AB43,1215,5
1118.51 (16) (c) If a pupil attends public school in a nonresident school district
2under this section for less than a full school term, the department shall prorate the
3state aid adjustments under this subsection and sub. (17) (c) and (cm) based on the
4number of days that school is in session and the pupil attends public school in the
5nonresident school district.
AB43,2168 6Section 2168 . 118.51 (16) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1215,97 118.51 (16) (d) The department shall ensure that the aid adjustments under
8par. (b) and sub. (17) (c) and (cm) do not affect the amount determined to be received
9by a school district as state aid under s. 121.08 for any other purpose.
AB43,2169 10Section 2169. 118.51 (17) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1215,1811 118.51 (17) (b) 2. c. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, and subject to subd.
123.
and ending in the 2022-23 school year, the per pupil transfer amount is the sum
13of the per pupil transfer amount for the previous school year; the amount of the per
14pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if
15positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between
16the previous school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40
17(2r) (e) 2p., if positive, or the amount under s. 118.51 (17) (b) 3., 2021 stats., if
18applicable
.
AB43,2170 19Section 2170 . 118.51 (17) (b) 2. cm. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1215,2420 118.51 (17) (b) 2. cm. Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, the per pupil
21transfer amount is the sum of the per pupil transfer amount for the previous school
22year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for
23the current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s.
24115.437 (2) between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
AB43,2171 25Section 2171. 118.51 (17) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,2172
1Section 2172. 118.51 (17) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,2173 2Section 2173. 118.51 (17) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1216,83 118.51 (17) (c) 1. If Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, if the number
4determined in par. (b) 1. a. is greater than the number determined in par. (b) 1. b. for
5a school district, in the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years, the department
6shall increase that school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 by an amount
7equal to the difference multiplied by an the amount under par. (b) 2. a., b., or c. for
8the applicable school year.
AB43,1216,209 2. If Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, if the number determined in par.
10(b) 1. a. is less than the number determined in par. (b) 1. b. for a school district, in
11the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years,
the department shall decrease that
12school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 by an amount equal to the
13difference multiplied by an the amount under par. (b) 2. a., b., or c. for the applicable
14school year.
If the state aid payment under s. 121.08 is insufficient to cover the
15reduction, the department shall decrease other state aid payments made by the
16department to the school district by the remaining amount. If the state aid payment
17under s. 121.08 and other state aid payments made by the department to the school
18district are insufficient to cover the reduction, the department shall use the moneys
19appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cg) to pay the balance to school districts under subd.
201.
AB43,2174 21Section 2174. 118.51 (17) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,2175 22Section 2175. 118.60 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1217,323 118.60 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (ag) and, (ar), and (bh), any pupil in grades
24kindergarten to 12 who resides within in an eligible school district may attend any
25private school under this section and, subject to pars. (ag), (ar), (be), (bh), (bm), and

1(bs), any pupil in grades kindergarten to 12 who resides in a school district, other
2than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district, may attend any
3private school under this section if all of the following apply:
AB43,2176 4Section 2176. 118.60 (2) (a) 2. g. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1217,75 118.60 (2) (a) 2. g. If the pupil resides in a school district, other than an eligible
6school district or
a 1st class city school district, the pupil was on a waiting list under
7sub. (3) (am) 4. or (ar) 4. in any previous school year.
AB43,2177 8Section 2177. 118.60 (2) (a) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1217,139 118.60 (2) (a) 6. a. Except as provided in subd. 6. c. and d., all of the private
10school's teachers have a teaching license issued by the department or a bachelor's
11degree or a degree or educational credential higher than a bachelor's degree,
12including a masters master's or doctorate, from a nationally or regionally accredited
13institution of higher education. This subd. 6. a. does not apply after June 30, 2026.
AB43,2178 14Section 2178. 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1217,1715 118.60 (2) (a) 6m. a. Except as provided in subd. 6m. b., beginning on July 1,
162026, all of the private school's teachers have a teaching license or permit issued by
17the department.
AB43,1218,218 b. A teacher employed by the private school on July 1, 2026, who has been
19teaching for at least the 5 consecutive years immediately preceding July 1, 2026, and
20who does not satisfy the requirements under subd. 6m. a. on July 1, 2026, may apply
21to the department on a form prepared by the department for a temporary,
22nonrenewable waiver from the requirements under subd. 6m. a. The department
23shall promulgate rules to implement this subd. 6m. b., including the form of the
24application and the process by which the waiver application will be reviewed. The
25application form shall require the applicant to submit a plan for satisfying the

1requirements under subd. 6m. a. No waiver granted under this subd. 6m. b. is valid
2after July 1, 2031.
AB43,2179 3Section 2179. 118.60 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1218,64 118.60 (2) (a) 10. If the private school operates any grade from 9 to 12, the
5private school makes available to pupils in grades 9 to 12 at least one computer
6science course that includes concepts in computer programming or coding.
AB43,2180 7Section 2180. 118.60 (2) (be) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1218,108 118.60 (2) (be) 3. Beginning with the 2026-27 school year, there is no limit on
9the number of pupils who may attend private schools
the limits under this section
10paragraph do not apply.
AB43,2181 11Section 2181. 118.60 (2) (bh) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1218,1212 118.60 (2) (bh) 1. In this paragraph, “program cap” means any of the following:
AB43,1218,1513 a. For an eligible school district, the total number of pupils residing in the
14eligible school district who attended a private school under this section in the
152023-24 school year.
AB43,1218,1816 b. For all school districts, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city
17school district, the total number of pupils residing in those school districts who
18attended a private school under this section in the 2023-24 school year.
AB43,1218,2119 2. a. Beginning with the 2024-25 school year, the total number of pupils
20residing in an eligible school district who may attend a private school under this
21section during a school year may not exceed the program cap under subd. 1. a.
AB43,1218,2522 b. Beginning with the 2024-25 school year, the total number of pupils residing
23in school districts, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school
24district, who may attend a private school under this section during a school year may
25not exceed the program cap under subd. 1. b.
AB43,2182
1Section 2182. 118.60 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1219,52 118.60 (2) (c) 3. Notwithstanding par. (a) 6m., a teacher employed by a private
3school participating in the program under this section who teaches only courses in
4rabbinical studies is not required to hold a license or permit to teach issued by the
5department.
AB43,2183 6Section 2183 . 118.60 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1219,207 118.60 (3) (a) (intro.) The pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian shall submit
8an application, on a form provided by the state superintendent, to the participating
9private school that the pupil wishes to attend. If more than one pupil from the same
10family applies to attend the same private school, the pupils may use a single
11application. No later than 60 days after the end of the application period during
12which an application is received and subject to par. pars. (am) and (ar), the private
13school shall notify each applicant, in writing, whether his or her application has been
14accepted. If the private school rejects an application, the notice shall include the
15reason. Subject to par. pars. (am) and (ar), a private school may reject an applicant
16only if it the private school has reached its maximum general capacity or seating
17capacity. Except as provided in par. pars. (am) and (ar), the state superintendent
18shall ensure that the private school determines which pupils to accept on a random
19basis, except that the private school may give preference to the following in accepting
20applications, in the order of preference listed:
AB43,2184 21Section 2184 . 118.60 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1219,2322 118.60 (3) (am) All of the following apply to applications to attend a private
23school under this section submitted by pupils who reside in an eligible school district:
AB43,1220,524 1. A private school that has submitted a notice of intent to participate under
25sub. (2) (a) 3. a. may accept applications for a school year during application periods

1determined by the department from pupils who reside in an eligible school district.
2For each school year, the department shall establish one or more application periods
3under this subdivision, the first of which begins no earlier than the first weekday in
4February of the school year before the applicable school year, and the last of which
5ends no later than September 14 of the applicable school year.
AB43,1220,126 2. Each private school that received applications under subd. 1. shall report to
7the department the number of pupils who applied under subd. 1. to attend the private
8school under this section and the names of those applicants who have siblings who
9also applied under subd. 1. to attend the private school under this section. The
10private school shall submit the report no later than 10 days after each application
11period described under subd. 1. during which the private school received
12applications.
AB43,1220,2313 3. After the end of each application period described under subd. 1., upon
14receipt of the information under subd. 2., the department shall determine the sum
15of all applicants for pupils residing in an eligible school district. In determining the
16sum, the department shall count a pupil who has applied to attend more than one
17private school under the program under this section only once. If, after the end of
18an application period described under subd. 1., the sum of all applicants for pupils
19residing in an eligible school district exceeds the program cap under sub. (2) (bh) 2.
20a., the department shall determine which applications submitted during the
21application period to accept on a random basis, except that the department shall give
22preference to the applications of pupils described in par. (a) 1m. to 5., in the order of
23preference listed in that paragraph.
AB43,1221,3
14. If the sum under subd. 3. exceeds the program cap under sub. (2) (bh) 2. a.,
2the department shall establish a waiting list in accordance with the preferences
3required under subd. 3.
AB43,1221,114 5. A private school that has accepted a pupil who resides in an eligible school
5district under this paragraph shall notify the department whenever the private
6school determines that a pupil will not attend the private school under this
7paragraph. If, upon receiving notice under this subdivision, the department
8determines that the number of pupils attending private schools under this section
9falls below the program cap under sub. (2) (bh) 2. a., the department shall fill any
10available slot with a pupil selected from the waiting list established under subd. 4.,
11if such a waiting list exists.
AB43,2185 12Section 2185 . 118.60 (3) (ar) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1221,1613 118.60 (3) (ar) (intro.) All of the following apply to applications to attend a
14private school under this section only if the limitation under sub. (2) (be) applies to
15the school year for which the application is made
submitted by pupils who reside in
16a school district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district
:
AB43,2186 17Section 2186 . 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 118.60 (3) (ar)
183. (intro.) and amended to read:
AB43,1222,519 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. (intro.) Annually After the end of the application period
20described under subd. 1.
, upon receipt of the information under subd. 2., the
21department shall, for each school district, determine the sum of all applicants for
22pupils residing in that school district under this paragraph and the sum of all
23applicants for pupils residing in all school districts, other than an eligible school
24district or a 1st class city school district
. In determining the sum those sums, the
25department shall count a pupil who has applied to attend more than one private

1school under the program only once. After determining the sum of all applicants for
2pupils residing in a school district,
those sums, if any of the following applies, the
3department shall determine which applications to accept on a random basis, except
4that the department shall give preference to the applications of pupils described in
5par. (a) 1m. to 5., in the order of preference listed in that paragraph .:
AB43,2187 6Section 2187. 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. a. and b. of the statutes are created to read:
AB43,1222,97 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. a. The sum of all applicants for pupils residing in a school
8district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district, exceeds
9the school district's pupil participation limit under sub. (2) (be).
AB43,1222,1210 b. The sum of all applicants for pupils residing in all school districts, other than
11an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district, exceeds the program cap
12under sub. (2) (bh) 2. b.
AB43,2188 13Section 2188. 118.60 (3) (ar) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 118.60 (3) (ar)
144. (intro.) and amended to read:
AB43,1222,1915 118.60 (3) (ar) 4. (intro.) For each school district in which private schools
16received applications under subd. 1. that exceeded the school district's pupil
17participation limit under sub. (2) (be), the
The department shall establish a waiting
18list in accordance with the preferences required under subd. 3. for each of the
19following:
AB43,2189 20Section 2189. 118.60 (3) (ar) 4. a. and b. of the statutes are created to read:
AB43,1222,2321 118.60 (3) (ar) 4. a. A school district, other than an eligible school district or a
221st class city school district, for which the sum described under subd. 3. a. exceeds
23the school district's pupil participation limit under sub. (2) (be).
AB43,1223,3
1b. All school districts, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city
2school district, if the sum described under subd. 3. b. exceeds the program cap under
3sub. (2) (bh) 2. b.
AB43,2190 4Section 2190. 118.60 (3) (ar) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1223,145 118.60 (3) (ar) 5. A private school that has accepted a pupil who resides in a
6school district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district,
7under this paragraph shall notify the department whenever the private school
8determines that a pupil will not attend the private school under this paragraph. If,
9upon receiving notice under this subdivision, the department determines that the
10number of pupils attending private schools under this section falls below a school
11district's pupil participation limit under sub. (2) (be), or below the program cap under
12sub. (2) (bh) 2. b.,
the department shall fill any available slot in that school district
13or program with a pupil selected from the school district's applicable waiting list
14established under subd. 4., if such a waiting list exists.
AB43,2191 15Section 2191. 118.60 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1224,216 118.60 (3) (b) If a participating private school rejects an applicant who resides
17within in an eligible school district because the private school has too few available
18spaces, the applicant may transfer his or her application to a participating private
19school that has space available. An applicant who is rejected under this paragraph
20or an applicant who is on the waiting list under par. (am) 4. may, subject to sub. (2)
21(bh) 2. a.,
be admitted to a private school participating in the program under this
22section for the following school year, provided that the applicant continues to reside
23within in an eligible school district. The department may not require, in that
24following school year, the private school to submit financial information regarding

1the applicant or to verify the eligibility of the applicant to participate in the program
2under this section on the basis of family income.
AB43,2192 3Section 2192. 118.60 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1224,164 118.60 (3) (c) If a participating private school rejects an applicant who resides
5in a school district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school
6district, because the private school has too few available spaces, the applicant may
7transfer his or her application to a participating private school that has space
8available. An applicant who is rejected under this paragraph or an applicant who
9is on the a waiting list under par. (ar) 4. a. or b. may, subject to sub. (2) (be) and (bh)
102. b.
, be admitted to a private school participating in the program under this section
11for the following school year, provided that the applicant continues to reside in a
12school district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district.
13The department may not require, in that following school year, the private school to
14submit financial information regarding the applicant or to verify the eligibility of the
15applicant to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family
16income.
AB43,2193 17Section 2193. 118.60 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1225,418 118.60 (4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16 to 2022-23 school year and in each school year
19thereafter
years, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the
20pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in
21subd. 5., the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil
22is enrolled on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under
23s. 20.255 (2) (fr), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the
24state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school
25year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue

1adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
2change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
3school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p.,
4if positive.
AB43,2194 5Section 2194 . 118.60 (4) (bg) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1225,166 118.60 (4) (bg) 6. Beginning in the 2023-24 school year and in each school year
7thereafter, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's
8enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 7.,
9the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled
10on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255
11(2) (fr), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state
12superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year
13for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue
14adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
15change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) between the previous school year
16and the current school year, if positive.
AB43,2195 17Section 2195 . 118.60 (4) (bg) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1225,2218 118.60 (4) (bg) 7. If the pupil described in subd. 6. is enrolled in a private school
19that enrolls pupils under the program in any grade between kindergarten to 8 and
20also in any grade between 9 to 12, the state superintendent shall substitute for the
21amount described in subd. 6. the amount determined under subd. 4. a. to d., with the
22following modifications:
AB43,1226,423 a. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program who are enrolled
24in the private school in any grade between kindergarten to 8 by the sum of the
25maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under

1this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled;
2the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current
3school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2)
4between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
AB43,1226,115 b. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program who are enrolled
6in the private school in any grade between 9 to 12 by the sum of the maximum amount
7per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the
8previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the
9per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if
10positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) between the
11previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
AB43,2196 12Section 2196. 118.60 (4v) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1226,1813 118.60 (4v) (b) If the department considers a pupil as a resident of an eligible
14school district under par. (a) for a school year, the department shall ensure that the
15pupil is not counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a school
16district has exceeded its pupil participation limit under sub. (2) (be) and that the
17pupil is not counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a
18program cap under sub. (2) (bh) 2. a. or b. has been exceeded
.
AB43,2197 19Section 2197. 118.60 (4v) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1226,2320 118.60 (4v) (c) The department may consider a pupil enrolled in a private
21school participating in the program under this section who satisfies all of the
22following as a resident of a school district, other than an eligible school district or a
231st class city school district, who is enrolled in the private school under this section:
AB43,1226,2524 1. The pupil was a resident of an eligible school district when the pupil applied
25to participate in the program under this section.
AB43,1227,2
12. The pupil accepted a space at a private school participating in the program
2under this section as a resident of an eligible school district.
AB43,1227,43 3. The pupil resides in a school district, other than an eligible school district
4or a 1st class city school district, on the 3rd Friday in September.
AB43,1227,75 4. The private school the pupil is attending under this section accepts
6applications under this section from pupils who reside in school districts, other than
7an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district.
AB43,2198 8Section 2198. 118.60 (4v) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1227,159 118.60 (4v) (d) If the department considers a pupil as a resident of a school
10district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district, under
11par. (c) for a school year, the department shall ensure that the pupil is not counted
12for that school year for purposes of determining whether the school district has
13exceeded its pupil participation limit under sub. (2) (be) and that the pupil is not
14counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a program cap
15under sub. (2) (bh) 2. a. or b. has been exceeded.
AB43,2199 16Section 2199. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1228,517 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
1866.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.3415,
19115.342, 115.343, 115.344, 115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367
20115.369, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.422, 115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06,
21118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15,
22118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223,
23118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258,
24118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.2935, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52,
25118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2)

1(b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14,
2120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and
3board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract,
4to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an opportunity schools and
5partnership program.
AB43,2200 6Section 2200. 119.23 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1228,97 119.23 (2) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (ag) and, (ar), and (b), any pupil in grades
8kindergarten to 12 who resides within the city may attend any private school if all
9of the following apply:
AB43,2201 10Section 2201. 119.23 (2) (a) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,1228,1511 119.23 (2) (a) 6. a. Except as provided in subd. 6. c., all of the private school's
12teachers have a teaching license issued by the department or a bachelor's degree or
13a degree or educational credential higher than a bachelor's degree, including a
14masters master's or doctorate, from a nationally or regionally accredited institution
15of higher education. This subd. 6. a. does not apply after June 30, 2026.
AB43,2202 16Section 2202. 119.23 (2) (a) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,1228,1917 119.23 (2) (a) 6m. a. Except as provided in subd. 6m. b., beginning on July 1,
182026, all of the private school's teachers have a teaching license or permit issued by
19the department.
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