SB989,50,1717 2. Siblings of pupils described in subd. 1m. 1.
SB989,50,1918 3. Pupils who attended a different participating private school under this
19section or s. 119.23
the choice program during the previous school year.
SB989,50,2320 5. Siblings of those pupils who have been randomly accepted to attend the
21participating private school under this section the choice program and who did not
22attend a participating private school under this section or s. 119.23 the choice
23program
during the previous school year.
SB989,120 24Section 120 . 118.60 (3) (ar) of the statutes is repealed.
SB989,121 25Section 121. 118.60 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB989,122
1Section 122. 118.60 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB989,123 2Section 123. 118.60 (3) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB989,124 3Section 124 . 118.60 (3m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.82 (1), and
4118.82 (1) (intro.) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB989,51,95 118.82 (1) Prohibited tuition and payments. (intro.) A participating private
6school participating in the program under this section may not charge or receive any
7additional tuition payment for a pupil participating in the choice program under this
8section
other than the payment the school receives under sub. (4) and, if applicable,
9sub. (4m)
s. 118.84, if either any of the following applies:
SB989,51,1310 (b) The pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12 and the family income of the
11pupil, as determined under sub. (2) (a) 1. s. 118.72, does not exceed an amount equal
12to 2.2 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by
13the director of the federal office of management and budget.
SB989,125 14Section 125 . 118.60 (3m) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 118.82 (4), and
15118.82 (4) (a) (intro.), 2., 4. and 8. and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB989,51,2116 118.82 (4) (a) (intro.) Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, a A participating
17private school participating in the program under this section may recover the cost
18of providing the following to a pupil participating in the choice program under this
19section
through reasonable fees in an amount determined by the participating
20private school and charged to the pupil, except that no participating private school
21may retroactively recover any uncollected costs incurred prior to November 19, 2011
:
SB989,51,2322 2. Social and extracurricular activities if not necessary to the participating
23private school's curriculum.
SB989,51,2424 4. Meals consumed by pupils of the participating private school.
SB989,51,2525 8. Room and board at the participating private school.
SB989,52,4
1(b) A participating private school may not prohibit an eligible pupil from
2attending the participating private school, expel , or otherwise discipline the pupil,
3or withhold or reduce the pupil's grades because the pupil or the pupil's parent or
4guardian cannot
does not pay or has not paid fees charged under subd. 1. par. (a).
SB989,126 5Section 126 . 118.60 (3m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.82 (2), and
6118.82 (2) (intro.) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB989,52,117 118.82 (2) Allowable tuition and payments. (intro.) Beginning in the 2011-12
8school year, a
A participating private school participating in the program under this
9section
may, in addition to the payment it receives for a pupil under sub. (4) and, if
10applicable, sub. (4m)
s. 118.84, charge the pupil tuition in an amount determined by
11the participating private school if both all of the following apply:
SB989,52,1512 (b) The family income of the pupil, as determined under sub. (2) (a) 1. s. 118.72,
13exceeds an amount equal to 2.2 times the poverty level determined in accordance
14with criteria established by the director of the federal office of management and
15budget.
SB989,127 16Section 127 . 118.60 (3m) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 118.82 (3) and
17amended to read:
SB989,52,2418 118.82 (3) Appeal; participating private school. A participating private school
19participating in the program under this section shall determine whether the
20participating private school may charge additional tuition to a pupil on the basis of
21the pupil's family income as permitted allowed under par. (b) sub. (2). The
22participating private school shall establish a process for accepting an appeal to the
23governing body of the participating private school of the determination made under
24this paragraph subsection.
SB989,128
1Section 128. 118.60 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.80 (8) and
2amended to read:
SB989,53,73 118.80 (8) Summer school attendance report. Annually, on or before the
4Monday after the 3rd Friday in
September 15, a participating private school
5participating in the program under this section shall file with the department a
6report stating its summer daily attendance for each day of summer school for the
7purpose of sub. (4m) s. 118.84 (2).
SB989,129 8Section 129 . 118.60 (4) (bg) 1., 2. and 4. of the statutes are repealed.
SB989,130 9Section 130 . 118.60 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin
10Act 11
, is renumbered 118.84 (1) (b) and amended to read:
SB989,54,511 118.84 (1) (b) In the 2015-16 2025-26 school year and in each school year
12thereafter, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's
13enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 5.,
14the state superintendent shall pay to the participating private school in which the
15pupil is enrolled on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation
16under s. 20.255 (2) (fr), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per
17pupil the state superintendent paid a participating private school under this section
18in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; in the 2023-24
19school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from kindergarten to 8, 10 percent of
20the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year;
the amount of
21the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year,
22if positive; 90 percent of the change in the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905
23(1), between the previous school year and current school year, if positive, if the pupil
24is enrolled in a grade from kindergarten to 8, or if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from
259 to 12, the change in the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), between the

1previous school year and current school year, if positive; and the change in the
2amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and
3the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in
4the 2023-24 school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12, 26.8 percent
5of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year
.
SB989,131 6Section 131. 118.60 (4) (bg) 5. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin
7Act 11
, is repealed.
SB989,132 8Section 132 . 118.60 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 118.84 (3) and
9amended to read:
SB989,54,1610 118.84 (3) Payment installments. The state superintendent shall pay 25
11percent of the total amount under this subsection sub. (1) in September, 25 percent
12in November, 25 percent in February, and 25 percent in May. Each installment may
13consist of a single check for all pupils attending the participating private school
14under this section the choice program. The state superintendent shall include the
15entire amount under sub. (4m) (2) in the November installment, but the payment
16shall be made in a separate check from the payment under this subsection sub. (1).
SB989,133 17Section 133 . 118.60 (4d) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.84 (4) (a) (intro.)
18and amended to read:
SB989,54,2119 118.84 (4) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, “incoming choice pupil" means a pupil
20who resides in a school district, other than a 1st class city school district, who begins
21satisfies all of the following criteria:
SB989,54,25 222. The pupil began participating in the program under this section in s. 118.60,
232023 stats., during the period beginning with
the 2015-16 school year or any and
24ending with the 2025-26
school year thereafter, and who or begins participating in
25the choice program in the 2026-27 school year or any school year thereafter.
SB989,55,2
13. The pupil is enrolled in a participating private school under this section the
2choice program
.
SB989,134 3Section 134. 118.60 (4d) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.84 (4) (b), and
4118.84 (4) (b) 1. (intro.) and a. to d., as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB989,55,75 118.84 (4) (b) 1. (intro.) Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, subject Subject
6to s. 121.085 (1), the department shall decrease a school district's state aid payment
7under s. 121.08 by an amount calculated as follows:
SB989,55,98 a. Identify the incoming choice pupils residing in the school district for whom
9a payment is made under sub. (4) (bg) (1) in that school year.
SB989,55,1110 b. Sum the payments made under sub. (4) (bg) (1) for all of the pupils identified
11under subd. 1. a. for that school year.
SB989,55,1312 c. Identify the incoming choice pupils residing in the school district for whom
13a payment is made under sub. (4m) (2) in that school year.
SB989,55,1514 d. Sum the payments made under sub. (4m) (a) (2) for all of the pupils identified
15under subd. 1. c. for that school year.
SB989,135 16Section 135 . 118.60 (4m) of the statutes is renumbered 118.84 (2), and 118.84
17(2) (a) and (b) 1. and 2., as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB989,55,2318 118.84 (2) (a) In addition to the payment under sub. (4) (1), the state
19superintendent shall, subject to par. (b), pay to each participating private school
20participating in the program under this section, on behalf of the parent or guardian
21of each pupil attending summer school in the participating private school under this
22section during a summer
and in the manner described in sub. (4) (c) (3), an amount
23determined as follows:
SB989,56,3
11. Determine the maximum amount that could have been paid, at the end of
2the immediately preceding school term, per pupil under sub. (4) (bg) (1) for the grade
3in which the pupil is attending summer school under this section the choice program.
SB989,56,64 2. If the pupil attended summer school for at least 15 days of summer
5instruction at the participating private school during that summer, multiply the
6amount under subd. 1. by 0.05.
SB989,56,107 3. If the pupil attended summer school for less than 15 days of summer
8instruction at the participating private school during that summer, multiply the
9amount under subd. 1. by 0.05 by the quotient determined by dividing the number
10of days of summer instruction the pupil attended during that summer by 15.
SB989,56,1211 (b) 1. The participating private school offers no fewer than 19 summer days of
12instruction during that summer.
SB989,56,1413 2. Each summer day of instruction offered by the participating private school
14under subd. 1. is comprised of no fewer than 270 minutes of instruction.
SB989,136 15Section 136 . 118.60 (4r) of the statutes is renumbered 118.84 (5), and 118.84
16(5) (intro.) and (a), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB989,56,2517 118.84 (5) Participating private school closure. (intro.) If, after the 3rd
18Friday in September in any school year, a participating private school participating
19in the program under this section
closes, for each installment under sub. (4) (c) (3)
20that was not paid to the participating private school in that school year, the state
21superintendent shall pay to the school board of the school district within which the
22pupil resides, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fv), the amount
23determined, for each pupil who had been attending the participating private school
24under this section the choice program in that school year and who enrolls in the
25school district within which the pupil resides in that school year, as follows:
SB989,57,1
1(a) Multiply the amount determined under sub. (4) (bg) (1) by 0.616.
SB989,137 2Section 137 . 118.60 (4s) of the statutes is renumbered 118.84 (6) and amended
3to read:
SB989,57,94 118.84 (6) Special Needs Scholarship Program pupils. Notwithstanding subs.
5(4), (4d), (4m), and (4r) (1) to (5), a pupil attending a participating private school
6participating in the program under this section who is receiving a scholarship under
7s. 115.7915 shall may not be counted under this section as a pupil attending the
8participating private school under this section under sub. (4), (4d), (4m), or (4r) the
9choice program
.
SB989,138 10Section 138 . 118.60 (4v) of the statutes is repealed.
SB989,139 11Section 139 . 118.60 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 118.87 (5) and amended
12to read:
SB989,57,1613 118.87 (5) Annual notice; pupils. The state superintendent shall ensure
14Ensure that pupils and parents and guardians of pupils who reside in this state are
15informed annually of the private schools participating in the choice program under
16this section and in the program under s. 119.23
.
SB989,140 17Section 140 . 118.60 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 118.86 and amended to
18read:
SB989,57,22 19118.86 School district; duties. The A school board of a school district shall
20provide transportation to pupils attending a participating private school under this
21section the choice program if required under s. 121.54 and may claim transportation
22aid under s. 121.58 for pupils so transported.
SB989,141 23Section 141 . 118.60 (6m) (intro.) and (a) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are
24repealed.
SB989,142
1Section 142. 118.60 (6m) (a) 1. to 9. of the statutes are renumbered 118.78 (1)
2(a) to (i), and 118.78 (1) (g) and (i), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SB989,58,73 118.78 (1) (g) A copy of the suspension and expulsion policies and procedures,
4including procedures for appealing a suspension or and for appealing an expulsion,
5used by the private school. The private school shall include in its suspension and
6expulsion policies and procedures a requirement that a pupil's parent receive written
7notice if the pupil is suspended or expelled.
SB989,58,98 (i) A copy of the policy governing visitors and visits to the private school,
9developed as required under sub. (7) (b) 2m
.
SB989,143 10Section 143 . 118.60 (6m) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 118.78 (2) and
11amended to read:
SB989,58,1412 118.78 (2) Disclosures to department. Upon request of the department, a
13participating private school shall
provide a copy of any policy described in par. (a)
14sub. (1) and the academic standards adopted under sub. (7) (b) 2. s. 118.79 (3).
SB989,144 15Section 144 . 118.60 (6m) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 118.78 (3) and
16amended to read:
SB989,58,2217 118.78 (3) Annual notice; governing body. Upon an individual joining the
18private school's governing body,
Annually, a participating private school shall notify
19the department of any changes in the membership of its governing body and
provide
20to the department a signed statement from the each individual who joined the
21governing body during the previous year
verifying that the individual is a member
22of the governing body.
SB989,145 23Section 145 . 118.60 (6m) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 118.78 (4) and
24amended to read:
SB989,59,4
1118.78 (4) Disclosures to pupils. Upon request by any pupil, or the parent or
2guardian
of any minor pupil, who is attending or who applies to attend the a
3participating
private school, the participating private school shall provide the
4material specified in pars. (a) and (b) sub. (1).
SB989,146 5Section 146 . 118.60 (6p) (intro.) and (a) (intro.) of the statutes are
6consolidated, renumbered 118.76 (6) (intro.) and amended to read:
SB989,59,137 118.76 (6) Disclosure information. (intro.) In addition to the requirements
8under sub. (6m), a
A private school that is not a new private school and that did not
9participate in the choice program under this section or s. 119.23 in the previous
10school year shall submit to the department all of the following: (a) By, by 2 days
11before the 2nd Friday in
January 10 of the school year immediately preceding the
12school year in which the private school intends to participate in the choice program
13under this section, all of the following:
SB989,147 14Section 147 . 118.60 (6p) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 118.76 (6) (a) and
15amended to read:
SB989,59,1616 118.76 (6) (a) The information required under sub. (6m) (a) s. 118.78 (1).
SB989,148 17Section 148 . 118.60 (6p) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 118.76 (6) (c).
SB989,149 18Section 149 . 118.60 (6p) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.76 (6) (b) and
19amended to read:
SB989,59,2220 118.76 (6) (b) By August 1 of the school year in which the private school intends
21to participate in the program under this section, a
A copy of the academic standards
22adopted under sub. (7) (b) 2. s. 118.79 (3).
SB989,150 23Section 150 . 118.60 (7) (ad) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 118.74 (3) (a)
24(intro.) and amended to read:
SB989,60,5
1118.74 (3) (a) (intro.) If a participating private school participating in the
2program under this section or s. 119.23 and
that is accredited under sub. (2) (a) 7. to
3offer instruction in any elementary grade, but not any high school grade, seeks to
4offer instruction in any high school grade, the private school shall apply do all of the
5following:
SB989,60,9 61. Apply for and achieve accreditation to offer of the high school grades by an
7accrediting entity by the last weekday in December of the first school year in which
8the private school offers
instruction in the additional grades in the manner
9established under sub. (2) (a) 7. c.
a high school grade.
SB989,151 10Section 151 . 118.60 (7) (ad) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 118.74 (3) (b)
11(intro.) and amended to read:
SB989,60,1612 118.74 (3) (b) (intro.) If a participating private school participating in the
13program under this section or s. 119.23 and
that is accredited under sub. (2) (a) 7. to
14offer instruction in any high school grade, but not any elementary grade, seeks to
15offer instruction in any elementary grade, the private school shall apply do all of the
16following:
SB989,60,20 171. Apply for and achieve accreditation to offer of the elementary grades by an
18accrediting entity by the last weekday in December of the first school year in which
19the private school offers
instruction in the additional grades in the manner
20established under sub. (2) (a) 7. c.
an elementary grade.
SB989,152 21Section 152 . 118.60 (7) (ad) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 118.74 (4) (a) and
22amended to read:
SB989,61,323 118.74 (4) (a) The governing body of a participating private school participating
24in the program under this section and accredited as required under subds. 1. and 2.
25and sub. (2) (a) 7.
, except for a private school obtaining accreditation as allowed

1under sub. (2) or (3),
shall ensure that the participating private school continuously
2maintains accreditation from an accrediting entity as long as the private school
3continues to participate in the choice program under this section.
SB989,153 4Section 153 . 118.60 (7) (ag) of the statutes is renumbered 118.74 (5) and
5amended to read:
SB989,61,136 118.74 (5) Disqualified accrediting organization. If a participating private
7school learns that an accrediting organization with which the private school is
8maintaining accreditation, as required under par. (ad) this section, is a disqualified
9accrediting organization, the participating private school shall immediately notify
10the department in writing of this fact and shall obtain accreditation from an
11accrediting entity no later than 3 years from the date on which the participating
12private school learned that the accrediting organization is a disqualified accrediting
13organization.
SB989,154 14Section 154 . 118.60 (7) (am) 1m. of the statutes is renumbered 118.83 (1) and
15amended to read:
SB989,62,516 118.83 (1) Definition. In this paragraph section, “eligible education expenses"
17means all direct and indirect costs associated with a participating private school's
18educational programming for pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to 12 that are
19reasonable for the participating private school to achieve its educational purposes,
20as determined by the governing body of the participating private school in a written
21policy and tested by an independent auditor. “Eligible education expenses" include
22expenses related to management, insurance, transportation, extracurricular
23programming and activities, facility and equipment costs, development expenses,
24and programming that provides child care services before school, after school, or both
25before and after school. A cost is not an “eligible education expense" if an

1independent auditor determines, after testing, that the cost is not a cost associated
2with the participating private school's educational programming for pupils enrolled
3in grades kindergarten to 12 that is reasonable for the participating private school
4to achieve its educational purposes, as determined by the governing body of the
5participating private school in a written policy.
SB989,155 6Section 155 . 118.60 (7) (am) 2m. (intro.) and a. of the statutes are consolidated,
7renumbered 118.83 (2) (a) and amended to read:
SB989,62,108 118.83 (2) (a) Each participating private school participating in the program
9under this section
is subject to uniform financial accounting standards established
10by the department.
SB989,62,19 11(b) Annually by the last weekday in October 15 following a school year in which
12a private school participated in the choice program under this section, the private
13school shall submit to the department all of the following: a. An an independent
14financial audit of the private school conducted by an independent certified public
15accountant, accompanied by the auditor's statement that the report is free of
16material misstatements and fairly presents the private school's eligible education
17expenses, and beginning in the 2nd school year a private school participates in the
18program under this section, a copy of a management letter prepared by the auditor
.
19All of the following apply to a financial audit submitted under this paragraph:
SB989,62,23 201. If the private school annually received a total of at least $100,000 under this
21section
the choice program and ss. s. 115.7915 and 119.23 in any school year, the
22audit shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
23with allowable modifications for long-term fixed assets.
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