AB43,2077 12Section 2077. 115.7915 (1) (aw) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1190,1513 115.7915 (1) (aw) “Program cap” means the total number of children who
14attended eligible schools under the scholarship program under this section in the
152023-24 school year.
AB43,2078 16Section 2078. 115.7915 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1190,2017 115.7915 (2) Scholarship requirements. (intro.) Beginning in the 2016-17
18school year, the department shall, subject to sub. (2m), provide to a child with a
19disability a scholarship under sub. (4m) (a) to attend an eligible school if all of the
20following apply:
AB43,2079 21Section 2079. 115.7915 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1190,2422 115.7915 (2) (b) The governing body of the eligible school notified the
23department of its intent to participate in the program under this section as provided
24under sub. (3) (a)
.
AB43,2080 25Section 2080 . 115.7915 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1191,1
1115.7915 (2) (c) (intro.) Any of the following applies to the eligible school:
AB43,2081 2Section 2081 . 115.7915 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (2) (c)
33. a. and amended to read:
AB43,1191,144 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. a. The For the 2023-24 school year, the eligible school has
5been
either is approved as a private school by the state superintendent under s.
6118.165 (2) or is accredited by Cognia, Inc., Wisconsin Religious and Independent
7Schools Accreditation, the Independent Schools Association of the Central States,
8Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation, Wisconsin Association
9of Christian Schools, National Lutheran School Accreditation, Christian Schools
10International, Association of Christian Schools International, the diocese or
11archdiocese within which the eligible school is located, or any other organization
12recognized by the National Council for Private School Accreditation, as of the
an
13accrediting entity on
August 1 preceding the school term for which the scholarship
14is awarded
, 2023.
AB43,2082 15Section 2082 . 115.7915 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1191,1716 115.7915 (2) (c) 1. The eligible school participates in a parental choice program
17under s. 118.60 or 119.23 for the school year for which the scholarship is awarded.
AB43,2083 18Section 2083 . 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1191,2019 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. The eligible school is accredited by an accrediting entity by
20August 1 of the school year for which the scholarship is awarded.
AB43,2084 21Section 2084 . 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1191,2422 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. (intro.) If the eligible school participates in the program
23under this section in the 2023-24 school year, all of the following apply to the eligible
24school:
AB43,2085 25Section 2085 . 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. b., c. and d. of the statutes are created to read:
AB43,1192,8
1115.7915 (2) (c) 3. b. If the eligible school is not accredited as provided under
2subd. 3. a., the eligible school obtains preaccreditation by a preaccrediting entity by
3August 1, 2024. The eligible school may apply for and seek to obtain preaccreditation
4from only one preaccrediting entity. If the eligible school fails to obtain
5preaccreditation as required under this subd. 3. b., the eligible school may not
6participate in the program under this section in the 2024-25 school year or in any
7school year thereafter until the eligible school obtains accreditation as provided
8under subd. 2.
AB43,1192,119 c. If subd. 3. b. applies to the eligible school, the eligible school applies for
10accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31, 2024, and obtains
11accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31, 2027.
AB43,1192,1212 d. This subd. 3. does not apply after the 2027-28 school year.
AB43,2086 13Section 2086. 115.7915 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1192,2214 115.7915 (2) (f) The child's parent or guardian on behalf of the child, or, for a
15child with a disability who has reached the age of 18 and has not been adjudicated
16incompetent, the child, submitted an application for a scholarship under this section
17as provided under sub. (3) (am) and on a form prepared by the department that
18includes the document developed by the department under sub. (4) to the eligible
19school that the child will attend. A child's parent or guardian or a child with a
20disability who has reached the age of 18 may apply for a scholarship at any time
21during a school year and, subject to sub. (3) (b), a child may begin attending an
22eligible school under this section at any time during the school year.
AB43,2087 23Section 2087. 115.7915 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1193,3
1115.7915 (2) (g) The Subject to sub. (3) (d), the eligible school, or the department
2on behalf of the eligible school,
has accepted the child's application to attend the
3eligible school under a scholarship awarded under this section.
AB43,2088 4Section 2088 . 115.7915 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1193,75 115.7915 (2) (i) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., beginning on July 1, 2026, all
6of the eligible school's teachers have a teaching license or permit issued by the
7department.
AB43,1193,168 2. a. A teacher employed by the eligible school on July 1, 2026, who has been
9teaching for at least the 5 consecutive years immediately preceding July 1, 2026, and
10who does not satisfy the requirements under subd. 1. on July 1, 2026, may apply to
11the department on a form prepared by the department for a temporary,
12nonrenewable waiver from the requirements under subd. 1. The department shall
13promulgate rules to implement this subd. 2. a., including the form of the application
14and the process by which the waiver application will be reviewed. The application
15form shall require the applicant to submit a plan for satisfying the requirements
16under subd. 1. No waiver granted under this subd. 2. a. is valid after July 1, 2031.
AB43,1193,1917 b. A teacher employed by the eligible school who teaches only courses in
18rabbinical studies is not required to hold a license or permit to teach issued by the
19department.
AB43,2089 20Section 2089. 115.7915 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1193,2321 115.7915 (2m) Program cap. Beginning with the 2024-25 school year, the total
22number of children who may attend eligible schools under the scholarship program
23under this section during a school year may not exceed the program cap.
AB43,2090 24Section 2090. 115.7915 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1194,2
1115.7915 (3) (title) Participating schools; selection of pupils application
2process; waiting list
.
AB43,2091 3Section 2091. 115.7915 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1194,94 115.7915 (3) (a) The governing body of an eligible school that intends to
5participate in the program under this section shall notify the department of its intent
6by the 1st Monday in March of the previous school year. The governing body of the
7eligible school shall include in the notice under this paragraph the number of spaces
8the eligible school has available for children receiving a scholarship under this
9section.
AB43,2092 10Section 2092. 115.7915 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1194,1411 115.7915 (3) (am) The governing body of an eligible school that has submitted
12a notice of intent to participate under par. (a) may accept applications for
13scholarships under sub. (2) (f) for the following school year between the first weekday
14in April and the 3rd Thursday in June.
AB43,2093 15Section 2093. 115.7915 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,2094 16Section 2094. 115.7915 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1195,417 115.7915 (3) (bm) Upon receipt of an application for a scholarship under sub.
18(2) (f)
par. (am), the governing body of the eligible school shall determine whether the
19application satisfies the requirements under sub. (2), other than the requirement
20under sub. (2) (d), and shall request verification from the local education agency that
21developed the child's individualized education program or services plan that the
22child has an individualized education program or services plan in place that meets
23the requirement in sub. (2) (d). The governing body of the eligible school shall also
24notify the child's resident school board that, pending verification that the
25requirements of sub. (2) have been satisfied and subject to par. (d), the child will be

1awarded a scholarship under this section. The local education agency shall, within
25 business days of receiving a request under this paragraph, provide the governing
3body of the eligible school with a copy of the child's individualized education program
4or services plan.
AB43,2095 5Section 2095. 115.7915 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1195,146 115.7915 (3) (c) The By the first weekday in May immediately following the
7application period under par. (am), the
governing body of a private an eligible school
8participating in the program under this section that received applications for
9scholarships under par. (am)
shall notify report to the department when it verifies
10that a child has
the names of children who applied under par. (am) to attend the
11eligible school for whom the governing body has verified that
an individualized
12education program or services plan is in effect and accepts the child's application to
13attend the private school under a scholarship awarded under this section
the names
14of those applicants who have siblings who are already attending the eligible school
.
AB43,2096 15Section 2096. 115.7915 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1195,2416 115.7915 (3) (d) After the end of the application period described under par.
17(am), upon receipt of the information under par. (c), the department shall determine
18the sum of all applicants for scholarships under this section. In determining the sum,
19the department shall count a child who has applied for more than one scholarship
20under this section only once. If the sum of all applicants exceeds the program cap,
21the department shall determine which applications to accept on a random basis,
22subject to the number of available spaces each eligible school specified in its notice
23under par. (a), except that the department shall give preference to the following in
24accepting applications for each eligible school, in the order of preference listed:
AB43,1196,2
11. Children who attended a different eligible school under a scholarship under
2this section during the previous school year.
AB43,1196,33 2. Siblings of pupils who are already attending the eligible school.
AB43,2097 4Section 2097. 115.7915 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1196,85 115.7915 (3) (e) No later than 60 days after the end of the application period
6described under par. (am), the department shall notify each applicant and each
7eligible school, in writing, whether the application submitted to the eligible school
8has been accepted.
AB43,2098 9Section 2098. 115.7915 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1196,1210 115.7915 (3) (f) If the sum under par. (d) exceeds the program cap, the
11department shall establish a waiting list in accordance with the preferences required
12under par. (d).
AB43,2099 13Section 2099. 115.7915 (3) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1196,2114 115.7915 (3) (g) The governing body of an eligible school that has accepted a
15child under par. (d) shall notify the department whenever the governing body
16determines that the child will not attend the eligible school under a scholarship
17under this section. If, upon receiving notice under this paragraph, the department
18determines that the number of children attending eligible schools under
19scholarships under this section falls below the program cap, the department shall fill
20any available slot with a child selected from the waiting list established under par.
21(f), if such a waiting list exists.
AB43,2100 22Section 2100. 115.7915 (4c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,2101 23Section 2101. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1197,524 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. b. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year and subject to
25subd. 3.,
ending in the 2022-23 school year, the sum of the scholarship amount under

1this subdivision for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue
2limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
3change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
4school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p.,
5if positive, or the amount under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 3., 2021 stats., if applicable.
AB43,2102 6Section 2102 . 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. c. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1197,117 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. c. Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, the sum of the
8scholarship amount under this subdivision for the previous school year; the amount
9of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school
10year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) between
11the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
AB43,2103 12Section 2103. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,2104 13Section 2104. 115.7915 (4m) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,2105 14Section 2105 . 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1197,1715 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. a. Determine the sum of the amount paid for each child
16number of children
residing in the school district for whom a payment is made under
17par. (a) in that school year.
AB43,2106 18Section 2106 . 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. bm. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1197,2019 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. bm. Multiply the number of children under subd. 1. a. by
20the per pupil amount calculated under par. (a) for that school year.
AB43,2107 21Section 2107 . 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1197,2322 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. e. Sum the amounts calculated under subd. 1. a., bm., d.,
23and dh.
AB43,2108 24Section 2108 . 115.7915 (6) (L) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1198,4
1115.7915 (6) (L) Allow a child attending the private school under this section
2to refrain from participating in any religious activity if the child's parent submits to
3the child's teacher or the private school's principal a written request that the child
4be exempt from such activities.
AB43,2109 5Section 2109. 115.881 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.881 (2) (intro.) and
6amended to read:
AB43,1198,107 115.881 (2) (intro.) For each child whose costs exceeded $30,000 under sub. (1),
8the department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bd), pay an eligible
9applicant in the current school year an amount equal to 0.90 multiplied by that
10portion
at the following rates:
AB43,1198,12 11(a) In the 2023-34 school year, 45 percent of the cost under sub. (1) that
12exceeded $30,000.
AB43,2110 13Section 2110. 115.881 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1198,1514 115.881 (2) (b) In the 2024-25 school year and each school year thereafter, 60
15percent of the cost under sub. (1) that exceeded $30,000.
AB43,2111 16Section 2111. 115.881 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,2112 17Section 2112 . 115.882 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1198,24 18115.882 Payment of state aid; reimbursement rate. Funds appropriated
19under s. 20.255 (2) (b) shall be used first for the purpose of s. 115.88 (4). Costs
In the
202023-24 school year and in each school year thereafter, costs
eligible for
21reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b) under ss. 115.88 (1m)
22to (3), (6), and (8), 115.93, and 118.255 (4) shall be reimbursed at a rate set to
23distribute the full amount appropriated for reimbursement for the costs, not to
24exceed 100 percent
60 percent of eligible costs.
AB43,2113 25Section 2113. 115.993 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1199,2
1115.993 (title) Report Reports on bilingual-bicultural education and
2pupil counts
.
AB43,2114 3Section 2114. 115.993 of the statutes is renumbered 115.993 (1).
AB43,2115 4Section 2115. 115.993 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1199,95 115.993 (2) Annually, on or before August 15, a school board and the operator
6of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall report to the state
7superintendent the number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the
8school district or attending the charter school in the previous school year and the
9classification of those pupils by language group.
AB43,2116 10Section 2116. 115.995 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1199,14 11115.995 State aids. (intro.) Upon receipt of the report under s. 115.993 (1),
12if the state superintendent is satisfied that the bilingual-bicultural education
13program for the previous school year was maintained in accordance with this
14subchapter, the state superintendent shall do all of the following:
AB43,2117 15Section 2117. 115.995 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1199,2016 115.995 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), divide
17proportionally, based upon costs reported under s. 115.993 (1), an annual payment
18of $250,000 among school districts whose enrollments in the previous school year
19were at least 15 percent limited-English proficient pupils. Aid paid under this
20subsection does not reduce aid paid under sub. (2).
AB43,2118 21Section 2118. 115.995 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.995 (2) (intro.) and
22amended to read:
AB43,1200,723 115.995 (2) (intro.) Certify to the department of administration in favor of the
24school district a sum equal to a percentage of the amount expended on
25limited-English proficient pupils by the school district during the preceding year for

1salaries of personnel participating in and attributable to bilingual-bicultural
2education programs under this subchapter, special books and equipment used in the
3bilingual-bicultural programs and other expenses approved by the state
4superintendent. The percentage shall be determined by dividing the amount in the
5From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc) in the current school year less
6$250,000 by the total amount of aidable costs in the previous school year.
, the state
7superintendent shall reimburse the school district the following amounts:
AB43,2119 8Section 2119. 115.995 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes are created to read:
AB43,1200,109 115.995 (2) (a) In the 2023-24 school year, 15 percent of the amount certified
10under this subsection for the previous school year.
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