SB21-SSA1-SA5,27 14Section 27. 118.60 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,8,2115 118.60 (3) (c) If a participating private school rejects an applicant who resides
16in a school district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school
17district, because the private school has too few available spaces, the applicant may
18transfer his or her application to a participating private school that has space
19available. An applicant rejected under this paragraph may, subject to sub. (2) (a) 1.
20am. and
(be) and (bm), be admitted to a private school participating in the program
21under this section for the following school year.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,28 22Section 28. 118.60 (4) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,9,223 118.60 (4) (bd) Upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the
24pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, the state
25superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf

1of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fr), an
2amount equal to the lesser of the following:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,9,43 1. The amount equal to the private school's operating and debt service cost per
4pupil that is related to educational programming, as determined by the department.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,9,75 2. The average of the tuition paid by a pupil attending the private school, but
6not under the program under this section or the program under s. 119.23, in the
7current and 2 preceding school years.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,9,88 3. $6,442.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,29 9Section 29. 118.60 (4) (bg) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,30 10Section 30. 118.60 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,9,1411 118.60 (4) (d) (intro.) In determining a private school's operating and debt
12service cost per pupil under par. (bg) (bd) 1., the department shall do all of the
13following, but may not determine separate costs for pupils enrolled in grades
14kindergarten to 8 and for pupils enrolled in grades 9 to 12:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,31 15Section 31. 118.60 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,9,2516 118.60 (4) (d) 2. If legal title to the private school's buildings and premises is
17held in the name of the private school's parent organization or other related party,
18there is no other mechanism to include the private school's facilities costs in the
19calculation of its operating and debt service cost,
and the private school requests that
20the department do so, include an amount equal to 10.5 percent of the fair market
21value of the school and its premises. If legal title to the private school's buildings and
22premises is held in the name of the private school's parent organization or other
23related party but the private school was not permitted to include an amount equal
24to 10.5 percent of the fair market value of the school and its premises in the 2012-13
25school year, the private school may, beginning on July 2, 2013, request the

1department to include that amount.
A request made by a private school under this
2subdivision remains effective in subsequent school years and may not be withdrawn
3by the private school.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,32 4Section 32. 118.60 (4m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,10,95 118.60 (4m) In addition to the payment under sub. (4), the state
6superintendent shall pay to each private school participating in the program under
7this section, on behalf of the parent or guardian of each pupil attending the private
8school under this section, in the manner described in sub. (4) (c), the amount
9determined as follows:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,10,1110 (a) Determine the private school's operating and debt service cost per pupil in
11summer school that is related to educational programming.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,10,1212 (b) Multiply the amount under par. (a) by 0.40.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,10,1513 (c) Multiply the product under par. (b) by the quotient determined by dividing
14the summer choice average daily membership equivalent of the private school by the
15total number of pupils for whom payments are being made under sub. (4).
SB21-SSA1-SA5,33 16Section 33. 118.60 (4r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,10,1817 118.60 (4r) (a) Multiply the amount determined under sub. (4) (bg) (bd) by
180.616.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,34 19Section 34. 118.60 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,11,920 118.60 (7) (am) 1. An independent financial audit of the private school
21conducted by an independent certified public accountant, accompanied by the
22auditor's statement that the report is free of material misstatements and fairly
23presents pupil costs under sub. (4) (bg) (bd) 1. The audit under this subdivision shall
24be limited in scope to those records that are necessary for the department to make
25payments under subs. (4) and (4m). The auditor shall conduct his or her audit,

1including determining sample sizes and evaluating financial viability, in accordance
2with the auditing standards established by the American Institute of Certified
3Public Accountants. The department may not require an auditor to comply with
4standards that exceed the scope of the standards established by the American
5Institute of Certified Public Accountants. If a private school participating in the
6program under this section also accepts pupils under s. 119.23, the private school
7may submit one comprehensive financial audit to satisfy the requirements of this
8subdivision and s. 119.23 (7) (am) 1. The private school shall include in the
9comprehensive financial audit the information specified under s. 119.23 (7) (am) 1.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,35 10Section 35. 118.60 (7) (b) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,11,2111 118.60 (7) (b) 3m. Annually, schedule 2 meetings at least one meeting each
12month
at which members of the governing body of the private school will be present
13and at which pupils, and the parents or guardians of pupils, applying to attend the
14private school or attending the private school may meet and communicate with the
15members of the governing body. The meetings shall be open to the public. The
16private school shall, within 30 days after the start of the school term, notify the
17department in writing of the scheduled meeting dates and shall, at least 30 days
18before the scheduled meeting date, notify in writing each pupil, or the parent or
19guardian of each minor pupil, applying to attend the private school or attending the
20private school of the meeting date, time, and place. The private school shall provide
21notice of the meetings in the manner provided in s. 19.84.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,36 22Section 36. 118.60 (7) (b) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,12,223 118.60 (7) (b) 9. Permit public inspection and copying of any record, as defined
24in s. 19.32 (2), of the private school to the same extent as required of, and subject to
25the same terms and enforcement provisions that apply to, a school board under

1subch. II of ch. 19. This subdivision applies only to records that relate to pupils
2attending the private school under this section.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,37 3Section 37. 118.60 (7) (d) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,12,94 118.60 (7) (d) 1. b. A Except as provided in subd. 1. c., a copy of the school's
5current certificate of occupancy issued by the municipality within which the school
6is located. If the private school moves to a new location, the private school shall
7submit a copy of the new certificate of occupancy issued by the municipality within
8which the school is located to the department before the attendance of pupils at the
9new location and before the next succeeding date specified in s. 121.05 (1) (a).
SB21-SSA1-SA5,12,17 10c. If the municipality within which the private school is located does not issue
11certificates of occupancy, the private school may submit a certificate of occupancy
12issued by the local or regional governmental unit with authority to issue certificates
13of occupancy or a letter or form from the municipality within which the private school
14is located that explains that the municipality does not issue certificates of occupancy.
15A temporary certificate of occupancy does not meet the requirement of this
16subdivision
private school to which this subd. 1. c. applies shall annually obtain a
17building inspection of the school building
.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,38 18Section 38. 118.60 (7) (d) 1. d. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,12,2019 118.60 (7) (d) 1. d. A temporary certificate of occupancy does not satisfy the
20requirements of this subdivision.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,39 21Section 39. 118.60 (7) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,12,2522 118.60 (7) (i) 1. Each private school participating in the program under this
23section shall annually conduct state and federal background checks of all teachers
24and administrators employed by the private school on the effective date of this
25subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].
SB21-SSA1-SA5,13,7
12. Beginning on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date],
2each private school participating in the program under this section shall conduct
3state and federal background checks of each individual who applies to teach in or
4serve as an administrator of the private school prior to extending an offer of
5employment to that individual. The private school shall annually conduct state and
6federal background checks of each teacher or administrator investigated under this
7subdivision who is employed by the private school.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,13,118 3. A participating private school may not employ a person as a teacher or
9administrator or contract with the person to serve as a teacher or administrator if
10the person would not be eligible to be employed, licensed, or permitted for any of the
11reasons specified under s. 115.31 (2g) or (6m) or 115.315.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,40 12Section 40. 118.60 (10) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,13,1513 118.60 (10) (a) 3. Failed to refund to the state any overpayment made under
14s. 118.60 (4) (b), 2011 stats., or s. 118.60 (4) (bg), 2011 stats., or under sub. (4) (bg) (bd)
15or (4m) by the date specified by department rule.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,41 16Section 41. 118.60 (10) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,13,1717 118.60 (10) (a) 7. Violated sub. (7) (b) 3m., 4., 5., or 6., or 9.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,42 18Section 42. 118.60 (10) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,13,2019 118.60 (10) (a) 9. Violated or employed a person who violated s. 118.016, 118.19
20(1), 118.305, 118.31, or 118.33 (1) (f) 5.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,43 21Section 43. 118.60 (10) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,13,2222 118.60 (10) (a) 10. Violated the rules promulgated under s. 120.13 (1) (i).
SB21-SSA1-SA5,44 23Section 44. 118.60 (10) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,14,324 118.60 (10) (bg) The state superintendent may issue an order immediately
25terminating a private school's participation in the program under this section if he

1or she determines that the owner of the private school would not be eligible or
2permitted to be employed, licensed, or permitted for any of the reasons specified
3under s. 115.31 (2g) or (6m) or 115.315.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,45 4Section 45. 118.60 (10) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,14,95 118.60 (10) (br) The state superintendent may issue an order immediately
6terminating a private school's participation in the program under this section if he
7or she determines that the private school has failed to comply with the requirements
8under sub. (7) (i) 1. or 2. or if the private school employs an individual in
9contravention of the prohibitions under sub. (7) (i) 3.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,46 10Section 46. 118.60 (10) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,14,1311 118.60 (10) (c) Whenever the state superintendent issues an order under par.
12(a), (am), (ar), or (b), (bg), or (br), he or she shall immediately notify the parent or
13guardian of each pupil attending the private school under this section.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,47 14Section 47. 118.60 (11) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,48 15Section 48. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,14,2516 119.23 (2) (a) 1. a. The Except as provided in subd. 1. am., the pupil is a member
17of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount equal to
183.0 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the
19director of the federal office of management and budget. In this subdivision and sub.
20(3m), family income includes income of the pupil's parents or legal guardians. The,
21and the
family income of the pupil shall be verified as provided in subd. 1. b. A pupil
22attending a private school under this section whose family income increases above
23the income level in this subd. 1. a.
, including a pupil who attended a private school
24under this section in the 2010-11 school year and whose family income has
25increased, may continue to attend a private school under this section.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,49
1Section 49. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. am. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,15,92 119.23 (2) (a) 1. am. Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the pupil is a
3member of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount
4equal to 1.85 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria
5established by the director of the federal office of management and budget. The
6family income of the pupil shall be verified as provided in subd. 1. b. A pupil
7attending a private school under this section whose family income increases above
8the income level in this subd. 1. am. may continue to attend a private school under
9this section.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,50 10Section 50. 119.23 (2) (a) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,15,1411 119.23 (2) (a) 6m. All instructional staff employed by the private school hold
12a license or permit to teach issued by the department. For purposes of this
13subdivision, "instructional staff" has the meaning given in the rules promulgated by
14the department under s. 121.02 (1) (a) 2.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,51 15Section 51. 119.23 (2) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,15,1716 119.23 (2) (a) 9. The private school has been in operation for the attendance of
17pupils for at least 2 school years.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,52 18Section 52. 119.23 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,15,1919 119.23 (2) (a) 10. The private school is located in this state.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,53 20Section 53. 119.23 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,15,2421 119.23 (2) (c) 1. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6. and 6m., a teacher employed by a
22private school participating in the program under this section who teaches only
23courses in rabbinical studies is not required to have a bachelor's degree or hold a
24license or permit to teach issued by the department
.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,16,4
12. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6. and 6m., an administrator of a private school
2participating in the program under this section that prepares and trains pupils
3attending the school in rabbinical studies is not required to have a bachelor's degree
4or hold a license or permit to teach issued by the department.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,54 5Section 54. 119.23 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,16,76 119.23 (2) (d) No more than 49 percent of a private school's enrollment may
7consist of pupils attending the private school under this section and s. 118.60.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,55 8Section 55. 119.23 (4) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,16,139 119.23 (4) (bd) Upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the
10pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, the state
11superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf
12of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fu), an
13amount equal to the lesser of the following:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,16,1514 1. The amount equal to the private school's operating and debt service cost per
15pupil that is related to educational programming, as determined by the department.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,16,1816 2. The average of the tuition paid by a pupil attending the private school, but
17not under the program under this section or the program under s. 118.60, in the
18current and 2 preceding school years.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,16,1919 3. $6,442.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,56 20Section 56. 119.23 (4) (bg) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,57 21Section 57. 119.23 (4) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,16,2522 119.23 (4) (d) (intro.) In determining a private school's operating and debt
23service cost per pupil under par. (bg) (bd) 1., the department shall do all of the
24following, but may not determine separate costs for pupils enrolled in grades
25kindergarten to 8 and for pupils enrolled in grades 9 to 12:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,58
1Section 58. 119.23 (4) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,17,142 119.23 (4) (d) 2. If legal title to the private school's buildings and premises is
3held in the name of the private school's parent organization or other related party,
4there is no other mechanism to include the private school's facilities costs in the
5calculation of its operating and debt service cost,
and the private school requests that
6the department do so, include an amount equal to 10.5 percent of the fair market
7value of the school and its premises. If legal title to the private school's buildings and
8premises is held in the name of the private school's parent organization or other
9related party but the private school was not permitted to include an amount equal
10to 10.5 percent of the fair market value of the school and its premises in the 2012-13
11school year, the private school may, beginning on July 2, 2013, request the
12department to include that amount.
A request made by a private school under this
13subdivision remains effective in subsequent school years and may not be withdrawn
14by the private school.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,59 15Section 59. 119.23 (4m) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,17,2016 119.23 (4m) In addition to the payment under sub. (4), the state
17superintendent shall pay to each private school participating in the program under
18this section, on behalf of the parent or guardian of each pupil attending the private
19school under this section, in the manner described in sub. (4) (c), the amount
20determined as follows:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,17,2221 (a) Determine the private school's operating and debt service cost per pupil in
22summer school that is related to educational programming.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,17,2323 (b) Multiply the amount under par. (a) by 0.40.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,18,3
1(c) Multiply the product under par. (b) by the quotient determined by dividing
2the summer choice average daily membership equivalent of the private school by the
3total number of pupils for whom payments are being made under sub. (4).
SB21-SSA1-SA5,60 4Section 60. 119.23 (4r) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,18,65 119.23 (4r) (a) Multiply the amount determined under sub. (4) (bg) (bd) by
60.616.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,61 7Section 61. 119.23 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,18,228 119.23 (7) (am) 1. An independent financial audit of the private school
9conducted by an independent certified public accountant, accompanied by the
10auditor's statement that the report is free of material misstatements and fairly
11presents pupil costs under sub. (4) (bg) (bd) 1. The audit under this subdivision shall
12be limited in scope to those records that are necessary for the department to make
13payments under subs. (4) and (4m). The auditor shall conduct his or her audit,
14including determining sample sizes and evaluating financial viability, in accordance
15with the auditing standards established by the American Institute of Certified
16Public Accountants. The department may not require an auditor to comply with
17standards that exceed the scope of the standards established by the American
18Institute of Certified Public Accountants. If a private school participating in the
19program under this section also accepts pupils under s. 118.60, the private school
20may submit one comprehensive financial audit to satisfy the requirements of this
21subdivision and s. 118.60 (7) (am) 1. The private school shall include in the
22comprehensive financial audit the information specified under s. 118.60 (7) (am) 1.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,62 23Section 62. 119.23 (7) (b) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,19,924 119.23 (7) (b) 3m. Annually, schedule two meetings at least one meeting each
25month
at which members of the governing body of the private school will be present

1and at which pupils, and the parents or guardians of pupils, applying to attend the
2private school or attending the private school may meet and communicate with the
3members of the governing body. The meetings shall be open to the public. The
4private school shall, within 30 days after the start of the school term, notify the
5department in writing of the scheduled meeting dates and shall, at least 30 days
6before the scheduled meeting date, notify in writing each pupil, or the parent or
7guardian of each minor pupil, applying to attend the private school or attending the
8private school of the meeting date, time, and place. The private school shall provide
9notice of the meetings in the manner provided in s. 19.84.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,63 10Section 63. 119.23 (7) (b) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,19,1511 119.23 (7) (b) 9. Permit public inspection and copying of any record, as defined
12in s. 19.32 (2), of the private school to the same extent as required of, and subject to
13the same terms and enforcement provisions that apply to, a school board under
14subch. II of ch. 19. This subdivision applies only to records that relate to pupils
15attending the private school under this section.
SB21-SSA1-SA5,64 16Section 64. 119.23 (7) (d) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1-SA5,19,2217 119.23 (7) (d) 1. b. A Except as provided in subd. 1. c., a copy of the school's
18current certificate of occupancy issued by the municipality within which the school
19is located. If the private school moves to a new location, the private school shall
20submit a copy of the new certificate of occupancy issued by the municipality within
21which the school is located to the department before the attendance of pupils at the
22new location and before the next succeeding date specified in s. 121.05 (1) (a).
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