AB517-ASA1-AA2,2,14 14" Section 3. 118.016 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,2,2315 118.016 (1) (bm) Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the governing body of
16each private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or
17119.23 shall, using the appropriate, valid, and reliable assessment of literacy
18fundamentals selected by the governing body, annually assess each pupil enrolled in
194-year-old kindergarten to 2nd grade in the private school for reading readiness.
20The governing body shall ensure that the assessment evaluates whether a pupil
21possesses phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge. The governing body
22may administer computer adaptive assessments. This paragraph applies only to
23pupils attending the school under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,4
1Section 4. 118.016 (1) (c) of the statutes, as created by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
2is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,3,93 118.016 (1) (c) The department shall pay to the school board or, operator, or
4governing body,
from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f), the per pupil cost of
5the selected assessment. If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (1) (f) in any fiscal year
6is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under this paragraph, the state
7superintendent shall prorate state aid payments among the school boards and,
8governing bodies of private schools, and
operators of charter schools entitled to the
9aid.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,5 10Section 5. 118.016 (1g) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
11is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,3,1512 118.016 (1g) If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under subch.
13V of ch. 115, the school board or, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r)
14or (2x), or governing body of the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 shall comply
15with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).
AB517-ASA1-AA2,6 16Section 6. 118.016 (1r) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
17is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,3,2018 118.016 (1r) The school board or , operator of the charter school, or governing
19body of the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23
shall report the results of a pupil's
20assessment under sub. (1) to the pupil's parent or guardian.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,7 21Section 7. 118.016 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
22is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,4,223 118.016 (2) The school board of the school district or, operator of the charter
24school, or governing body of the private school in which the pupil is enrolled shall
25provide a pupil whose assessment under sub. (1) indicates that he or she is at risk

1of reading difficulty with interventions or remedial reading services, as described
2under s. 121.02 (1) (c).".
AB517-ASA1-AA2,4,3 34. Page 4, line 10: after that line insert:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,4,4 4" Section 8. 118.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,4,95 118.19 (1) Except as provided in s. 118.40 (8) (b) 2., any person seeking to teach
6in a public school, including a charter school, in a private school participating in a
7parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23,
or in a school or institution
8operated by a county or the state shall first procure a license or permit from the
9department.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,9 10Section 9. 118.30 (5m) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
11is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,4,1812 118.30 (5m) When determining the percentage of pupils participating in the
13program under s. 119.23 who performed at designated proficiency levels on the
14examinations administered as required under sub. (1s) or s. 118.301 (3), the
15department shall consider only the pupils participating in the program under s.
16119.23 to whom the examinations were administered at each grade level, and shall

17not exclude from consideration those pupils participating in the program under s.
18119.23 who were excused from taking the examinations under sub. (2) (b) 5.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,10 19Section 10. 118.305 (1) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,4,2220 118.305 (1) (gm) "Pupil" excludes pupils who are attending a private school
21participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 but not under
22the parental choice program.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,11 23Section 11. 118.305 (1) (h) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
2455
, is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,5,3
1118.305 (1) (h) "School" means a public school, including a charter school, and
2a private school participating in the program under s. 115.7915 , and a private school
3participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23
.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,12 4Section 12. 118.305 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,5,65 118.305 (3) (e) It does not constitute corporal punishment, as defined in s.
6118.31 (1) (a).
AB517-ASA1-AA2,13 7Section 13. 118.31 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.31 (1) (intro.) and
8amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,5,99 118.31 (1) (intro.) In this section, " corporal:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,5,15 10(a) "Corporal punishment" means the intentional infliction of physical pain
11which is used as a means of discipline. "Corporal punishment" includes, but is not
12limited to, paddling, slapping or prolonged maintenance of physically painful
13positions, when used as a means of discipline. "Corporal punishment" does not
14include actions consistent with an individualized education program developed
15under s. 115.787 or reasonable physical activities associated with athletic training.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,14 16Section 14. 118.31 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,5,1917 118.31 (1) (b) "Private school" means a private school, as defined in s. 115.001
18(3r), that is participating in any parental choice program under ss. 118.60 and
19119.23.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,15 20Section 15. 118.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,5,2321 118.31 (2) Except as provided in sub. (3), no official, employee, or agent of a
22school board or of a private school may subject a pupil enrolled in the school district
23or in the private school to corporal punishment.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,16 24Section 16. 118.31 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,6,2
1118.31 (3) (intro.) Subsection (2) does not prohibit an official, employee, or
2agent of a school board or of a private school from:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,17 3Section 17. 118.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,6,104 118.31 (4) Each school board and each private school shall adopt a policy that
5allows any official, employee, or agent of the school board or private school to use
6reasonable and necessary force for the purposes of sub. (3) (a) to (h). In determining
7whether or not a person an official, employee, or agent of a school board or of a private
8school
was acting within the exceptions in sub. (3), deference shall be given to
9reasonable, good faith judgments made by an the official, employee, or agent of a
10school board
.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,18 11Section 18. 118.31 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,6,1712 118.31 (5) Except as provided in s. 939.61 (1), this section does not create a
13separate basis for civil liability of a school board or of a private school or their
14officials, employees or agents
of an official, employee, or agent of the school board or
15private school
for damages arising out of claims involving allegations of improper or
16unnecessary use of force by a school employees official, employee, or agent against
17students a pupil.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,19 18Section 19. 118.31 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,6,2219 118.31 (6) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, permit, or otherwise affect any
20action taken by an official, employee, or agent of a school board or private school with
21regard to a person who is not a pupil enrolled in the school district or in the private
22school
.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,20 23Section 20. 118.33 (1) (f) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,7,324 118.33 (1) (f) 5. Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the governing body of
25each private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or

1119.23 shall include in its policy under subd. 2m. or 2r. the requirements for granting
2a high school diploma specified in pars. (a) and (b), with the exceptions provided in
3pars. (d) and (e).
AB517-ASA1-AA2,21 4Section 21. 118.60 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,7,105 118.60 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (ag) and (ar), any pupil in grades
6kindergarten to 12 who resides within an eligible school district may attend any
7private school under this section and, subject to pars. (ag), (ar), (be), (bm), and (bs),
8any pupil in grades kindergarten to 12 who resides in a school district, other than
9an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district, may attend any private
10school under this section if all of the following apply:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,22 11Section 22. 118.60 (2) (a) 1. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
12Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,7,2113 118.60 (2) (a) 1. a. Except as provided in par. (bm) subd. 1. am., the pupil is a
14member of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount
15equal to 3.0 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria
16established by the director of the federal office of management and budget. In this
17subdivision and sub. (3m), family income includes income of the pupil's parents or
18legal guardians. Except as provided in subd. 1. c., the family income of the pupil shall
19be verified as provided in subd. 1. b. A pupil attending a private school under this
20section whose family income increases above the income level in this subd. 1. a. may
21continue to attend a private school under this section.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,23 22Section 23. 118.60 (2) (a) 1. am. of the statutes is created to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,8,523 118.60 (2) (a) 1. am. Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the pupil is a
24member of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount
25equal to 1.85 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria

1established by the director of the federal office of management and budget. The
2family income of the pupil shall be verified as provided in subd. 1. b. A pupil
3attending a private school under this section whose family income increases above
4the income level in this subd. 1. am. may continue to attend a private school under
5this section.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,24 6Section 24. 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,8,107 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. All instructional staff employed by the private school hold
8a license or permit to teach issued by the department. For purposes of this
9subdivision, "instructional staff" has the meaning given in the rules promulgated by
10the department under s. 121.02 (1) (a) 2.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,25 11Section 25. 118.60 (2) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,8,1312 118.60 (2) (a) 9. The private school has been in operation for the attendance of
13pupils for at least 2 school years.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,26 14Section 26. 118.60 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,8,1515 118.60 (2) (a) 10. The private school is located in this state.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,27 16Section 27. 118.60 (2) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,28 17Section 28. 118.60 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,8,2118 118.60 (2) (c) 1. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6. and 6m., a teacher employed by a
19private school participating in the program under this section who teaches only
20courses in rabbinical studies is not required to have a bachelor's degree or hold a
21license or permit to teach issued by the department
.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,8,2522 2. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6. and 6m., an administrator of a private school
23participating in the program under this section that prepares and trains pupils
24attending the school in rabbinical studies is not required to have a bachelor's degree
25or hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,29
1Section 29. 118.60 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,9,32 118.60 (2) (d) No more than 49 percent of a private school's enrollment may
3consist of pupils attending the private school under this section and s. 119.23.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,30 4Section 30. 118.60 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,9,115 118.60 (3) (c) If a participating private school rejects an applicant who resides
6in a school district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school
7district, because the private school has too few available spaces, the applicant may
8transfer his or her application to a participating private school that has space
9available. An applicant rejected under this paragraph may, subject to sub. (2) (a) 1.
10am. and
(be) and (bm), be admitted to a private school participating in the program
11under this section for the following school year.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,31 12Section 31. 118.60 (4) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,9,1713 118.60 (4) (bd) Upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the
14pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, the state
15superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf
16of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fr), an
17amount equal to the lesser of the following:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,9,1918 1. The amount equal to the private school's eligible education expenses, as
19defined in sub. (7) (am) 1m., per pupil, as determined by the department.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,9,2220 2. The average of the tuition paid by a pupil attending the private school, but
21not under the program under this section or the program under s. 119.23, in the
22current and 2 preceding school years.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,9,2323 3. $6,442.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,32 24Section 32. 118.60 (4) (be) of the statutes is created to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,10,4
1118.60 (4) (be) In determining a private school's eligible education expenses per
2pupil under par. (bd) 1., the department shall do all of the following, but may not
3determine separate expenses for pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 8 and for
4pupils enrolled in grades 9 to 12:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,10,65 1. Subtract only the following, up to the actual cost of the service or material
6related to each item:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,10,77 a. Fees charged pupils for books and supplies used in classes and programs.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,10,88 b. Rentals for school buildings.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,10,99 c. Food service revenues.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,10,1010 d. Governmental financial assistance.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,10,1111 e. Interest and other income resulting from the investment of debt proceeds.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,10,1812 2. If legal title to the private school's buildings and premises is held in the name
13of the private school's parent organization or other related party, there is no other
14mechanism to include the private school's facilities costs in the calculation of its
15eligible education expenses, and the private school requests that the department do
16so, include an amount equal to 10.5 percent of the fair market value of the school and
17its premises. A request made by a private school under this subdivision remains
18effective in subsequent school years and may not be withdrawn by the private school.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,10,2219 3. If immediately prior to July 1, 2011, a private school's eligible education
20expenses, as defined under sub. (7) (am) 1m. and as determined by the department,
21included the amount described in subd. 2., continue to include the amount described
22in subd. 2. in subsequent school years.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,11,223 4. Permit a private school to accumulate up to 15 percent of the private school's
24annual eligible education expenses in a reserve account and include any increase to

1that reserved amount in the department's determination of the private school's
2eligible education expenses for that school year.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,33 3Section 33. 118.60 (4) (bg) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
455
, is repealed.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,34 5Section 34. 118.60 (4m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,11,106 118.60 (4m) In addition to the payment under sub. (4), the state
7superintendent shall pay to each private school participating in the program under
8this section, on behalf of the parent or guardian of each pupil attending the private
9school under this section, in the manner described in sub. (4) (c), the amount
10determined as follows:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,11,1211 (a) Determine the private school's eligible education expenses, as defined in
12sub. (7) (am) 1m., per pupil in summer school.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,11,1313 (b) Multiply the amount under par. (a) by 0.40.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,11,1614 (c) Multiply the product under par. (b) by the quotient determined by dividing
15the summer choice average daily membership equivalent of the private school by the
16total number of pupils for whom payments are being made under sub. (4).
AB517-ASA1-AA2,35 17Section 35. 118.60 (4r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,11,1918 118.60 (4r) (a) Multiply the amount determined under sub. (4) (bg) (bd) by
190.616.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,36 20Section 36. 118.60 (7) (am) 2m. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
21Act 55
, is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,12,2422 118.60 (7) (am) 2m. a. An independent financial audit of the private school
23conducted by an independent certified public accountant, accompanied by the
24auditor's statement that the report is free of material misstatements and fairly
25presents the private school's eligible education expenses under sub. (4) (bd) 1., and

1beginning in the 2nd school year a private school participates in the program under
2this section, a copy of a management letter prepared by the auditor. The audit shall
3be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles with
4allowable modifications for long-term fixed assets. The audit shall include a
5calculation of the private school's net eligible education expenses and a calculation
6of the balance of the private school's fund for future eligible education expenses. The
7auditor shall conduct his or her audit, including determining sample sizes and
8evaluating financial viability, in accordance with the auditing standards established
9by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The department may not
10require an auditor to comply with standards that exceed the scope of the standards
11established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. If a private
12school participating in a program under this section is part of an organization and
13the private school and the organization share assets, liabilities, or eligible education
14expenses, the private school may submit an audit of the private school or of the
15organization of which it is a part. If a private school that is part of an organization
16with which it shares assets, liabilities, or eligible education expenses submits an
17audit of only the private school, the independent auditor shall use his or her
18professional judgment to allocate any shared assets, liabilities, and eligible
19education expenses between the organization and the private school. If a private
20school participating in the program under this section also accepts pupils under s.
21119.23, the private school may submit one comprehensive financial audit to satisfy
22the requirements of this subdivision and s. 119.23 (7) (am) 2m. The private school
23shall include in the comprehensive financial audit the information specified under
24s. 119.23 (7) (am) 2m.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,37 25Section 37. 118.60 (7) (b) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,13,11
1118.60 (7) (b) 3m. Annually, schedule 2 meetings at least one meeting each
2month
at which members of the governing body of the private school will be present
3and at which pupils, and the parents or guardians of pupils, applying to attend the
4private school or attending the private school may meet and communicate with the
5members of the governing body. The meetings shall be open to the public. The
6private school shall, within 30 days after the start of the school term, notify the
7department in writing of the scheduled meeting dates and shall, at least 30 days
8before the scheduled meeting date, notify in writing each pupil, or the parent or
9guardian of each minor pupil, applying to attend the private school or attending the
10private school of the meeting date, time, and place. The private school shall provide
11notice of the meetings in the manner provided in s. 19.84.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,38 12Section 38. 118.60 (7) (b) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
AB517-ASA1-AA2,13,1713 118.60 (7) (b) 9. Permit public inspection and copying of any record, as defined
14in s. 19.32 (2), of the private school to the same extent as required of, and subject to
15the same terms and enforcement provisions that apply to, a school board under
16subch. II of ch. 19. This subdivision applies only to records that relate to pupils
17attending the private school under this section.
AB517-ASA1-AA2,39 18Section 39. 118.60 (7) (d) 1. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
19Act 55
, is amended to read:
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