Part 1 (2003/043): Original Collection, 1992
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, 1992. Files are un-foldered.

Correspondence, 1992

Part 2 (2003/137): Additions, 1983-1991, 1993
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, 1993, includes revocation of teacher license cases, expulsion hearings and special education. Field Inquires, 1983-1991, consists of telephone logs of legal staff time. Included are citizen, field and professional telephone calls on diverse topics including readmission to school, suspensions, and concerns about school staff.

Correspondence, 1993

Field inquiries, 1983-1991

Part 3 (2005/028): Additions, 1993-1994
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, June 1993-May 1994, includes revocation of teacher license cases, appeals regarding student expulsions and cases where the Department or Superintendent was named as defendants. Other types of material include summons, stipulation and order and background checks. Subjects covered more extensively include the Milwaukee's Parental Choice Program and Charter Schools.

Correspondence, 1993 June-1994 May

Summons, stipulation and order, background checks, etc.

Part 4 (2006/034): Additions, 1994-1995
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, June 1994-May 1995, includes revocation of teacher license cases, appeals regarding student expulsions, discrimination complaints, especially from people with disabilities.

Correspondence, 1994 June-1995 May

Part 5 (2007/032): Additions, 1986-1988, 1996
Physical Description: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, 1996. Also includes a phone log, 1986-1988, which contains an overview of the legal issues brought to the department at that time.

Correspondence, 1996 January-May

Correspondence, 1996 June-July

Phone log, 1986-1988

Part 6 (2008/024): Additions, 1990-1996
Physical Description: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Papers, 1990-1996, of Robert J. Paul, chief legal counsel of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), primarily concerning the school choice issue. Included are court documents concerning Davis v. Grover and other choice cases, the drafting of related administrative rules, and files on legal aspects of implementing and monitoring school choice. Of note are the files on the complaints concerning the Milwaukee Preparatory Academy and the evaluation of the choice program conducted by John Witte.
Access Restrictions: Although the overall series is restricted, the only potentially confidential information in this accession might be the names of students at the Milwaukee Preparatory Academy.

General, 1992-1994

DPI handouts

Davis v. Grover

Correspondence

Exhibits

Interrogatories

Pleadings

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Grover v. Tommy G. Thompson

Implementation, 1990

Litigation, miscellaneous

Milwaukee Preparatory Academy complaint and investigation, 1995

Milwaukee Teachers v. Benson

Participation requests, 1995-1996

Press clippings

Religious schools directory

Rules

Supporters

Torres case translations

Underwood, Julie, forms

Witte, John, and Choice evaluation data, 1966

Part 7 (2008/126): Additions, 1992-1998
Physical Description: 2.0 cubic feet (2 records center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Department of Public Instruction legal correspondence and case information, 1992-1998. Correspondence, filed chronologically, and telephone logs document the types of legal questions the Department received. Case material is primarily related to the Racine Education Association Youth Fair Chance program, cases brought before the Claims Board, and Section 893 claims. The Youth Fair Chance case is well documented and includes affidavits, appeals, case exhibits, and correspondence.

Correspondence

1996 August-December

1997 January-September

Phone logs

1996-1997

1997-1998

Cases

Mertz, Creek SD v. Johnson

Norback, Diane v. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents

Racine Education Association (REA) v. Racine Unified School District (RUSD), Assistant Principal Certification

Schulz v. Benson

Claims Board

Prasse, Carol

Schram, Todd and Sue

893 Claims

Bednarski, Wally and Dawn

Gaulke, Don and Pam

Hayne, Lonnie

Jones, Julie and John E., and Deborah Jones

Webb, Ted Aaron, and Linda J. Graham

Youth Fair Chance

RUSD correspondence

Rulings/letters

REA correspondence

REA petition/amended petition

Exhibits to petition

Exhibits submitted by RUSD

Work Product exhibits

RUSD exhibits

Youth Fair Chance Petition (Exhibit 1-37)

Youth Fair Chance Petition (Exhibit 38-65)

Part 8 (2009/041): Additions, 1994-1998
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Legal correspondence from the Department of Public Instruction, 1994-1998, filed chronologically. Included within these files are legal documents, decisions regarding school expulsions and the revocation of teacher's licenses. Letters include those written in response to constituents and letters to legal counsel. Legal subjects of note include legal discussion of Milwaukee's School Choice program and harassment in schools.

Legal correspondence from the Department of Public Instruction, 1994-1998

Part 9 (2010/002): Additions, 1970-1992
Physical Description: 7.0 cubic feet (7 records center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Legal correspondence and case information, 1970-1992, organized chronologically and there under by the attorney's name. There are orders, appeals, correspondence about various legal matters in school districts, hearing notices and opinions on legislation, decisions regarding school expulsions, legal briefs and reports. Some case material includes Wisconsin court cases in which the State Superintendent was named as a defendant. Topics covered include exceptional education, teacher license cases, disciplinary actions, transportation, prayer and religion in schools, Milwaukee's Parental Choice Program and child abuse and neglect.

Ashwill, Max, Legal Counsel, 1970-1978

Brauer, Daut and Pieroni, Assistants to Counsel, 1971-1978

Dunne, Raymond, Assistant Legal Counsel, 1978

Fraser, Assistant Legal Counsel, 1977-1978

Ashwill, Max, 1979

Dunne, Raymond, 1979-1980

Ashwill, Max, 1980

Fraser, Mary, 1980

Ashwill, Max, 1981

Dunne, Raymond, 1981

Fraser, Mary, Legal Counsel, 1981

Office of Legal Services assigned numbers, 1982-1988

Ashwill, Max, 1982

Dunne, Raymond, 1982

Keppler, Jennifer, Legal Assistant, 1982-1983

Mussallem, Robert, Chief Legal Counsel, 1983

Dunne, Raymond W., 1983

Fraser, Mary, 1982

Mussallem, Robert, 1984

Milke, Judi, Acting Chief Legal Council, 1985

Haas, Teel, Hearing Examiner, 1984-1985

Milke, Judi, 1984

Mussallem, Robert, 1984

Mussallem, Robert, 1984 (continued)

Fisher, Jennifer, 1984

Mussallem, Robert, 1985

Haas, Teel, Hearing Examiner, 1984-1985

Milke, Judi, 1985

Haas, Teel, 1986

Briggs, Norma, Assistant Legal Council, 1985-1986

Hartwig, Anne, Assistant Legal Council, 1986

Milke, Judi, 1986

Haas, Teel, 1987

Grant, Peter R., Assistant Legal Council, 1987

Wichmann, Peggy, Assistant Legal Council, 1987

Correspondence

1988

1989

1990

Ellefson, Sheila C., Attorney, 1990

Haas, Teel, 1990

Possin, Paula R., 1990-1991

Underwood, Julie K., Attorney, 1990

Wichmann, Peggy, Attorney, 1990

Paul, Robert J., Chief Legal Council, 1991

Ellefson, Sheila C., 1991

Correspondence

1991 July-November

1992 January

Part 10 (2010/037): Additions, 1973-1999
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, 1973-1999, from the Department's legal office. Topics include bullying, plagiarism, complaints, Head Start, and expulsion. Also includes a survey of district's expulsion policies.

Correspondence from legal office, 1973-1999

Survey of districts' expulsion policies

Part 11 (2010/133): Additions, 1976-1998
Physical Description: 2.0 cubic feet (2 records center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Records, 1976-1998, of the Department of Public Instruction's Office for Legal Services. Included are records on special education funding, primarily consisting of studies and reports, and correspondence and other records on categorical aid. Also included are records of Chief Legal Counsel Robert Paul, related to the case of Dieckhoff v. Severson which involved an allegedly improperly conducted referendum on the Juda and Brodhead school districts. There are also records on the controversial evaluations of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program by University of Wisconsin and Harvard professors, including open records requests and correspondence.

Special education funding

1979-1995

Funding resolution letters, 1988-1989

Categorical aid, 1991-1998

"Handicapped education," 1980-1994

School finance/special education finance, 1990-1995

Equity

A Description of State Funding Procedures for Special Education in the Public Schools, Forum, 1982 July

Eagleton Institute for Politics study, 1977 March

Financial aids/incentives

Delivery system, 1987

"Report on handicapped education financing," Department of Public Instruction, 1980-1981

Representative Flintrop situation, 1977-1978

Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) financial claim, 1986

Illinois study, 1994

Categorical aids, 1984-1994

Reports, 1976-1998

Robert Paul, Chief Legal Counsel

Special education, Madison Metropolitan School District, Don and Laurie Lusk, 1992-1993

Controlled correspondence, 1992-1994

In-service, law library, 1986-1987

Goals Committee, 1992-1993

Information technology liaisons meetings, 1993-1994

State and University Employees Combined Campaign (SECC), 1993

State-wide legal support staff group, 1992

Dieckhoff, et al. v. Severson, et al., case number 88-C-906-S, 1988

United States District Court pleadings

Working file

United States Court of Appeals

Correspondence

Paul Peterson, Harvard University, and John Witte, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, 1992-1997

Critiques

Peterson, abstract

Peterson testimony, Jackson v. Benson, 1996 August

Peterson study, Witte reply

Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council

1995

Open records, Peterson

Open records, conference

Mitchell, George, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, report

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel records request

Mitchell, George, records requests

Part 12 (2018/122): Additions, 1993-2005
Physical Description: 7.4 cubic feet (7 records center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, 1993-2005, includes special education hearings and general correspondence. Records also contain materials relating to School Choice Programs.

School Choice Programs

Aggregate

Assurances, Let's Make a Deal

Assurances, non-consolidates

1995-1996

1996-1997

1997-1998

1998

1998-1999

1999-2000

2000-2001

2001-2002

Chrono and orders

Continued eligibility

Davis v. Grover-Steingass briefs

Exito overpayment

Exito

Income verify

Lab audit, 1995

Medgar Evers

Milwaukee Prep, 1996

Milwaukee Public School AID, 1996

Payment calculations

Power to the People

Press

Press (continued)

"Put. School" 2000

Put. School 4 kinds

Regulating Choice

Religion

AGAPE, 2001

Information packets

Double counted kids

Marquette and Fuller-Pave

Parents checks

Rethinking schools accountability, 1999

Rules, cost, 1996-1997

Special education

Woodson Levy, 1997

Speech

STIP

Summer school, 1999

Vouchers, internet

Vouchers, media merits

Wilcox

Witte no. 1-5

Woodson

Correspondence

1999 January-December

2000 January-December

2001 January-May

In the matter of the Redmen: Hand v. Milton School District

Logos general

Logo law notes

Logo - Milton Indian

Correspondence

Change statistics, remove logo jurisdiction

Logo information

Press

Logo Rock County suit

Mail control, Tony and Libby 2002

Open records direct instruction ASSN

Phone message books, 1998 August 6-1997 September 7

Phone message books, 1999 August 8-2001 March 30

Phone message pad copies

Reading First correspondence

Robert J. Paul

Mail control, 2000-2001

Miscellaneous correspondence, 2001

Correspondence, 2001-2003

State superintendent mail control, 2000

Tony Evers chrono files, 2001 July, September

Court files

State of Wisconsin v. Terry Juracich-Monroe County, case no. 93-CF-9

Wisconsin Council of the Blind Inc., v. John Bensen, case no. 97-CV-2436

Fidellis Omegbu and Walter Chesser v. John Norquist, case no. 98-C-554

School District of Bonduel v. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Elizabeth Burmaster and Tammy Kelly and Toby Kelly, case no. 03-CV-270

Alexandra Schaefer, Thomas and Amy Schaefer v. State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster, case no. 03-CV-472

Noah Weber, Jerry and Katherine Weber v. Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster, case no. 03-CV-476

James P. Martin and Kathleen M. Martin v. Elizabeth Burmaster and School District of Williams Bay, case no. 03-CV-772

John Doe, James Doe and Jane Doe v. DPI and Elizabeth Burmaster, Hartland-Lakeside Joint School District, case no. 03-CV-892

James Doe and Jane Doe v. Elizabeth Burmaster and DPI, case no. 03-CV-2217

S.K. on behalf of minor son A.B.K v. Elizabeth Burmaster and Board of Education of Madison Metropolitan School District Dane County, case no. 03-CV-2959

J.S. and W.S on behalf of minor son G.S. v. Elizabeth Burmaster, case no. 03-CV-2345

Farzand Saiyed (Ali Raxa Saiyed) v. William Andekopoulos, case no. 03-CV-8438

State of Wisconsin ex rel. Jack Molter v. DPI, case no. 04-CV-43

State of Wisconsin ex rel. Vincent Ranallo v. DPI, case no. 04-CV-44

Maurice L. Harshaw v. Milwaukee Public Schools, case no. 04-CV-3864

Harcourt Assessment Inc., v. Department of Administration, case no. 04-CV-4052

School District of Colby v. DPI and Terecia Wallace, case no. 05-CV-151

School District of Colby v. DPI and Lynna Giese, case no. 05-CV-159

School District of Colby v. DPI and Lynna Giese, case no. 05-CV-160

Laura Fischer-Toerpe v. West Allis School District, case no. 04-EX22

Ted Fischer-Toerpe, parent of L.T. v. Elizabeth Burmaster and School District of West Allis, case no. 05-CV-645

School District of Colby v. DPI and Don and Cindy Hardt, case no. 05-CV-742

Children in Crisis Inc. v. Superintendent of Public Instruction, case no. 05-CV-1716

Karah Knox and Medgar Evers Christian Academy v. Elizabeth Burmaster, case no. 05-CV-5430

Madison Metropolitan School District v. Elizabeth Burmaster, case no. 04-CV-3568

Bankruptcy filing of Mary L. Brown, Academic Solutions Center for Learning, case no. 05-28235-sck

Chapter 128 Filing of OIC-GM, Notice of Claim

Extras, J.S. and W.S.