118.40(8)(a)(a) Location. For the purposes of sub. (7) (a), (am), and (ar), a virtual charter school is considered to be located in the following school district: 118.40(8)(a)1.1. If a school board contracts with a person to establish the virtual charter school, in the school district governed by that school board. 118.40(8)(a)2.2. If 2 or more school boards enter into an agreement under s. 66.0301 to establish the virtual charter school, or if one or more school boards enter into an agreement with the board of control of a cooperative educational service agency to establish the virtual charter school, in the school district specified in the agreement. 118.40(8)(b)1.1. The governing body of a virtual charter school shall assign an appropriately licensed teacher for each online course offered by the virtual charter school. In this subsection, an individual who holds a license or permit to teach a subject and level in the state from which the online course is provided is appropriately licensed to teach the subject and level in this state. 118.40(8)(b)1g.1g. The governing body of a virtual charter school may not permit a person holding both a license to teach exclusively in a charter school and a license to teach in other public schools to teach, in the virtual charter school, a subject or at a level that is not authorized by the latter license. 118.40(8)(b)1r.1r. The governing body of a virtual charter school may not permit a person holding only a permit to teach exclusively in a charter school to teach in a virtual charter school. 118.40(8)(b)2.2. If a pupil attends a virtual charter school, any person providing educational services to the pupil in the pupil’s home, other than instructional staff of the virtual charter school, is not required to hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department. 118.40(8)(b)3.3. The department may not require a person licensed as provided under subd. 1. to complete professional development not required of any other individual required to be licensed under s. 118.19. 118.40(8)(c)(c) Staff duties. In a virtual charter school, an instructional staff member is responsible for all of the following for each pupil the instructional staff member teaches: 118.40(8)(c)3.3. Prescribing content delivery through class activities. 118.40(8)(c)5.5. Reporting outcomes to administrators and parents and guardians. 118.40(8)(d)(d) Required days and hours. A virtual charter school shall do all of the following: 118.40(8)(d)1.1. Provide educational services to its pupils for at least 150 days each school year. 118.40(8)(d)2.2. Ensure that its teachers are available to provide direct pupil instruction for at least the applicable number of hours specified in s. 121.02 (1) (f) each school year. No more than 10 hours in any 24-hour period may count toward the requirement under this subdivision. 118.40(8)(d)3.3. Ensure that its teachers respond to inquiries from pupils and from parents or guardians of pupils by the end of the first school day following the day on which the inquiry is received. 118.40(8)(e)(e) Parent advisory council. The governing body of a virtual charter school shall ensure that a parent advisory council is established for the school and that it meets on a regular basis. The governing body shall determine the selection process for members of the parent advisory council. 118.40(8)(f)(f) Required notices. At the beginning of each school term, the governing body of a virtual charter school shall inform the parent or guardian of each pupil attending the virtual charter school, in writing, the name of, and how to contact, each of the following persons: 118.40(8)(f)1.1. The members of the school board that contracted for the establishment of the virtual charter school and the administrators of that school district. 118.40(8)(f)2.2. The members of the virtual charter school’s governing body, if different than the persons under subd. 1. 118.40(8)(f)3.3. The members of the virtual charter school’s parent advisory council established under par. (e). 118.40(8)(g)1.1. Whenever a pupil attending a virtual charter school fails to respond appropriately to a school assignment or directive from instructional staff within 5 school days, the governing body of the virtual charter school shall notify the pupil’s parent or guardian. 118.40(8)(g)2.2. Subject to subd. 2m., the third time in the same semester that a pupil attending a virtual charter school fails to respond appropriately to a school assignment or directive from instructional staff within 5 school days, the governing body of the virtual charter school shall also notify the school board that contracted for the establishment of the virtual charter school, the school board of the pupil’s resident school district, and the department. The school board that contracted for the establishment of the virtual charter school may transfer the pupil to his or her resident school district. If the pupil is a resident of the school district that contracted for the establishment of the virtual charter school, the school board may assign the pupil to another school or program within that school district. If the school board transfers or assigns a pupil, it shall notify the pupil’s parent or guardian and the department.