Legal Notifications

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act

The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) is a federal regulation that became effective in 1988. This rule required local education agencies to identify asbestos-containing building materials (ACBM) in public and private schools by visually inspecting school buildings for suspect materials, sampling such materials to determine if they are or are not ACBM.

The rule requires local education agencies to submit asbestos management plans to the state. The plan was submitted to the state in 1989 and is strictly adhered to.

For AHERA compliance the schools conduct a six-month inspection performed by the District Asbestos Management Coordinator or their designee and a three-year inspection by NorthStar Environmental Testing, an asbestos consulting service. All friable asbestos found during these inspections is immediately removed or repaired in compliance with AHERA regulations.

The Green Bay Area Public School District’s present strategy for management of asbestos is to remove or repair all friable asbestos found during inspections, remove all asbestos floor tile damaged and friable, remove all damaged and friable ceiling tile, and remove all plaster, wallboard and insulation on all heating and water piping before building additions, renovation or retrofit.

There remains ACBM in all Green Bay Area Public School District schools that is not a health hazard to students or school personnel. The Asbestos Inspection Reports and Asbestos Management Plans is available for review at the Facilities and Related Services office at the District Office Building, 200 South Broadway, by appointment only, when such appointment is made with the IEQ Coordinator at least one working day in advance. Copies of the documents are available from the Facilities and Related Services office and will be charged in accordance with the District’s fee schedule for public records requests and will be provided in accordance with the timelines consistent with public records requests.

The Board of Education has appointed the District’s Manager of Facilities Maintenance and Internal Service Systems as the District’s designated Asbestos Management Coordinator.

The Green Bay Area Public School District adheres to a standards-based approach to curriculum development. School Board Policy 330 further outlines this commitment, stating that “the School Board shall adopt District learning standards and benchmarks that address what students should know and be able to do at various stages of their educational experience within the District. The learning standards shall be aligned with the state academic standards, but determined at the local level. The standards and benchmarks shall guide all curriculum and instruction decisions in addressing the individual needs of all students. The District's curriculum and instruction program will also be aligned with applicable state law requirements.”

State law requires the District to provide the parents and guardians of all enrolled students notice of the academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography, and history that have been adopted by the School Board and that will be in effect during each school year. Accordingly, the District academic standards that will be in effect in these specific content areas for this school year are listed below. Electronic links to the detailed version of the applicable standards are provided when available. If a parent or guardian would like to review a copy of any of the standards in an alternative format, they may contact Angie La Combe, Director of Curriculum. The following chart lists curricular content areas and the Board-adopted standards that guide curriculum development and classroom instruction:

Additionally, with regards to emphasizing content-area literacy in all subjects, Wisconsin and the Green Bay Area Public School District have adopted the Wisconsin Standards for Disciplinary Literacy. Additional resources relative to this commitment are located here.

Child Find Confidentiality Notice:  English

Child Find Referral Process:  English

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Educational Options 2025-26 - English | Español

Wisconsin Statute 118.019(3) encourages all school boards to make available to students instruction in topics related to human growth and development. The kindergarten through grade 12 program in the Green Bay Area Public School District offers information and instruction appropriate to each grade level. The program includes instruction in the following areas:

• Self-esteem, responsible decision making and personal responsibility.

• Interpersonal relationships.

• Discouragement of adolescent sexual activity.

• Family life and skills required of a parent.

• Human sexuality.

• Sex stereotypes and protective behavior.

Complete curriculum materials dealing with these areas are available upon request for inspection in the district curriculum office.

Parents may choose to opt their children out of instruction in human growth and development. Students who have been exempted from human growth and development instruction will still receive instruction in knowledge of physiology and hygiene; sanitation; the effects of controlled substances and alcohol upon the human system; symptoms of disease and the proper care of the body; and knowledge of effective means by which students may recognize, avoid and prevent and halt physically or psychologically intrusive or abusive situations which may harmful to students as required by Wis. Stat. 118.01(2)(d)(2c) and 118.01(2)(d)(8). Contact your child’s teacher for this option.

Indoor Environmental Quality

The Green Bay Area Public School District has implemented an Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Management Plan. The Plan is available to staff, students, parents, and the public for review and outlines the District’s procedures for ensuring the quality of indoor air for each school within the District. 

The Plan is available for review at the Facilities and Related Services office at the District Office Building, 200 South Broadway, by appointment only, when such appointment is made with the IEQ Coordinator at least one working day in advance. Copies of the documents are available from the Facilities and Related Services office and will be charged in accordance with the District’s fee schedule for public records requests and will be provided in accordance with the timelines consistent with public records requests.

Non-Discrimination Notice - English

The Green Bay Area Public Schools hires quality personnel for all its positions. If no fully certified teachers are available for a position, the next most qualified person is hired and enrolled in course work to complete the certification. This sometimes happens in bilingual or special education, for example. The District provides numerous professional learning sessions to help staff review the latest strategies to instruct students. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) requires schools to offer parents the opportunity to request information on the following staff qualifications:

1. Whether the teacher has met Wisconsin licensing criteria to serve the grade assigned.
2. Whether the teacher is teaching under an emergency or provisional status.
3. Whether the teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher.
4. The professional qualifications of a paraprofessional providing services to the student.

To obtain this information, contact the Human Resources Department at (920) 448-3583.

Public Records Law Notice

Community members (student, parent, or otherwise) who are deaf or hard of hearing and require sign language interpreting, please contact the school office sponsoring the event at least 7-10 days in advance and provide notification for the need of an interpreter.  

Standards Resources

2023-24 Notice of State Assessments - English | Spanish | Somali | Hmong

The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) gives parents certain rights regarding the school district’s conduct of surveys.  If surveys would be conducted pertaining to protected information such as illegal behavior or religious practices, parents will be notified in advance of the survey and be able to opt their child out of participating in the survey.

Title IX Non-Discrimination Notice - English | Español | Hmong | Somali

Through UnitedHealthcare, UMR and HealthSCOPE Benefits creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of the Green Bay Area Public School District. 

Wisconsin's Informal Guidebook on Dyslexia & Related Conditions guidebook

Written SEA Complaint Procedures