Section 43.01. Applicability and purpose.

 

(1)  Section 118.42 , Stats., states all of the following:

(a) If the state superintendent determines that a school district has been in need of improvement for four consecutive school years, the school board shall implement the provisions under s. 118.42 (1) , Stats.

(b) If the state superintendent determines that a particular public school was among the lowest performing 5 percent of public schools in the state in the previous school year and is located in the school district that has been in need of improvement for four consecutive years, the school board shall implement the provisions under s. 118.42 (2) , Stats., in that school.

(c) If the state superintendent determines that a school district has been in need of improvement for four consecutive years, the state superintendent may, after consulting with the school board, the school district superintendent, and representatives of each labor organization representing school district employees, direct the school board to implement one or more of the provisions under s. 118.42 (3) (a) , Stats.

(d) If the state superintendent determines that a public school is located in the school district that has been in need of improvement for four consecutive school years, and that the school has been in need of improvement for five consecutive school years, or was among the lowest performing 5 percent of public schools in the state in the previous school year, the state superintendent may, after consulting with the school board, the school district superintendent, and the collective bargaining units, direct the school board to implement one or more of the provisions under s. 118.42 (3) (b) , Stats.

(2)  This chapter establishes criteria and procedures for determining whether a school or school district is in need of improvement and whether a school is among the lowest performing 5 percent of public schools in the state.