Wisconsin. Department of Regulation and Licensing: Legislative Files, 1975-1993

Contents List

Container Title
Series 2560
Part 1 (Series 2560): Original Collection, 1959-1990
Physical Description: 30.0 c.f. (30 record center cartons) 
Note: See Appendix 2 for the Index to Part 1.
Access Restrictions: Some files in the original collection are restricted. Refer to the notes column of Appendix 2.
1999/032
Part 2 (1999/032): Additions, 1969-1992
Physical Description: 3.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons) 
Note: See Appendix 3 for the Index to Part 2.
Scope and Content Note: Inactive court cases, 1969-1992.
2001/117
Part 3 (2001/117): Additions, 1990-1991
Physical Description: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Documentation for the case of Lonzetta Davis, and others vs. Herbert Grover, and others, through its Circuit Court, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court phases, 1990-1991. The case concerned the constitutionality of school choice in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.
Case 90-CV-2576: Circuit Court Phase
Box   1
Folder   1-2
Briefs and Responses, 1990
Box   1
Folder   3
Decision and Order, 1990
Box   1
Folder   4
Documentation, 1990
Case 90-1807-LV: Court of Appeals Phase
Box   1
Folder   5
Briefs and Motions, 1990
Box   1
Folder   6
Documentation, 1990-1991
Box   1
Folder   7
Notice of Appeal, 1990
Case 90-1807: Wisconsin Supreme Court Phase
Box   1
Folder   8
Amicus Briefs and Motions, 1991
Box   2
Folder   1-2
Briefs and Motions, 1991
Box   2
Folder   3
Documentation, 1991
Box   2
Folder   4
Petitions for Review, 1990-1991
2002/073
Part 4 (2002/073): Additions, 1976-1991
Physical Description: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Various cases, 1976-1991, involving the Department of Public Instruction. There are two employment related cases: Bufkin v. Milwaukee Public Schools and Carlson v. Holmen School District (ERD Case 8802272). Two cases relate to Milwaukee School Choice: Two school choice cases: Chaney v. Grover (90-1200-OA), David v. Grover (90-CV-2576 and 90-1807. There is also a migrant education complaint, and a case (Rattan v. Board of Regents) related to in-state tuition.
2003/039
Part 5 (2003/039): Additions, 1992
Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: 1992 expulsion appeals to the superintendent.
Access Restrictions: This accession is restricted.
2003/040
Part 6 (2003/040): Additions, 1991-1992
Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Documentation for the Davis v. Grover school choice case, 1991-1992.
2004/028
Part 7 (2004/028): Additions, 1987-1993
Physical Description: 4.6 c.f. (4 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) and 1 videorecording 
Scope and Content Note: Documentation for the State of Wisconsin vs. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, In the Matter of the Eligibility of Messmer High School for the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, 1992-1993 (Box 1, 5, and 6 and the videotape); U.S. District Court case of School District of Kettle Moraine vs. DPI and the parents of S.S. and the case of the State before DPI re: S.S. vs. Kettle Moraine School District, 1989 (Box 2, restricted); and revocations of teaching licenses, 1987-1992 (Box 3-4, filed alphabetically).
Access Restrictions: Box 2 of this accession is restricted.
Messmer High School Choice Proceedings
Video   1
“Messmer: The Road Less Traveled”
Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette 
Box   1
Folder   1-4
Supplemental record
Box   1
Folder   5-11
Hearing exhibits
Box   1
Folder   12
Proposed decision
Box   1
Folder   13
Brief in chief
Box   1
Folder   14
De Rance Inc. tax sheets
Box   1
Folder   15
Inner city
Box   1
Folder   16
Proposed articles for exhibit and clippings
Box   1
Folder   17
Labels
Legal counsel papers
Box   1
Folder   18
Paul, Robert J.
Box   1
Folder   19
Grogan, Thomas R.
Box   5
Folder   1
Background information
Briefs
Box   5
Folder   2
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Box   5
Folder   3
Americans United
Box   5
Folder   4
Department of Public Instruction, 1993
Box   5
Folder   5
Messmer
Box   5
Folder   6
Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC)
Box   5
Folder   7
Chronology, 1988-1992
Box   5
Folder   8
Clippings
Box   5
Folder   9-10
Correspondence and notes
Box   5
Folder   11
De Rance Inc., 1992
Box   5
Folder   12
Fact finding report, 1992
Box   5
Folder   13
Exhibit lists
Box   5
Folder   14
Exhibit 59
Box   6
Folder   1
Final stipulation on facts, 1993
Box   6
Folder   2
Grogan, Thomas, 1993
Box   6
Folder   3
Notes, hearing, and miscellaneous
Box   6
Folder   4
Post-hearing stipulation
Box   6
Folder   5
Brother Bob Smith notes and appeal
Box   6
Folder   6
Affidavit, Earl Knitt
Box   2
Folder   1-2
School District of Kettle Moraine v. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the Parents of S.S./S.S. v. Kettle Moraine School District
Access Restrictions: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Teaching license revocations
Box   2
Folder   3
Bowersox, Larry E.
Access Restrictions: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Box   2
Folder   4-5
Buker, Thomas A. reinstatement record
Access Restrictions: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Box   2
Folder   6
Bulthaus, Robert L.
Access Restrictions: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Box   3
Folder   1
Christopherson, Terry, 1987 December 22
Box   3
Folder   2
Davis, John E.
Box   3
Folder   3
Kennedy, James M.
Transcripts
Box   3
Folder   4-5
1993 June 16
Box   3
Folder   6
1993 July 22
Exhibits
Box   3
Folder   7
Department
Box   3
Folder   8
Kennedy
Box   3
Folder   9-10
Kubus, Thomas Joseph, 1987 November 2
Heft, Michael J.
Box   3
Folder   11
Revocation, 1987 May 20
Box   3
Folder   12
Reinstatement, 1987 May 22
Box   4
Folder   1
La Roque, Lloyd L.
Box   4
Folder   2
Pemrich, Gorden V.
Box   4
Folder   3-4
Sieber, Lynette R.
Box   4
Folder   5
Stedman, John V.
Box   4
Folder   6
Vanderhoof, John H.
2005/024
Part 8 (2005/024, Audio 1559A/14-33): Additions, 1971-1995
Physical Description: 3.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 4 archives boxes) and 20 audio recordings 
Scope and Content Note: Legal files, primarily 1992-1995, concerning cases of DPI employees brought before the Personnel Commission, other discrimination complaints, teacher license revocations, and school expulsion appeal cases reviewed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Of these cases, only Kukor v. Grover (Boxes 1 and 2, folder 1), which concerned Milwaukee school funding, is unrestricted. Several of the expulsion cases include sound recordings of the local school district expulsion hearing; these recordings are also restricted.
Access Restrictions: Boxes 2-6 of this accession are restricted. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Kukor v. Grover
Box   1
Folder   1
DPI Critique
Box   1
Folder   2
Circuit Court complaint
Box   1
Folder   3
Circuit Court transcript
Box   1
Folder   4
Circuit Court transcripts, 1985
Box   1
Folder   5
Decision
Box   1
Folder   6-7
Circuit Court
Box   1
Folder   8
Court of Appeals
Box   1
Folder   9
Supreme Court
Box   2
Folder   1
Kukor
Complaints and license renewal cases
Access Restrictions: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Box   2
Folder   2
Anderson, Alvin, license, 1971
Box   2
Folder   3
Anderson, Donald, license, 1977
Box   3
Folder   1
Beam, John, license, 1993
Box   3
Folder   2
Anderson, Charles
Box   3
Folder   3
Berg, James A., license, 1993
Box   3
Folder   4
Bowen, Susan (Hibbard), license, 1994
Box   3
Folder   5
Buker, Thomas, 1993
Box   3
Folder   6
Bulthaus, Robert C., 1992
Box   3
Folder   7
Burojevich, Aleksandar, license renewal; working file, 1993
Box   3
Folder   8
Epstein, Jerry Lu, license, 1994
Box   3
Folder   9
Jeske, Robert, license, 1995
Box   3
Folder   10
Juracich, Maureen, license, 1994
Box   3
Folder   11
Kennedy, James M., 1993
Box   3
Folder   12
Kloes, James, 1992
Box   3
Folder   13
Kubus, T. Joseph v. Grover, license 1992, Dane Co. Cir. Ct. Br. 2, 92-CV 3850
Box   3
Folder   14
Moe, John, reinstate, 1995
Box   3
Folder   15
Olson, James S., license, 1993
Box   3
Folder   16
Spicker, William
Susan Fredlund case
Box   3
Folder   17
Fredlund, Susan
Box   3
Folder   18
Fredlund, Susan, workplace accommodation, 1993
Box   3
Folder   19
Experts/medical
Box   3
Folder   20-22
Fredlund v. Wisconsin DPI EEOC 26H930058
Box   3
Folder   23
Fredlund v. DPI and DOA 93-0043-PC-ER
Box   3
Folder   24
Knodson
Box   3
Folder   25
Moering, Randall - ER complaint, School for the Deaf, 1990
Box   3
Folder   26
Moering v. DPI 87-0151-PC-ER
Box   3
Folder   27
Moering DUR
Rowe, Betty J. case, 1992
Box   3
Folder   28
Rowe, Betty J., Personnel Commission, 92-0829-PC
Box   3
Folder   29
Rowe case correspondence
Box   3
Folder   30
Rowe BCPN Changes miscellaneous
Box   4
Folder   1
Rowe case depositions
Box   4
Folder   2
Schmid, Chard, personnel, visually handicapped
Box   4
Folder   3
Miscellaneous
Expulsion appeals
Access Restrictions

See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Arranged by date then alphabetically by student name; due to FERPA restrictions, names have been omitted from this list and only the school district involved in the expulsion is listed.

Box   4
Folder   4
Miscellaneous expulsion correspondence
Box   5
Folder   1
1985, Tri-County Area School District
1993
Box   5
Folder   2
Kenosha Unified School District
Box   5
Folder   3
Milwaukee School District
Box   5
Folder   4
Janesville School District
1559A/14
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: Cassette tape 
2005/024
Box   5
Folder   5
Desoto Area School District
1559A/15-16
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: 2 cassette tapes 
2005/024
Box   5
Folder   6
Oconomowoc School District
Box   5
Folder   7
Hudson School District
Box   5
Folder   8
Maple School District
1559A/17-18
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: 2 cassette tapes 
2005/024
Box   5
Folder   9-10
Madison Metropolitan School District
Box   5
Folder   11
Central/Westosha UHS
Box   5
Folder   12
Clinton Community School District
Box   5
Folder   13
Menomonee Falls School District
Box   5
Folder   14
Westfield School District
Box   5
Folder   15
Maple School District
1559A/19
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: Cassette tape 
2005/024
Box   5
Folder   16
West Allis-West Milwaukee School District
1559A/20
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: Cassette tape 
2005/024
Box   5
Folder   17
Tomah Area School District
1559A/21-22
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: 2 cassette tapes 
2005/024
Box   5
Folder   18
Kenosha School District
Box   5
Folder   19
Kenosha School District
Box   5
Folder   20
Kenosha School District
1994
Box   5
Folder   21
Randolph School District
1559A/23-24
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: 2 cassette tapes 
2005/024
Box   5
Folder   22
Antigo School District
Box   5
Folder   23
Singler School District
Box   5
Folder   24
New London School District
Box   5
Folder   25
Clinton Community School District
Box   5
Folder   26
Janesville School District
Box   5
Folder   27
Manitowoc Public School District
Box   5
Folder   28
Waukesha School Disctrict
Box   5
Folder   29
Baraboo School District
1559A/25-26
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: 2 cassette tapes 
2005/024
Box   5
Folder   30
Boyceville School District
1559A/27-29
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: 3 cassette tapes 
2005/024
Box   5
Folder   31
Florence School District
Box   5
Folder   32
Marinette School District
Box   5
Folder   33
Slinger Middle School
Box   5
Folder   34
Waukesha School District
1559A/30
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: Cassette tape 
2005/024
Box   5
Folder   35
Crandon School District
1559A/31
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: Cassette tape 
2005/024
Box   6
Folder   1
Germantown School District
Box   6
Folder   2
Lakeland Union High School
1559A/32
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: Cassette tape 
2005/024
Box   6
Folder   3
Howard-Suamico School District
1559A/33
Audio recording of hearing
Physical Description: Cassette tape 
2005/024
Box   6
Folder   4-5
Kenosha School District
2005/118
Part 9 (2005/118, Audio 1559A/34-43): Additions, 1992-1995
Physical Description: 1.4 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box), 10 audio recordings, and 1 videorecording 
Scope and Content Note: Three case files concerning DPI, 1992-1994: a wrongful death suit brought by the parents of a student at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf who died as a result of an accidental injury; a sexual harassment suit brought against Roger Price, a teacher at the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped; and the teaching license revocation case of Reginald Phillips. The A.Z. case includes Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) dating from the years when he was a student in Madison public schools. Also included are 1994-1995 school expulsion case files. The accession also includes sound recordings of 4 hearings (EX 2-4 and 8) and a videorecording of the EX 8 hearing; these recordings are also restricted.
Access Restrictions: This entire accession is restricted. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Wisconsin School for the Deaf
Access Restrictions: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Box   1
Folder   1
Audiology information
Box   1
Folder   2
Legal documents
Box   1
Folder   3
Legal correspondence
Box   1
Folder   4
Individualized Education Programs (IEP)
Box   1
Folder   5
Progress reports
Box   1
Folder   6
Management program summaries
Box   1
Folder   7
Medical information
Box   1
Folder   8
Wisconsin School for the Deaf material
Price
Access Restrictions: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Box   1
Folder   9
Affidavits
Box   1
Folder   10
Legal correspondence
Box   1
Folder   11-12
Chronological file
Box   1
Folder   13
Notes
Box   1
Folder   14
Miscellaneous
Phillips
Access Restrictions: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Box   1
Folder   15-16
Court documents
Box   1
Folder   17
Exhibits
Box   1
Folder   18-22
In regard to the license of Reginald D. Phillips, respondent, hearing before Robert A. Ramsdell, 1992
Expulsion case files, 1994-1995
Access Restrictions: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Box   2
Folder   1
EX-1, Tri County Area School District
Box   2
Folder   2
EX-2, Tri County Area School District
1559A/34-35
Audio recording of hearing
2005/118
Box   2
Folder   3
EX-3, West Allis-West Milwaukee School District
1559A/36-37
Audio recording of hearing
2005/118
Box   2
Folder   4
EX-4, Riverdale School District
1559A/38-40
Audio recording of hearing
2005/118
Box   2
Folder   5
EX-5, Random Lake School District
Box   2
Folder   6
EX-6, Winter School District
Box   2
Folder   7
EX-7, Madison Metropolitan School District
Box   2
Folder   8
EX-8, Tomah Area School District
1559A/41-43
Audio recording of hearing
2005/118
Video   1
Videorecording of hearing
Physical Description: 1 VHS video cassette 
Box   2
Folder   9
EX-9, Janesville School District
Box   2
Folder   10
EX-10, Milwaukee Public Schools
Box   2
Folder   11
EX-11, Wautoma Area School District
2006/030
Part 10 (2006/030): Additions, 1976-1995
Physical Description: 1.8 c.f. (1 record center carton and 2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Files, 1976-1995, including expulsion appeals [93X04, 94X19 and 1994/1995X13-23; Legal office studies of Milwaukee Chapter 2 funding and Equal Educational Opportunities (EEO) requirements; and departmental papers regarding Board of School Directors of the City of Milwaukee (MPS) v. Thompson, a case related to desegregation.
Access Restrictions: Box 1 of this accession is restricted. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Expulsion Case Files
Access Restrictions: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
93-EX-04 Madison
Box   1
Folder   1
Background
Box   1
Folder   2-4
Appeals Court
Box   1
Folder   5
Department of Public Instruction (DPI), hearing
Box   1
Folder   6
Circuit Court Case
Box   1
Folder   7
Transcript/district hearing
Box   1
Folder   8-9
94-EX-19
Box   1
Folder   10
94/95-EX-12 Florence County School District
Box   1
Folder   11
94/95-EX-13 Janesville School District
Box   1
Folder   12
94/95-EX-14 East Troy Community School District
Box   1
Folder   13
94/95-EX-15 East Troy Community School District
Box   1
Folder   14
94/95-EX-16 Elkhorn Area School District
Box   1
Folder   15
94/95-EX-17 Baraboo School District
Box   1
Folder   16
94/95-EX-18 Hartford Union High School (UHS) District
Box   1
Folder   17
94/95-EX-19 Lake Geneva J1 School District
Box   1
Folder   18
94/95-EX-20 Whitewater School District
Box   1
Folder   19
94/95-EX-21 Westfield School District
Box   1
Folder   20
94/95-EX-22 Marinette School District
Box   1
Folder   21
94/95-EX-23 (2nd Appeal), East Troy Community School District
Box   2
Folder   1-2
Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 2 (Milwaukee), 1984-1985
Box   2
Folder   3-4
Equal Educational Opportunities (EEO) study, 1976
Box   2
Folder   5
A Proposal for Funding - Title IV, Civil Rights Act, P.L. 88-352, Section 403
Box   3
Folder   1-2
Board of School Directors of the City of Milwaukee (MPS) v. Thompson (Desegregation Case)
Box   3
Folder   3
Discovery
Box   3
Folder   4
Settlement Proposal
Box   3
Folder   5
Decision
2006/131
Part 11 (2006/131, Audio 1559A/44-62): Additions, 1988-1996
Physical Description: 3.6 c.f. (3 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes), 19 audio recordings, and 1 videorecording. 
Scope and Content Note: Court cases closed, 1991-1996, and school expulsion cases closed, 1995-1996. The court cases concern employee grievances, transportation, and discrimination based on criminal records. Of particular interest among the administrative cases is Thompson v. Craney, et al. which tested the constitutionality of an appointed rather than an elected state head of public education. The Rodriquez case, which concerned discrimination based on a prior criminal record, includes 2 cassette tapes of testimony. The school expulsion cases are all restricted, as are the 17 cassette tapes and one video tape of district hearings.
Access Restrictions: Boxes 4 and 5 of this accession are restricted. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Inactive court cases
Box   1
Folder   1
Amann, Linda v. DPI, 88-0171-PC-ER, 1988-1991
Box   1
Folder   2
Balele, Pastori v. Whitburn, et al., 93-C-0520-C, 1993
Box   1
Folder   3
Chandler, Earl v. DPI, 94-0081-PC, 1994
Box   1
Folder   4
Enghagen, Bob v. DPI and DER, 95-0123-PC, 1995-1996
Box   2
Folder   11
Fish, Ody v. Thompson/Benson, 95-CV-2008, 1995
Box   1
Folder   5-6
Fredlund, Susan v. DPI, 95-C-0023-C, 960062892, 1995-1996
Box   1
Folder   7
Gittens, Joseph v. WEAC and WASB, 52070-MP-2980, 1994-1995
Box   1
Folder   8
Low, James v. Lakeland Union High School District, 93C-0071-S, 1993
Box   1
Folder   9
Madison Teachers v. Dreyfus, 93-CV-2479, 1993-1994
Box   1
Folder   10
Martine, Penny v. DPI, 94-0170-PC-ER, 1994-1996
Box   1
Folder   11
New Berlin School District v. DPI, 95-CV-2564, 1995
Box   1
Folder   12
Rodriguez, Ernesto v. CESA and DPI, 94-10828, 1992-1995
1559A/44-45
Audio recordings of testimony, 1994 May 25
2006/131
Box   1
Folder   13
Rowe, Betty v. DPI, 93-C-0392C, 1993
Box   1
Folder   14
Ryan, Ellen v. DPI, 1991-1994
Box   2
Folder   1
St. Francis Xavier v. Wheatland School District, 95-CV-806, 1995
Box   2
Folder   2
Taylor, William v. DMRS and DPI, 90-0279-PC, 1990-1991
Box   2
Folder   3-10
Thompson, Tommy v. Craney, et al., 95-2168-OA, 1995-1996
Box   3
Folder   1
Watton, Donald v. DPI, 91-SC-2228, 1991
Box   3
Folder   2-3
Wisdom, Duyonne v. DPI, 95-0111-PC-ER, 1995
Expulsion appeals
Access Restrictions: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Box   4
Folder   1
95/96 EX-1, Winter School District
1559A/46
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   4
Folder   2
95/96 EX-2, Fort Atkinson School District
1559A/47
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   4
Folder   3
95/96 EX-3, Janesville School District
Box   4
Folder   4
95/96 EX-4, Tri-County Area School District
1559A/48
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   4
Folder   5
95/96 EX-5, Eau Claire Area School District
1559A/49
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   4
Folder   6
95/96 EX-6, Waukesha School District
Box   4
Folder   7
95/96 EX-7, Northland Pines School District
1559A/50
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   5
Folder   1
95/96 EX-8, Hartland-Lakeside School District
Box   5
Folder   2
95/96 EX-9, Oak Creek-Franklin School District
Box   5
Folder   3
95/96 EX-11, Hartford UHS School District
1559A/51
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   5
Folder   4
95/96 EX-12, Cedarburg School District
Box   5
Folder   5
95/96 EX-13, Hartford UHS School District
1559A/52
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   5
Folder   6
95/96 EX-14, Hartford UHS School District
1559A/53
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   5
Folder   7
95/96 EX-15, Lake Geneva-Genoa City School District
1559A/54
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   5
Folder   8-9
95/96 EX-16, Germantown School District
Box   5
Folder   10
95/96 EX-17, Wausaukee School District
Box   5
Folder   11
95/96 EX-18, Menominee Indian School District
1559A/55
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   5
Folder   12
95/96 EX-19, Winter School District
1559A/56
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   5
Folder   13
95/96 EX-20, Northland Pines School District
1559A/57-58
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   5
Folder   14
95/96 EX-21, Menomonie Area School District
1559A/59
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   5
Folder   15
95/96 EX-22, Oak Creek-Franklin School District
Box   5
Folder   16
95/96 EX-24, Kewaunee School District
Box   5
Folder   17
95/96 EX-25, D.C. Everest School District
Box   5
Folder   18
95/96 EX-26, Racine Unified School District
1559A/60
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   5
Folder   19
95/96 EX-27, Necedah Area School District
1559A/61
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   5
Folder   20
95/96 EX-28, Mondovi School District
1559A/62
Audio recording of hearing
2006/131
Box   5
Folder   21
95/96 EX-29, Wisconsin Dells School District
Box   5
Folder   22
95/96 EX-30, Unity School District
Video   1
Videorecording of hearing
Physical Description: VHS video cassette 
2007/027
Part 12 (2007/027, Audio 1559A/1-13): Additions, 1995-1996
Physical Description: 1.2 c.f. (4 archives boxes) and 13 audio recordings 
Scope and Content Note: Inactive court cases closed, 1995-1996, some of which are confidential. Files on Munson v. Mosinee document complaints about a Native American school mascot. These records are open. The general case papers are in Box 1 and the departmental investigation is in Box 2.
Access Restrictions: Boxes 3 and 4 are appealed school expulsion cases; these records are restricted. The expulsion cases concern drug use, bringing weapons to school, sexual intercourse on school property, and general disobedience. Taped district hearings (also confidential) are included for cases 31, 35, 37, 39, and 41.
Barbara Munson v. School District of Mosinee
Box   1
Folder   1-2
General
Box   1
Folder   3
Newspaper clippings
Box   1
Folder   4
Appellant record
Box   1
Folder   5-6
School district record
Box   2
Folder   1-2
Department of Public Instruction investigation
Expulsion case files, by case number
Access Restrictions: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
Box   3
Folder   1
95/96 EX-31, Hustisford School District
1559A/12
Audio recording of hearing
2007/027
Box   3
Folder   2
95/96 EX-32, West Allis-West Milwaukee School District
Box   3
Folder   3
95/96 EX-33, Tri-County Area School District
Box   3
Folder   4
95/96 EX-34, Wilmot Union High School District
Box   3
Folder   5
95/96 EX-35, Menasha School District
1559A/11
Audio recording of hearing
2007/027
Box   3
Folder   6
95/96 EX-36, Janesville School District
Box   3
Folder   7
95/96 EX-37, Westby Area School District
1559A/8-10
Audio recording of hearing
2007/027
Box   3
Folder   8
95/96 EX-38, East Troy Community School District
Box   3
Folder   9
95/96 EX-39, Granton Area School District
1559A/13
Audio recording of hearing
2007/027
Box   3
Folder   10
95/96 EX-40, Deerfield Community School District
Box   4
Folder   1-3
95/96 EX-41, Lodi School District
1559A/1-7
Audio recording of hearing
2007/113
Part 13 (2007/113): Additions, undated
Physical Description: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous cases including an additional file for the previously received case of Pastori M.Balele and Lenzer v. DPI which traces the impact of automation on the job description of a program assistant in the Migrant Education Program.
2008/018
Part 14 (2008/018, Audio 1559A/63-66): Additions, 1993-1997
Physical Description: 1.2 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box) and 4 audio recordings 
Scope and Content Note: Cases decided, 1993-1997. Half the accession consists of amicus briefs and pleadings for Thompson v. Jackson, a case preliminary to the important Jackson v. Benson Milwaukee school choice decision. The remainder consists of alphabetically-arranged files concerning employees of the Department of Public Instruction. Of note is Micah Oriedo v. DPI, a racial discrimination case, and Paul Spraggins v. DPI, a classification case concerning a bureau director. There are two cassette tape recordings of oral arguments before the Wisconsin Supreme Court by Kenneth Starr and others for the Thompson v. Jackson case. The other two tapes are a WHA program about that decision.
Tommy G. Thompson v. Warner Jackson
Box   1
Folder   1-3
Amicus briefs
Box   1
Folder   4
Appendix
Box   1
Folder   5
Doyle
Box   1
Folder   6-7
Parents for Free Choice
Box   1
Folder   8
Pleadings
Box   1
Folder   9-10
Supreme Court
Box   1
Folder   11
Wisconsin appendix
Box   1
Folder   12
Jackson v. Benson
Audio recordings
Oral arguments before the Supreme Court, 1996 February 27
1559A/63
Starr, et al.
Physical Description: Cassette tape 
1559A/64
ACLU, et al.
Physical Description: Cassette tape 
1559A/65
Introductory and concluding programs to arguments before the Supreme Court, WHA radio, 1996 February 27
Physical Description: Cassette tape 
1559A/66
Kathleen Dunn's program following arguments before the Supreme Court, with Cynthia Marino and Mordecai Lee, WHA radio, 1996 February 27
Physical Description: Cassette tape 
2008/018
Box   1
Folder   13
Dropkin, David
Box   1
Folder   14
Harris, Carolyn
Box   1
Folder   15
Kanter, Raejean, 1994
Box   1
Folder   16
Martine, Thomas F.
Micah Oriedo v. Department of Public Instruction (DPI)
Box   1
Folder   17
Court of Appeals
Box   1
Folder   18
Depositions, 1997
Box   1
Folder   19
Discovery
Box   1
Folder   20
Exhibits (DPI)
Box   1
Folder   21-22
Interrogatories
Box   1
Folder   23-24
Personnel
Box   1
Folder   25
Pleadings
Box   1
Folder   26
Price, Roger
Box   2
Folder   1
Bob Skeway
Box   2
Folder   2
Library Services and Construction Act (LCSA) - Southwest Wisconsin Library System Application Appeal, 1993
Box   2
Folder   3-4
Spraggins, Paul
2009/038
Part 15 (2009/038): Additions, 1998
Physical Description: 2.4 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, briefs, amicus material, responses, and other material related to two court cases brought against the Department of Public Instruction, 1998. Wisconsin Supreme Court Case No. 97-0270, Warner Jackson v. John T. Benson (Milwaukee school choice) includes correspondence with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Milwaukee Teachers' Association, and the Milwaukee Jewish Council. There are also exhibits related to United States District Court Case No. 98-C-9856 C, Dale Iverson v. John T. Benson, concerning at-risk programming for a River Falls, Wisconsin student.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Case No. 97-0270, Warner Jackson v. John T. Benson
Box   1
Folder   1
CEO America (Children's Educational Opportunity Fund) amicus
Box   1
Folder   2
Court of Appeals amicus, Milwaukee Jewish Council
Box   1
Folder   3
State of Wisconsin Supreme Court Case No. 95-2153-OA agreed upon statement of facts
Box   1
Folder   4
Court of Appeals response brief and appendix of plaintiffs/respondents, NAACP, et. al.
Box   1
Folder   5
Court of Appeals response brief, ACLU
Box   1
Folder   6
Court of Appeals, Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association (MTEA) response
Box   1
Folder   7
Court of Appeals, supplemental appendix of MTEA respondents
Box   1
Folder   8
Court of Appeal appellants, in chief
Box   1
Folder   9
Petition to bypass
Box   1
Folder   10
NAACP, Court of Appeals, appealability
Box   1
Folder   11
Notice of appeal, 1997 January 17
Box   1
Folder   12
MTEA and Jackson v. Benson and Department of Public Instruction (DPI), 2nd Circuit Court
Box   1
Folder   13
MTEA v. Benson/Doyle, Jackson v. Benson/DPI Dane County Circuit Court
Box   1
Folder   14
Correspondence, Jackson and MTEA v. Benson
Box   1
Folder   15
Jackson, summary judgment, replies
Box   1
Folder   16
Jackson, Circuit Court summary judgment, in opposition
Box   2
Folder   1
Petition for a writ of certiorari, Supreme Court of the United States, October term, 1998
Box   2
Folder   2
United States Supreme Court correspondence
Box   2
Folder   3
Motion to clarify
Box   2
Folder   4
Petitions for certification
Box   2
Folder   5
Jackson correspondence, Supreme Court, 1997-1998
Box   2
Folder   6
Supreme Court amici
Box   2
Folder   7
Supreme Court reply, parents
Box   2
Folder   8
Supreme Court “state” reply
Box   2
Folder   9
Brief of defendants/appellants/petitioners, John T. Benson, et al.
Box   2
Folder   10
Response brief of plaintiffs/respondents, NAACP, et al.
Box   2
Folder   11
Brief of plaintiffs/respondents, MTEA, et al.
Box   2
Folder   12
Respondents' supplemental appendix
Box   2
Folder   13
Joint appendix of defendants/appellants/petitioners
Box   2
Folder   14
Opening brief for interveners/defendants/appellants/petitioners, Parents for School Choice, et al.
Box   2
Folder   15
Amicus, Milwaukee Jewish Council
Box   2
Folder   16
Amicus, American Jewish Congress
Box   2
Folder   17
Petition for review, State
Box   2
Folder   18
Supreme Court, parents
Box   2
Folder   19
Petition for review, 1997 September
Box   2
Folder   20
Court of Appeals orders
Box   2
Folder   21
Legislative Council rule
Box   2
Folder   22
Court of Appeals decision
Box   2
Folder   23
Motion for stay, Circuit Court
Box   2
Folder   24
Jackson, Court of Appeals correspondence
Box   2
Folder   25
Appellants' joint appendix
Box   2
Folder   26
MTEA and Jackson additional authority
Box   3
United States District Court Case No. 98-C-0856 C, Dale Iverson v. John T. Benson, exhibits 1-57
2009/159
Part 16 (2009/159): Additions, 1986-1987
Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Expulsion appeals, 1986-1987, concerning expulsions for acts such as fighting with students, violence against school principals, weapons in schools, and drugs and drug sales in schools. Originally accessioned as part of 1998/003.
Access Restrictions: This entire accession is restricted. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
2010/035
Part 17 (2010/035): Additions, 1991-2000
Physical Description: 2.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons) 
Note: See Appendix 4 for the Index to Part 17.
Scope and Content Note: Cases, 1991-2000, involving the Department of Public Instruction on matters related to student and faculty programming, licensures, and other issues in Wisconsin public schools. Of particular note are records concerning open enrollment in the Milwaukee School District. Files include correspondence and notes; court petitions, appeals, responses and supporting documentation.
Access Restrictions: Some files in this accession are restricted. Refer to the access column of Appendix 4.