Section 18.01. Purpose and applicability.

  The purpose of this chapter is to establish course requirements to meet the graduation standards outlined in s. 118.33 , Stats., including accommodations for pupils with exceptional educational interests, needs, or requirements; to establish procedures by which boards will submit reports describing the boards' policies on high school graduation standards to the department; and to establish procedures by which those policies are certified by the board and reviewed by the state superintendent, and by which equivalent policies are approved by the state superintendent.