AB259: Text as Enrolled

Date of enactment:
2003 Assembly Bill 259 Date of publication*:

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2001-02 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2003 WISCONSIN ACT

An Act to repeal 119.23 (2) (a) 2. and 119.23 (2) (b); to amend 119.23 (2) (a) (intro.); and to create 119.23 (2) (e) of the statutes; relating to: eligibility for participation in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB259, s. 1 Section 1. 119.23 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

119.23 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to par. (b) (e), any pupil in grades kindergarten to 12 who resides within the city may attend, at no charge, any private school located in the city if all of the following apply:

AB259, s. 2 Section 2. 119.23 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB259, s. 3 Section 3. 119.23 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB259, s. 4 Section 4. 119.23 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

119.23 (2) (e) A pupil who attends a private school under this section is eligible to attend a private school under this section in succeeding school years even if the pupil no longer meets the criterion under par. (a) 1.

AB259, s. 5 Section 5. Initial applicability.

(1) Milwaukee parental choice program. This act first applies to pupils and private schools who intend to participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program in the 2004-05 school year.