Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 301.475 (2026)

Sex offenders to notify schools

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301.475301.475 Sex offenders to notify schools.

301.475(1)(1) A person who is required to comply with the reporting requirements under s. 301.45 (1g) may not be on any school premises, as defined in s. 948.61 (1) (c), unless the school district administrator or his or her designee, if the premises are affiliated with a public school, or the governing body of the school, if the premises are affiliated with a private school or charter school, has been notified of the specific date, time, and place of the visit and of the person’s status as a registered sex offender.

301.475(2)(2)

301.475(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), whoever knowingly violates sub. (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 9 months, or both.

301.475(2)(b)(b) Whoever knowingly violates sub. (1) as a 2nd or subsequent offense is guilty of a Class H felony.

301.475(3)(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following:

301.475(3)(a)(a) A person who is on the school premises to vote if an election is being held that day and the person’s polling place is on the school premises.

301.475(3)(b)(b) A person who is on the school premises to attend an event or activity that is not sponsored by the school.

301.475(3)(c)(c) A person whose child is enrolled at the school if the person notifies the school district administrator or his or her designee, if the premises are affiliated with a public school, or the governing body of the school, if the premises are affiliated with a private school or charter school, that he or she is a registered sex offender and that he or she has a child enrolled at the school. The notification must occur as follows:

301.475(3)(c)1.1. Except as provided in subds. 2., 3., and 4., at the beginning of each academic school year.

301.475(3)(c)2.2. If the child is not enrolled at the beginning of the academic school year, when the child is first enrolled.

301.475(3)(c)3.3. If the person is not subject to the reporting requirements under s. 301.45 (1g) at the beginning of the academic school year or when the child is first enrolled, when the person first becomes subject to the reporting requirements under s. 301.45 (1g).

301.475(3)(c)4.4. If subd. 1., 2., or 3. does not apply but the person is otherwise subject to the prohibition under sub. (1), when the person becomes subject to the prohibition under sub. (1).

301.475(3)(d)(d) A student who is enrolled at the school if the department, county department, licensed child welfare agency, or other person supervising the student under a dispositional order under s. 938.34, whichever is appropriate, works with the school district administrator or his or her designee, if the premises are affiliated with a public school, or with the governing body of the school, if the premises are affiliated with a private school or charter school, to ensure the safety of the students attending the school with the student.

301.475(3m)(3m) Unless sub. (3) (d) applies to a county department, licensed child welfare agency, or other person supervising a student under a dispositional order under s. 938.34, the department shall work with a school district administrator or his or her designee or a governing body of a school, whichever is appropriate, as provided in sub. (3) (d), to ensure that a student who is required to comply with the reporting requirements under s. 301.45 (1g) is not prohibited under sub. (1) from being on the premises of the school at which he or she is enrolled and to ensure the safety of the other students attending the school.

301.475(4)(4) The department shall make a reasonable attempt to notify each person required to comply with the reporting requirements under s. 301.45 (1g) of the prohibition under sub. (1), but neither the department’s failure to make such an attempt nor the department’s failure to notify a person of that prohibition is a defense to prosecution under this section.

301.475(5)(5) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant was traveling directly to the office of the school district administrator or his or her designee, if the premises are affiliated with a public school, or to the governing body of the school, if the premises are affiliated with a private school or charter school, to comply with sub. (1). A defendant who raises this affirmative defense has the burden of proving the defense by a preponderance of the evidence.

301.475(6)(6) The school district administrator or his or her designee, if the premises are affiliated with a public school, or the governing body of the school, if the premises are affiliated with a private school or charter school, is immune from any civil or criminal liability for any good faith act or omission in connection with any notice given under sub. (1).

301.475 HistoryHistory: 2013 a. 88.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2017–2022 · leading case: State v. DeAnthony K. Muldrow, 912 N.W.2d 74 (Wis. 2018).

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State v. DeAnthony K. Muldrow, 912 N.W.2d 74 (Wis. 2018). · cites it 4× “49 establishes an analogous *515 GPS tracking program for persons who violate a domestic abuse or harassment restraining order or injunction. ¶ 48 A review of the three provisions for terminating lifetime GPS tracking indicate that the intent of tracking is protecting the public.”

State v. C. G., 2022 WI 60 (Wis. 2022). · cites it 2× “Wis. Stat. § 301.475 . These consequences of sex offender registration are no more a punishment for her than they were for the sex offenders in Bollig, Hezzie R.”

State v. Muldrow, 2017 WI App 47 (Wis. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 3× “And Wis. Stat. § 301.475 prohibits sex offenders from entering school grounds without authorization.”

Halcsik v. Knutson (E.D. Wis. 2022). “§ 301.475(1) (prohibiting registered sex offenders from being on school premises without notification to the school), or can work, see id.”

— Wis. Stat. § 301.475(1) — 2 cases

State v. Muldrow, 2017 WI App 47 (Wis. Ct. App. 2017). “And Wis. Stat. § 301.475 prohibits sex offenders from entering school grounds without authorization.”

Halcsik v. Knutson (E.D. Wis. 2022). “§ 301.475(1) (prohibiting registered sex offenders from being on school premises without notification to the school), or can work, see id.”

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