{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-115.977","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 115.977","heading":"Contracting; continued eligibility.","body":"(2) A school district may establish bilingual-bicultural education programs by contracting with other school districts or with a cooperative educational service agency. If 10 or more pupils in kindergarten to grade 3, 20 or more in grades 4 to 8 or 20 or more in a high school program are enrolled in a program under a contract pursuant to this subsection, the school district offering the program is eligible for reimbursement under s. 115.995.\n(3) The school board shall give any limited-English proficient pupil who has begun a bilingual-bicultural education program in the 3rd grade the opportunity to continue his or her bilingual-bicultural education program in the 4th grade regardless of the number of limited-English proficient pupils in grades 4 to 8. However, if there are not a sufficient number of limited-English proficient pupils in grades 4 to 8 to require a bilingual-bicultural education program under sub. (2), the school board may offer such pupil the opportunity to continue a bilingual-bicultural education program with a program established for limited-English proficient pupils in kindergarten to grade 3. A 4th grade pupil so enrolled may be counted for purposes of determining if there are a sufficient number of pupils for a kindergarten to grade 3 bilingual-bicultural education program.","path":["Chs. 115-121, Public Instruction","Chapter 115 State Superintendent; General Classifications And Definitions; Children With Disabilities","SUBCHAPTER VII BILINGUAL-BICULTURAL EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/115.977","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:00:51Z","sha256":"76f3bbe06e2f24e84bf34203dc14499e63f77f286927ba14459f85c41f14cd47","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-115.97","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-115.98"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}