38.12 District board duties.

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(1)Control of district schools. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the district board shall have exclusive control of the district schools established by it and of property acquired for the use of such schools.

(2)District funds and treasurer. The district board shall deposit all moneys received by it with the district board treasurer who shall be accountable for such funds. All expenditures exceeding $2,500 shall be approved by the district board. Disbursement of such funds shall be made in accordance with s. 66.0607

(6).

(3)District director and other employees.

(a)The district board shall employ and fix the compensation of:

1. A district director who shall have general supervision and management of the development and work of the district schools.

2. Such supervisors, coordinators, teachers and technical advisers and experts as are necessary.

3. Such clerical assistants, custodians and other employees as are necessary.

(b)Employees under par.

(a)1. and 2. shall meet the requirements established by the board and, where applicable, the qualifications determined under s. 38.04

(a).

(d)Employment of the district director under par.

(a)1. shall be by written contract which shall be filed with the district board secretary. The contract shall set forth all of the terms and conditions of employment.

(4)Publication of proceedings; open records. The proceedings of the district board meetings shall be published within 45 days after the meeting as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985 , in a newspaper published in the district. If no newspaper is published in the district, the proceedings may be publicized as the district board directs. The publication of the proceedings shall include a statement of receipts and expenditures in the aggregate. The district board shall make a detailed record of all receipts and expenditures available to the public for inspection at each district board meeting and upon request.

(5)Annual audit. The district board shall annually authorize an audit of the district in accordance with rules promulgated by the board under s. 38.04

(b). The district board shall submit the audit report to the board no later than 6 months following the end of each fiscal year.

(5m)Annual budget. The district board shall prepare its annual budget in compliance with rules promulgated by the board under s. 38.04

(a). The district board shall submit an approved copy of its budget to the board by July 1 of each year and shall report any subsequent budget modification to the board within 30 days of approval of the modification by the district board.

(6)Transportation planning. The district board shall work with the regional planning commissions and the local authorities of the community in which the district school is located to evaluate the transportation needs of the district school population. The district board shall develop a transportation plan for the district school to effect energy resource conservation and efficient use of transportation resources. The plan shall include pedestrian walkways, bikeways, bike routes, bicycle storage racks, car and van pools, and to the extent feasible, improved mass transit services. The transportation plans shall detail parking management strategies and parking fee policies which provide incentives for the use of mass transit and high occupancy vehicles.

(7)District policies.

(a)The district boards shall establish specific written policies on district matters, including all of the matters enumerated under s. 38.04

(14), which are consistent with the rules promulgated under s. 38.04

(14). The policies may not conflict with any collective bargaining agreement and are subject to review and approval by the board.

1m. Except as provided in subd. 2m. , upon receiving from the federal department of defense a student’s official joint services transcript or Community College of the Air Force transcript, the technical college in which the student is enrolled shall do the following:

a. Accept all American Council on Education credit recommendations included in the official joint services transcript and award academic credit to the student in accordance with these recommendations.

b. Accept all credits included in the Community College of the Air Force transcript and award academic credit to the student accordingly.

2m. A technical college may not award academic credit to a student under subd. 1m. for each course for which the student, upon consultation with the technical college’s staff, objects to the awarding of credit for that course.

(8)Cooperation with other state agencies.

(a)The district boards shall actively coordinate, with the department of public instruction and the school boards, the responsibility for providing vocational training to pupils attending high school and for providing education to persons who have dropped out of high school.

(b)The district boards shall actively coordinate, with the institutions within the University of Wisconsin System, the sharing of programs and facilities, including the collegiate transfer program, adult education and evening courses and part-time student and associate degree programs, in order to reduce the duplication of such programs and facilities.

(c)Annually by July 1, the district board shall report to the school boards of every school district located in whole or in part within the boundaries of the district on the steps the district board has taken in the previous year to satisfy its responsibility under par.

(a).

(9)Fire fighter training programs. The district board shall make available to members of volunteer and paid fire departments maintained by cities, villages and towns located in the district a fire fighter training program approved by the board and funded under s. 20.292

(gr). No district board may charge a fee for training provided under this subsection.

(10)Controlled substances and controlled substance analogs; discipline. Each district board shall adopt rules providing nonacademic misconduct disciplinary sanctions for any student who engages in an activity, on district premises or at a district-sponsored event, that constitutes a violation of ch. 961 . In determining the appropriate sanction, the district board or its designee shall consider those penalties, including suspension and expulsion, that will contribute most effectively to maintaining a school environment free from controlled substances, as defined in s. 961.01

(4), and controlled substance analogs, as defined in s. 961.01

(4m).

(11)Orientation program; information on sexual assault and sexual harassment. The district board shall:

(a)Incorporate in its orientation program for newly entering students oral and written information on sexual assault and sexual harassment, as defined in s. 111.32

(13), including information on sexual assault by acquaintances of the victims and on all of the following:

1. The legal definitions of, and penalties for, sexual assault under ss. 940.225 , 948.02 and 948.025 , sexual exploitation by a therapist under s. 940.22 and harassment under s. 947.013 .