Sen. John Lehman (D-Racine) Chair, Senate Education Committee
Link to March 12 Racine Journal Times article, "Lawmakers want to repeal school start date law".
Excerpt: The original law included a provision that allowed school districts to start before Sept. 1 in any year as long as there was a public hearing and the district adopted a resolution to do so.
Wisconsin’s law was quickly amended in 2001 when lawmakers eliminated that provision and forced districts to apply to the state Department of Public Instruction if officials wanted to start earlier.
The DPI can only grant requests if there are extraordinary reasons for doing so.Education groups have long opposed the law that the Legislature passed in 1999.
The law first took effect at the beginning of the 2000-01 school year.John Ashley, executive director of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, said his organization would like to see the law repealed. It is an issue of local control, Ashley said.
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