Current through August 26, 2024
(1) COMPOSITION AND
LENGTH OF TERMS.
(a) Section
15.375(2),
Stats., requires the state superintendent of public instruction to appoint 12
school board members to serve on the school district boundary appeal board. As
further specified in s.
15.375(2),
Stats., 4 members of the SDBAB shall be school board members from small school
districts, 4 members shall be school board members from medium school districts
and 4 members shall be school board members from large school districts. No 2
school board members of the SDBAB may reside within the boundaries of the same
CESA. One member of the board shall be the state superintendent or the state
superintendent's designee.
(b)
Members of the SDBAB shall be appointed to staggered 2-year terms.
(2) APPOINTMENT. The state
superintendent shall appoint members to the board as follows:
(a) All school districts in the state shall
be ranked in descending order by enrollment and shall be divided into thirds
based on enrollment. School districts in the top third, by enrollment, shall be
designated large school districts; school districts in the middle third, by
enrollment, shall be designated medium school districts; and school districts
in the bottom third, by enrollment, shall be designated small school districts.
If the state's enrollment is not evenly divisible by 3, the state
superintendent shall determine, from the enrollments, in which group the
remaining districts should be included.
(b) The board of control of each CESA which
will have a vacancy on the SDBAB on the following May 1 shall nominate 3 school
board members from at least 2 of the groups described in par. (a) for the state
superintendent's consideration.
(c) If the state superintendent determines
that a size group has not been adequately represented in nominations, either
overall or from a specific CESA, the state superintendent may request
nominations of a specific size school district from that CESA board of
control.
(d) The state
superintendent shall make appointments from the nominations under pars. (b) and
(c).
(e) If a member of the SDBAB
is unable to complete his or her term, the corresponding CESA board of control
from which the vacancy came shall nominate 2 persons for the state
superintendent to consider for appointment to serve the remainder of the term.
The nominees shall represent the same size school district as the departing
member.
(3) SELECTION OF
SDBAB MEMBERS FOR SDBAB REVIEW. As specified in s.
117.05(2),
Stats., the state superintendent shall appoint 7 members of the SDBAB to
perform any review under ss.
117.10(4),
117.12(5) and
117.132,
Stats. One member shall be the state superintendent or the state
superintendent's designee. Two members each shall represent small, medium and
large school districts. No member may participate in any review involving a
school district in which the member resides or in which the member serves on or
is employed by the school board, or in which the member may have any other
conflict of interest.
(4) SELECTION
OF SDBAB MEMBERS FOR APPEAL PANEL REVIEW. As specified in s.
117.05(1),
Stats., the state superintendent shall appoint 3 members of the SDBAB to
perform any review under ss.
117.12(4) and
117.13(3),
Stats. One member each shall represent a small, medium and large school
district. The state superintendent shall also appoint a non-voting chair and
secretary to assist the panel. No SDBAB member may participate in any review
involving a school district in which the member resides or in which the member
is on or employed by the school board, or in which the member may have any
other conflict of interest.