination
PI 9.05 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code requires school districts to provide an annual public notice of board policies on student nondiscrimination, the name and address of the employee designated to handle discrimination complaints, and the complaint procedures. See Policy 2266 - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities and Policy 5517 - Student Anti-Harassment
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Human Growth and Development
Each school board that provides an instructional program in human growth and development shall annually provide the parents or guardians of each pupil enrolled in the school district with an outline of the human growth and development curriculum used in the pupil’s grade level, information regarding how the parent or guardian may inspect the complete curriculum and instructional materials, an explanation of the exemption under sub. (4), and a statement that pupils exempted from instruction under this section will still receive instruction in the subjects under s. 118.01 (2) (d) 2. c., unless exempted, and s. 118.01 (2) (d) 8. The school board shall make the complete human growth and development curriculum and all instructional materials available for inspection by a parent or guardian upon his or her request at any time, including prior to their use in the classroom. See Policy 2414 - Human Growth & Development
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Meal Charge Policy
The USDA requires school districts that are participating in federally subsidized child nutrition programs to provide a copy of their written meal charge policy (or standard practice document) to (1) all school households at the start of each school year, and (2) the households of all students who transfer into the school district during the school year. See Policy 8500 - Food Services
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Parent Notification Related to Early Literacy under 2023 Wisconsin Act 20
Under section 118.016(4) of the state statutes and beginning in the 2024-25 school year, school districts are required to provide the results of each “reading readiness assessment,” in writing, to a pupil’s parent no later than 15 days after the assessment is scored. “Reading readiness assessments” are defined as the fundamental skills screening assessments (for 4K), the universal screening assessments (for 5K through third grade), and diagnostic assessments (certain students in 5K through third grade) that are administered under section 118.016. Wisconsin DPI Dyslexia & Related Conditions Guidebook
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Personal Communication Devices
If a school district has adopted a policy/rule prohibiting the use or possession of electronic communication devices while on school premises, the district must provide each student enrolled in the district with a copy of that policy/rule annually according to section 118.258(2) of the state statutes. See Policy 5136 - Personal Communication Devices
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Program and Curriculum Modifications
School districts are required by section 118.15(1)(f) of the state statutes to notify students and their parents/guardians of the following at the beginning of each school term: (1) their right to request the school board to provide the student with program or curriculum modifications as outlined in section 118.15(1)(d) of the state statues, and (2) the decision-making process to be used in responding to such requests under sections 118.15(1)(dm) and (e) of the state statutes, including the right to request that the school board review and reconsider an initial decision. See Policy 2451 - Program or Curriculum Modification
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Programs for English Language Learners
According to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), a school district that uses federal education funds to provide a language instruction educational program for English learners must, no later than 30 days after the beginning of the school year, inform parents of an English learner identified for participation or participating in such a program the information included in Policy 2260.02 - English Language Proficiency
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School Accountability Report Cards
Each public school in the state is required by section 115.385(4) of the state statutes to provide a copy of the school’s accountability report card that is published by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to the parent/guardian of each student enrolled in or attending the school.
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School and District Performance Report
School Performance Report law pre-dates the School and School District Accountability Report Card Law, the School and School District Report Cards, as well as the WISEdash Public Portal. These have replaced the SPR reporting requirement. The district provides copies of the 115.38 performance reports “to the extent the relevant information is available from the DPI.”
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School Wellness Policy
Federal school wellness policy implementation regulations require each school district participating in federally-subsidized child nutrition programs to inform the public each school year about the content and implementation of the local school wellness policy and make the local school wellness policy and any updates to the policy available to the public.
In addition, each school district participating in federally subsidized child nutrition programs must make the results of each required triennial assessment of the district’s school wellness policy available to the public in an accessible and easily understood manner. The DPI School Nutrition Team has developed a Wisconsin Local Wellness Policy Report Card, which is required to be used by all Wisconsin school districts to fulfill the triennial assessment and reporting requirements. See Policy 8510 - Wellness Triennial Assessment Report Card - February 2025
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Special Education Programs
School districts are required by section 115.77(1m)(h) of the state statutes to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the DPI that it regularly publicizes information regarding its special education procedures and services. See Policy 2460 - Programs for Students with Disabilities and Wisconsin Model Policies & Procedures (IDEA)
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Special Needs Scholarship Program(SNSP)
School boards are required by section 115.7915(5) of the state statutes to annually notify the parents/guardians of each child with a disability enrolled in the school district of the Special Needs Scholarship Program (private school voucher program), which is available to students with an individualized education program (IEP) who meet specified conditions outlined in state law. Information on the program can be accessed on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s website at Special Needs Scholarship Program
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Student Academic Standards
School boards are required by section 120.12(13) of the state statutes to notify the parents/guardians of students enrolled in the school district of the student academic standards that will be in effect for the school year. Boards must provide this notification annually, prior to the beginning of the school term.
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Student Bullying
School boards are required by section 118.46(2) of the state statutes to distribute the district’s policy prohibiting bullying to all students enrolled in the school district and to their parents and guardians annually. A copy of the policy must be provided to any person who requests it. See Policy 5517.01 - Bullying
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Student Assessments
Wisconsin State Statute section 118.30(1m)(d) requires districts to provide information of the state required 4th & 8th grade examinations given to students in the district. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (20 U.S.C. §6312(e)2B) requires Title 1 program districts to notify parents of the option to request information regarding any state or local school district policy regarding student participation in any assessments mandated by law and the district. See DPI Wisconsin Student Assessment System
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Student Attendance
School districts are required by section 118.16(4)(d) of the state statutes to provide each student enrolled in district schools with a copy of established school attendance policies. School attendance policies must specify (1) the reasons for which students may be permitted to be absent from school, and (2) the conditions under which a student may be permitted to take examinations missed during absences, other than suspensions, and the conditions under which student shall be permitted to take any quarterly, semester, or grading period examinations and complete any course work missed during a period of suspension. See Policy 5200 - Attendance
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Student Locker Searches
School districts that have adopted locker search policies specifying that the board retains ownership and possessory control of all student lockers and designating the school official, employee or agent positions that may conduct locker searches are required by section 118.325 of the state statutes to provide each student enrolled in the district with a copy of the district’s policy. If the school board has adopted this type of policy and has provided the required notice of it, designated school officials, employees or agents may search a student’s locker without the consent of the student, without notifying the student and without obtaining a search warrant. See Policy 5771 - Search and Seizure
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Student Privacy
The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) affords parents of elementary and secondary students certain rights regarding the conduct of surveys, collection, and use of information for marketing purposes, and certain physical exams. These include, but are not limited to the right to consent, to receive notice and an opportunity to opt a student out, and to inspect before use. Policy 2416 - Student Privacy & Parental Access to Information
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Student Records
The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requires school districts to provide annual notice of student and parent rights regarding student records. As further detailed in section 34 C.F.R. §99.7 of the federal FERPA regulations, this notice informs parents/guardians and adult students of their rights. See Policy 8330 - Student Records
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Student Records: Directory Data Designations and Opt-Outs
If a school district has designated student directory data in accordance with section 118.125 of the state statutes, the district must notify parents, legal guardians or guardian ad litem: (1) of the categories of information that the board has designated as directory data with respect to each student; and (2) that they have 14 days to inform the school that all or any part of the directory data may not be released without the prior consent of the parent, guardian or guardian ad litem. The district must allow the parent, guardian or guardian ad litem 14 days to provide this response before any student directory data is released. This notice is required by section 118.125(2)(j) of the state statutes. See Policy 8330 - Student Records
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Student Religious Accommodation
School districts are required by PI 41.04(1)(a) of the Wisconsin Administrative Code to provide annual written notification to all students, the parent/guardian of minor students, and instructors of the district’s policies providing for the reasonable accommodation of a student’s sincerely held religious beliefs with regard to examinations and other academic requirements. The notice must also include the process for receiving and resolving complaints. See Policy 2266 - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities and Policy 5517 - Student Anti-Harassment
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Suicide Prevention Resources
According to section 115.365(3) of the state statutes, each school board must annually inform its professional staff of the resources available from the DPI and other sources regarding suicide prevention. See Policy 5350 - Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Postvention
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Starting with any youth athletic activity season that begins on or after July 1, 2022, school districts and other persons who operate certain youth athletic activities have an obligation under section 118.2935 to distribute information about the nature and risk of sudden cardiac arrest during such activities. The specific information that must be distributed will be developed and made available by the Department of Public Instruction, working in conjunction with medical experts and other stakeholders. The information about sudden cardiac arrest must be combined on the same information sheet as the already-required information about concussions and head injuries.
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Title 1 Program Information
School districts receiving federal Title I program funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, as amended) are required to provide the following information and notices to parents and/or the public: See Policy 2261.01 - Parent and family Engagement in Title I Programs
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Title IX Notice of Nondiscrimination
The Board of Education is committed to providing an equal educational opportunity for all students in the District. The Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, sex (including gender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability ("Protected Classes") in any of its student program and activities as required by Title IX and Part 106 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations not to discriminate in such a manner. The requirement not to discriminate extends to admission and employment. For more information please contact the district’s Title IX Coordinators, the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, or both. See Policy 2266 - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities and Policy 5517 - Student Anti-Harassment
