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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) In this section, “virtual private school” means a private school in which all or a portion of the instruction is provided through means of the Internet, and the pupils enrolled in and instructional staff employed by the school are geographically remote from each other.
(2) If a school board, operator of a charter school, or governing body of a private school or tribal school operates a high school that includes grades 11 and 12, the school board, charter school operator, or governing body shall, for each high school that includes grades 11 and 12, prepare a class ranking of pupils enrolled in the high school as of the class's completion of grade 11 if there are at least 15 pupils in the class. Pupils shall be ranked on the basis of academic achievement and the sole criterion for ranking pupils shall be the pupil's grade point average.
(3)(a) Subject to par. (b), each class ranking under sub. (2) shall identify those pupils who rank in the top 5 percent of their high school class and those pupils who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class. The class ranking may also identify the class rank of pupils who do not rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class.
(b) If a high school's class enrollment is at least 15 but less than 20 pupils, the school board, operator of the charter school, or governing body of the private school or tribal school shall identify the highest ranked and 2nd highest ranked pupils in the class using the ranking method under sub. (2). For purposes of par. (a) and sub. (4) and s. 36.11(3m), the highest ranked pupil shall be considered to be in the top 5 percent of the pupil's high school class and the 2nd highest ranked pupil shall be considered to be in the top 10 percent of the pupil's high school class.
(4) After completing the class ranking required under sub. (2), a school board, operator of a charter school, or governing body of a private school or tribal school shall do all of the following:
(a) Notify each pupil ranked in the top 10 percent of the pupil's high school class that the pupil is ranked, as applicable, in the top 5 percent or in the top 10 percent of the pupil's high school class.
(b) For each pupil notified under par. (a), include that the pupil is ranked, as applicable, in the top 5 percent or in the top 10 percent of the pupil's high school class on the pupil's high school transcript as of the pupil's completion of grade 11.
(5) This section does not apply to a virtual private school.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wisconsin Statutes Schools (Ch. 115 to 121) § 118.58. Class rankings - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/schools-ch-115-to-121/wi-st-118-58/
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