Month: May 2022

The Wisconsin Statutes establish standards of ethical conduct for all of local public officials, including school board members, school district administrators, and others leading Wisconsin counties, cities, villages, towns, and sewerage and other special districts.  This Legal Update will review the legal obligations found in Wisconsin’s Code of Ethics for Local Public Officials (Code). The…

Under Wisconsin Statute sections 115.31(6m) and 73.0301(2)(b), the Department of Public Instruction (“DPI”) is required to revoke a teaching license if the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (“DOR”) certifies to the DPI that an individual teaching license holder (“teacher”) is liable for delinquent taxes. The process by which this type of license revocation may occur, however, is not clearly articulated in a readily accessible manner.  Neither the Wisconsin Statutes nor…