Wisconsin § 118.12 - Sale of goods and services at schools.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 118.12 — Sale of goods and services at schools., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 118.12. Sale of goods and services at schools.
118.12(1) (1) 118.12(1)(a) (a) Except as provided under par. (b) , any person may sell or promote the sale of goods or services on school district or cooperative educational service agency property. 118.12(1)(b) (b) A school board may adopt written resolutions governing the sale and promotion of goods and services on school district property. The board of control of a cooperative educational service agency may adopt written resolutions governing the sale and promotion of goods and services on agency property. The resolutions may prohibit, restrict or provide guidelines for such sales and promotions. 118.12(2) (2) 118.12(2)(a) (a) No school district employee may receive for his or her personal benefit anything of value from any person other than his or her employing school district to sell, promote the sale of or act as an agent or solicitor for the sale of any goods or services to any public school pupil while on the property of his or her employing school district or at an activity of his or her employing school district. 118.12(2)(b) (b) No cooperative educational service agency employee may receive for his or her personal benefit anything of value from any person other than his or her employing agency to sell, promote the sale of or act as an agent or solicitor for the sale of any goods or services to any public school pupil while on the property or at an activity of his or her employing agency or while on the property or at an activity of a school district in the agency. 118.12(3) (3) Any person violating sub. (2) is subject to a forfeiture of not more than $200 for each offense. 118.12(4) (4) If a school board enters into a contract that grants to one vendor the exclusive right to sell soft drinks in one or more schools of the school district, the contract may not prohibit the sale of milk in any school and, to the maximum extent possible, the school board shall ensure that milk is available to pupils in each school covered by the contract. 118.12(5) (5) If a school board contracts with a person to provide photographs of 12th grade pupils for a school yearbook, the contract may not prohibit a pupil from supplying his or her own photograph for the yearbook, subject to the school board’s reasonable specifications. 118.12 History History: 1985 a. 214 ; 1997 a. 35 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2003 a. 132 .
Source: official Wisconsin text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Wisconsin § 118.12
What does Wisconsin Statutes § 118.12 cover?
Section 118.12 ("Sale of goods and services at schools.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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