Wis. Stat. § 44.04
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 44.04, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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(1) The historical society, as part of its program as an educational institution, shall offer to the schools and teachers in this state all of the following:
(a) Materials as the society shall prepare or make available to facilitate instruction in the history and civil government of Wisconsin, including curricula, lesson plans, classroom projects, facsimiles of historical materials and other instructional materials for the teaching of state and local history.
(b) Seminars for teachers, including continuing education programs, in-service training and programs at teacher conventions.
(2) To accomplish its duties under sub. (1) , the historical society shall do all of the following:
(a) Prepare, publish, issue, loan or circulate such magazines, books, aids, guides and other publications, such visual aids, special exhibits, and other teaching materials and aids as it, in consultation with the department of public instruction, deems advisable.
(b) Provide information to schools and teachers regarding the materials and services available from the historical society to assist in the teaching of history.
(c) Promote cooperation between schools and historical organizations.
(3) The historical society may charge such fees as its board of curators shall establish as just and proper to defray in part the costs of this program.
History: 1983 a. 412 ; 1991 a. 161 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2021 a. 249 .
(a) Materials as the society shall prepare or make available to facilitate instruction in the history and civil government of Wisconsin, including curricula, lesson plans, classroom projects, facsimiles of historical materials and other instructional materials for the teaching of state and local history.
(b) Seminars for teachers, including continuing education programs, in-service training and programs at teacher conventions.
(2) To accomplish its duties under sub. (1) , the historical society shall do all of the following:
(a) Prepare, publish, issue, loan or circulate such magazines, books, aids, guides and other publications, such visual aids, special exhibits, and other teaching materials and aids as it, in consultation with the department of public instruction, deems advisable.
(b) Provide information to schools and teachers regarding the materials and services available from the historical society to assist in the teaching of history.
(c) Promote cooperation between schools and historical organizations.
(3) The historical society may charge such fees as its board of curators shall establish as just and proper to defray in part the costs of this program.
History: 1983 a. 412 ; 1991 a. 161 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1) ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2021 a. 249 .
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