Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 118.045 (2026)

Commencement of school term

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118.045118.045 Commencement of school term.

118.045(1)(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), beginning in the year 2000, no public school may commence the school term until September 1.

118.045(2)(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a school board from doing any of the following:

118.045(2)(a)(a) Holding athletic contests or practices before September 1.

118.045(2)(b)(b) Scheduling in-service days or work days before September 1.

118.045(2)(c)(c) Holding school year-round.

118.045(3)(3) A school board may commence the school term before September 1 in any school year if the school board requests the department to allow it to commence the school term before September 1 and the school board includes reasons with its request. The department may grant a request only if it determines that there are extraordinary reasons for granting it. The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this subsection.

118.045 HistoryHistory: 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16.

118.045 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also ch. PI 27, Wis. adm. code.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2016 · leading case: Peggy Z. Coyne v. Scott Walker, 2016 WI 38 (Wis. 2016).

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Peggy Z. Coyne v. Scott Walker, 2016 WI 38 (Wis. 2016). · cites it 11× “11 (1g)(b)(5) (requiring the Department of Tourism to "establish by rule" a reporting and verification requirement for recipients of grants or loans under state economic development programs); Wis. Stat. § 118.045 (requiring the Department of Public Instruction to promulgate…”

Larson v. Burmaster, 2006 WI App 142 (Wis. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 10× “Their amended complaint argued in essence that: (1) the Whitnall School District is barred from assigning summer homework because, under the Wisconsin Compulsory School Attendance Law, Wis. Stat. § 118.045 , the school term begins on September 1, so at the end of the spring…”

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