Published: February 1, 2000

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A Wisconsin elementary school librarian who punished a 2nd grader by making him help in the library during recess for 17 days broke state child-labor laws, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development recently ruled. Annette Eismann, librarian at Maywood Elementary in Monona, intended the work to teach the student about responsibility after he returned library materials that were damaged beyond repair. State officials are drafting a rule change that will allow schools to assign students to work-related activities as punishment.