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See What Resolutions Boards are Adopting
See what resolutions Wisconsin school boards have adopted on legislative issues. We invite boards to use the resolutions posted here as samples to help guide your board’s advocacy efforts. If your board has adopted a board resolution on a legislative topic, please share it with us so we can post it as an inspiration to other boards to adopt similar resolutions and share them with their lawmakers.
Together, we are stronger for sharing our resources and uniting our voices.
Sample Resolutions and Letters
Sample Resolutions for Requesting State Law Requirement Waivers
The DPI has authority under secton 118.38 of the state statutes to grant waivers to school districts from requirements in chapters 115 to 121 of the state statutes. WASB sample resolutions relating to requests for waivers of school district requirements under section 118.38 (such as a waiver of minimum hours of direct instruction) are provided here below. A school board may be able to use one of these samples to help organize and document the board’s approval of any waiver requests. Please note that DPI offers a simplified online waiver submission process for certain waiver requests.
• Sample 1 — MS Word version; PDF version (shorter sample with less background detail; last revised on 3/26/2020)
• Sample 2 — MS Word version; PDF version (longer sample with more background detail about the public health emergency that is the reason behind the waiver requests; last revised 3/26/2020)
School boards are reminded that they will need to hold a public hearing, as per state law (section 118.38(1)(b) of the state statutes) and document the date of the public hearing to receive a waiver from any state law requirement. The public hearing can be virtual or by teleconference. The DPI guidance related to public hearings for requesting waivers reminds districts to remain attentive to Open Meetings Law concerns, as further covered in guidance issued by the Wisconsin Department of Justice (see DOJ’s March 16 advisory and a related supplement issued on March 21).
District Resolutions
2019-21 State Budget
Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding
COVID-19 Response
- Alma Center-Humbird-Merrillan Letter To Legislators
- Black River Falls Letter To Legislators
- Cambria Friesland Letter To Legislators
- Cedar Grove Belgium Letter To Legislators
- Elmbrook Letter To Legislators
- Eau Claire Letter To Legislators
- Green Bay Letter To Legislators
- Holmen Resolution
- Hortonville Letter To Legislators
- Monona Grove Resolution
- Monona Grove ResolutionÂ
- Sun Prairie Resolution
- Superior Resolution
- Wauwatosa Letter To Legislators
- Wauwatosa Resolution
Early College Credit Program
Fair Funding
February Special Session Education Funding
Four-Year-Old Kindergarten Funding
2019-20
Governor's Funding Plan
Teaching Hmong History and Culture
I Love My Public Schools Week
K-12 Collaboration
Lead in Drinking Water
Native American Mascots
Non-Discrimination/Immigration Status
Mental Health Funding
Preserving Common School Fund/Library Aid
Racial Injustice
Referendum Restrictions
School-Based Mental Health and Trauma-Informed Care
School Start Date
- Abbotsford Resolution
- Antigo Resolution
- Auburndale Resolution
- Baldwin-Woodville Letter
- Brown Deer Resolution
- Central/Westosha UHS Resolution
- Colby Resolution
- Durand-Arkansaw Letter
- Eau Claire Area Resolution
- Edgar Resolution
- Flambeau Resolution
- Fort Atkinson Resolution
- Jefferson Resolution
- Lodi Resolution
- Marathon City Resolution
- Menomonie Area Resolution
- Monona Grove Resolution
- Mount Horeb Letter
- North Fond du Lac Resolution
- Northland Pines Resolution and other materials
- Oregon Resolution
- Prentice Resolution
- Port Edwards Resolution
- Rhinelander Resolution
- Rib Lake Resolution
- River Falls Resolution
- Stratford Resolution
- Stoughton Letter
- Three Lakes Resolution
- Tomahawk Resolution
- Verona Resolution
- Waterloo Resolution
- Wausau Resolution
- Wautoma Resolution
- Westby Resolution
School Safety
Special Education Funding
2019-20
- Alma Resolution
- Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine Resolution
- Cadott Resolution
- Drummond Resolution
- Greenfield Resolution
- Ithaca Resolution
- LaCrosse Resolution
- LaFarge Resolution
- Pecatonica Resolution
- Superior Resolution
- Thorp Resolution
- Wausau Resolution
- Wauwatosa Resolution
2017-18
- Adams-Friendship Area Resolution
- Cambridge Letter and Resolution
- Eau Claire Resolution
- Hartland Lakeside Resolution
- Hillsboro Resolution
- Kenosha Unified Resolution
- Kettle Moraine Resolution
- Mellen Resolution
- Monticello Resolution
- Niagara Resolution
- Northland Pines Resolution
- Oak Creek-Franklin Resolution
- Pepin Area Resolution
- Pewaukee Letters And Resolution
- Portage Community Resolution
- Plum City Resolution
- River Valley Resolution
- Royall Resolutionl
- Shorewood Letter And Resolution
- Southern Door Resolution
- Sun Prairie Resolution
- West Allis-West Milwaukee Resolution
- Whitefish Bay Letter
Support for the Hmong Community
Vaping and T-21
Weapons Possession in Schools
Voucher Transparency
2019-20
2017-18
- Appleton Resolution
- Eau Claire Area Resolution
- Green Bay Resolution
- Holmen Resolution
- Janesville Resolution
- Merrill Resolution
- Oshkosh Resolution
- Rhinelander Resolution
- South Milwaukee Resolution
- Sparta Resolution
- Spooner Resolution
- Stevens Point Resolution
- Stoughton Resolution
- Sun Prairie Resolution
- Wausau Resolution
- Wauwatosa Resolution

Board Members' Testimony to Joint Finance Committee
Community Letters
- Athens Area Development Corp.
- Baldwin-Woodville Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau
- Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce
- Florence County Chamber of Commerce Letter
- Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce
- City of Independence
- Marathon Area Business Association
- Merrill Area Chamber of Commerce
- Prescott Area Chamber of Commerce
- Rice Lake Area Chamber of Commerce
- Three Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Tomah Area Chamber of Commerce and Tomah Convention & Visitor’s Bureau
- Tomahawk Regional Chamber of Commerce