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The Bennett Law, officially 1889 Wisconsin Act 519, was a controversial state law passed by the Wisconsin Legislature in 1889 dealing with compulsory education. The controversial section of the law was a requirement to utilize the English language as the sole medium of instruction in all schools, whether private or public.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is an agency of the Wisconsin state government responsible for overseeing state education and public libraries in Wisconsin. In addition to oversight of public primary and secondary education, the Department administers a number of other educational, vocational, and special needs programs.
The superintendent of public instruction, sometimes referred to as the state superintendent of schools, is a constitutional officer within the executive branch of the Wisconsin state government, and acts as the executive head of the Department of Public Instruction. [2] Twenty-eight individuals have held the office since statehood.
MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is asking Republican lawmakers to change the deadline for implementing part of the state's recently passed literacy law, Act 20. State ...
Wisconsin superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction, Jill Underly, walks with Abigail Bigler, a senior at Grafton High School during Underly's recent visit to the school.
Article X of the Wisconsin Constitution describes the establishment of school districts and a state university, as well as rules, standards, and funding mechanisms for state education. It also establishes the office of superintendent of public instruction , and specifically forbids "sectarian" instruction in public schools .
In Wisconsin, however, many new laws become effective as soon as the governor signs them. That means 2025 will not kick off with a wave of new rules. Wisconsin, instead, will see some technical ...
Note: In Iowa, to obtain a hardship license for a minor, called a Minor School License (MSL), the minor must be at minimum 14 and a half years old, the minor must have completed an Iowa-approved driver education class unless exempted due to hardship, the minor must have a valid instruction permit for the previous six months, the minor's driving ...