Wisconsin Code § 118.145

Admission to high school
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(1) The school
board of a district operating high school grades shall determine
the minimum standards for admission to high school.
(2) A certificate or diploma or other written evidence issued
by a school board showing that the pupil has completed the
course of study in the elementary grades of the school district in
which the pupil resides shall entitle the pupil to admission to high
school. Such certificate or diploma or a certified copy thereof or
a certified copy of a list of graduates shall be filed with the school
district clerk of the school district operating the high school.
(3) If the superintendent of a private school or of a tribal
school files with the department the course of study for elementary grades prescribed by such school and if such course of study
is substantially equivalent to the course of study prepared for elementary grades by the department, a certificate or diploma or
other written evidence issued by the superintendent of the private
school or tribal school showing that the pupil has completed such
course of study shall entitle the pupil to admission to a public
high school. The certificate or diploma or a certified copy
thereof or a certified copy of a list of graduates shall be filed with
the school district clerk of the school district operating the high
school.
(4) The school board of a school district operating high
school grades shall allow a pupil enrolled in a private school or a
pupil enrolled in a tribal school, who has met the standards for
admission to high school under sub. (1), to take up to 2 courses
during each school semester if the pupil resides in the school dis-

trict in which the public school is located and if the school board
determines that there is sufficient space in the classroom.

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