SB293,21,109 c. The participating private school to which the pupil's application is
10transferred under this subdivision has space available in the pupil's grade.
SB293,21,1311 d. The total number of pupils residing in the pupil's resident school district
12attending a private school under this section during the current school year does not
13exceed the school district's pupil participation limit under sub. (2) (be).
SB293,45 14Section 45. 118.60 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,22,215 118.60 (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 who is rejected under this paragraph or an applicant who
20is on the waiting list under sub. (3) (ar) 4.
may, subject to sub. (2) (be) and (bm), be
21admitted to a private school participating in the program under this section for the
22following school year, provided that the applicant continues to reside in a school
23district other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district. The
24department may not require, in that following school year, the private school to
25submit financial information regarding the applicant or to verify the eligibility of the

1applicant to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family
2income
.
SB293,46 3Section 46. 118.60 (3m) (am) 1. h. of the statutes is created to read:
SB293,22,44 118.60 (3m) (am) 1. h. Room and board at the private school.
SB293,47 5Section 47. 118.60 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,22,96 118.60 (4) (a) Annually, on or before October 1 September 15, a private school
7participating in the program under this section shall file with the department a
8report stating its summer daily attendance for each day of summer school for the
9purpose of sub. (4m).
SB293,48 10Section 48. 118.60 (4v) of the statutes is created to read:
SB293,22,1411 118.60 (4v) (a) The department may consider a pupil enrolled in a private
12school participating in the program under this section who satisfies all of the
13following as a resident of an eligible school district who is enrolled in the private
14school under this section:
SB293,22,1715 1. The pupil was a resident of a school district, other than an eligible school
16district or a 1st class city school district, when the pupil applied to participate in the
17program under this section.
SB293,22,2018 2. The pupil accepted a space at a private school participating in the program
19under this section as a resident of a school district, other than an eligible school
20district or a 1st class city school district.
SB293,22,2121 3. The pupil resides in an eligible school district on the 3rd Friday in September.
SB293,22,2322 4. The private school the pupil is attending under this section accepts
23applications under this section from pupils who reside in an eligible school district.
SB293,23,224 (b) If the department considers a pupil as a resident of an eligible school district
25under par. (a), the department shall ensure that the pupil is not counted for purposes

1of determining whether a school district has exceeded its pupil participation limit
2under sub. (2) (be).
SB293,49 3Section 49. 118.60 (6m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,23,54 118.60 (6m) (b) (intro.) Annually, by August 1st 1, provide to the department
5the material specified in par. (a) and all of the following information:
SB293,50 6Section 50. 118.60 (6m) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.
SB293,51 7Section 51. 118.60 (6m) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SB293,52 8Section 52. 118.60 (6m) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB293,23,109 118.60 (6m) (bm) Upon request of the department, provide a copy of any policy
10described in par. (a) and the academic standards adopted under sub. (7) (b) 2.
SB293,53 11Section 53. 118.60 (6m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,23,1512 118.60 (6m) (c) Provide Upon an individual joining the private school's
13governing body, provide
to the department a signed statement from each the
14individual who is a member of the private school's governing body verifying that the
15individual is a member of the governing body.
SB293,54 16Section 54. 118.60 (6p) of the statutes is created to read:
SB293,23,2017 118.60 (6p) In addition to the requirements under sub. (6m), a private school
18that is not a new private school and that did not participate in the program under
19this section or s. 119.23 in the previous school year shall submit to the department
20all of the following:
SB293,23,2321 (a) By January 10 of the school year immediately preceding the school year in
22which the private school intends to participate in the program under this section, all
23of the following:
SB293,23,2424 1. The information required under sub. (6m) (a).
SB293,24,3
12. A signed statement from each individual who is a member of the private
2school's governing body verifying that the individual is a member of the governing
3body.
SB293,24,64 (b) By August 1 of the school year in which the private school intends to
5participate in the program under this section, a copy of the academic standards
6adopted under sub. (7) (b) 2.
SB293,55 7Section 55. 118.60 (7) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB293,56 8Section 56. 118.60 (7) (am) 2m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,25,159 118.60 (7) (am) 2m. a. An independent financial audit of the private school
10conducted by an independent certified public accountant, accompanied by the
11auditor's statement that the report is free of material misstatements and fairly
12presents the private school's eligible education expenses, and beginning in the 2nd
13school year a private school participates in the program under this section, a copy of
14a management letter prepared by the auditor. The If the private school annually
15received a total of at least $100,000 under this section and ss. 115.7915 and 119.23
16in any school year, the
audit shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted
17accounting principles with allowable modifications for long-term fixed assets. If the
18private school has not annually received a total of at least $100,000 under this section
19and ss. 115.7915 and 119.23 in any school year, the audit shall be prepared as
20prescribed by the department by rule.
The audit shall include a calculation of the
21private school's net eligible education expenses and a calculation of the balance of the
22private school's fund for future eligible education expenses. The auditor shall
23conduct his or her audit, including determining sample sizes and evaluating
24financial viability, in accordance with the auditing standards established by the
25American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The department may not

1require an auditor to comply with standards that exceed the scope of the standards
2established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. If a private
3school participating in a program under this section is part of an organization and
4the private school and the organization share assets, liabilities, or eligible education
5expenses, the private school may submit an audit of the private school or of the
6organization of which it is a part. If a private school that is part of an organization
7with which it shares assets, liabilities, or eligible education expenses submits an
8audit of only the private school, the independent auditor shall use his or her
9professional judgment to allocate any shared assets, liabilities, and eligible
10education expenses between the organization and the private school. If a private
11school participating in the program under this section also accepts pupils under s.
12115.7915 or 119.23, the private school may submit one comprehensive financial audit
13to satisfy the requirements of this subdivision and s. ss. 115.7915 (6) (e) and 119.23
14(7) (am) 2m., whichever are applicable. The private school shall include in the
15comprehensive financial audit the information specified under s. 119.23 (7) (am) 2m.
SB293,57 16Section 57. 118.60 (7) (an) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,25,2417 118.60 (7) (an) 1. A private school participating in the program under this
18section shall maintain a cash and investment balance that is at least equal to its
19reserve balance. If a private school does not maintain a cash and investment balance
20that is at least equal to its reserve balance, the private school shall refund the reserve
21balance to the department.
If a private school ceases to participate in or is barred
22from the program under this section and s. 119.23 and the private school's reserve
23balance is positive, the private school shall refund the reserve balance to the
24department.
SB293,58 25Section 58. 118.60 (7) (ao) of the statutes is repealed.
SB293,59
1Section 59. 118.60 (7) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,26,82 118.60 (7) (d) (intro.) By September 1 before the first school term of
3participation in the program that begins in the 2013-14 school year, by
August 1
4before the first school term of participation in the program that begins in the 2014-15
5school year or any school year thereafter, or by May 1 if the private school begins
6participating in the program during summer school, each private school
7participating in the program under this section shall submit to the department all
8of the following:
SB293,60 9Section 60. 118.60 (7) (d) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB293,61 10Section 61. 118.60 (7) (em) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,26,1911 118.60 (7) (em) 1. Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, the The governing
12body of each private school participating in the program under this section shall,
13subject to subd. 2., annually, by January 15 August 1, provide the department with
14evidence demonstrating that the private school remains accredited for the current
15school year as required under par. (ad), except that in the 2017-18 school year the
16governing body shall submit the evidence by January 15, 2018
. The governing body
17shall include as evidence of accreditation a letter prepared by an accrediting entity
18that confirms that the private school is accredited by that entity as of the date of the
19letter.
SB293,62 20Section 62. 118.60 (7) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
SB293,26,2521 118.60 (7) (h) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, each private school
22participating in the program under this section shall conduct criminal background
23investigations of its employees and exclude from employment any person not
24permitted to hold a teaching license as the result of an offense and any person who
25might reasonably be believed to pose a threat to the safety of others.
SB293,63
1Section 63. 118.60 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB293,27,42 118.60 (7m) (a) By May 1 before the first school term that a private school
3participates in the program under this section or s. 119.23, a private school shall
4submit to the department one of the following:
SB293,27,85 1. A surety bond payable to the state in an amount equal to 25 percent of the
6total amount of payments the private school expects to receive under this section and
7s. 119.23 during the first school year the private school participates in the program
8under this section.
SB293,27,119 (b) 1. If a private school submits a surety bond under par. (a) 1., the private
10school shall annually provide, by May 1, a surety bond payable to the state until the
11private school submits all of the following to the department:
SB293,27,1412 a. If the private school is not part of an organization with which its shares
13assets, liabilities, or eligible education expenses, an audit under sub. (7) (am) 2m. a.
14that does not contain any indicators that the private school is not financially viable.
SB293,27,1815 b. If the private school is a part of an organization with which it shares assets,
16liabilities, or eligible education expenses, an audit sub. (7) (am) 2m. a. of the
17organization that does not contain any indicators that the organization is not
18financially viable.
SB293,27,2219 c. Evidence of sound fiscal and internal control practices under sub. (7) (am)
202m. b. for the school year in the financial audit submitted under subd. 1. a. or b. and
21for the subsequent school year, neither of which indicates that the school is not
22financially viable.
SB293,27,2523 2. A private school shall provide a surety bond under this paragraph in an
24amount equal to 25 percent of the total amount of payments the private school
25expects to receive under this section and s. 119.23 during the following school year.
SB293,28,5
1(c) If a private school submits a complete anticipated budget under par. (a) 2.,
2the department shall determine whether the private school is financially viable by
3August 1. If the department determines that the private school is not financially
4viable, the private school is not eligible to participate in the program under this
5section or s. 119.23 in the current school year.
SB293,64 6Section 64. 118.60 (10) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,28,97 118.60 (10) (a) 1. Misrepresented Intentionally or negligently misrepresented
8any
information required under sub. (7) (d) this section or any rule promulgated
9under this section
.
SB293,65 10Section 65. 118.60 (10) (a) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
SB293,66 11Section 66. 118.60 (10) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,28,1312 118.60 (10) (a) 5. Failed to provide the information required under sub. (6m)
13or (6p).
SB293,67 14Section 67. 118.60 (10) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,28,1615 118.60 (10) (a) 6. Failed to comply with the requirements under sub. (7) (b) or,
16(c), or (h) or (7m).
SB293,68 17Section 68. 118.60 (10) (am) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB293,28,2018 118.60 (10) (am) 4. The private school intentionally or negligently
19misrepresented any information required under this section or any rule promulgated
20under this section.
SB293,69 21Section 69. 119.23 (1) (ab) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,29,422 119.23 (1) (ab) 1. Wisconsin North Central Association AdvancED, Wisconsin
23Religious and Independent Schools Accreditation, Independent Schools Association
24of the Central States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation,
25National Lutheran School Accreditation, Wisconsin Association of Christian

1Schools, Christian Schools International, Association of Christian Schools
2International, the diocese or archdiocese within which a private school is located, and
3any other organization recognized by the National Council for Private School
4Accreditation.
SB293,70 5Section 70. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,30,126 119.23 (2) (a) 1. b. The private school or the pupil's parent or guardian submits
7to the department of public instruction the names, addresses, social security
8numbers, and other state and federal tax identification numbers, if any, of the pupil's
9parents or legal guardians that reside in the same household as the pupil, whether
10and to whom the parents or legal guardians are married, the names of all of the other
11members of the pupil's family residing in the same household as the pupil, and the
12school year for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. The
13department of revenue shall review the information submitted under this subd. 1.
14b. and shall verify the eligibility or ineligibility of the pupil to participate in the
15program under this section on the basis of family income. In this subdivision, “family
16income" means federal adjusted gross income of the parents or legal guardians
17residing in the same household as the pupil for the tax year preceding the school year
18for which family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. or, if not available, for
19the tax year preceding the tax year preceding the school year for which family income
20is being verified under this subd. 1. b. Family income for a family in which the pupil's
21parents are married or in which the pupil's legal guardians are married shall be
22reduced by $7,000 before the verification is made under this subd. 1. b. The
23department of revenue may take no other action on the basis of the information
24submitted under this subd. 1. b. If the department of revenue is unable to verify
25family income or to verify whether the pupil is eligible or ineligible to participate in

1the program under this section on the basis of family income, the department of
2revenue shall notify the department of public instruction, the private school, and the
3pupil's parent or guardian
of this fact and the department of public instruction shall
4utilize an alternative process, to be established by the department of public
5instruction, to determine whether the pupil is eligible to participate in the program
6under this section on the basis of family income. The department of public
7instruction may not request any additional verification of income from the family of
8a pupil once the department of revenue has verified that the pupil is eligible to
9participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income. The
10department of public instruction shall establish a procedure for determining family
11income eligibility for those pupils for whom no social security number or state or
12federal tax identification number has been provided.
SB293,71 13Section 71. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,30,2114 119.23 (2) (a) 1. d. In this subd. 1. d., “eligible school district" has the meaning
15given in s. 118.60 (1) (am). The family income of a pupil does not need to be verified
16under subd. 1. b. for a pupil who resided in a school district other than an eligible
17school district and
other than the school district operating under this chapter in a
18school year, attended a participating private school under the program under s.
19118.60 in a school district other than an eligible school district in that school year,
20and applies to attend a participating private school in the program under this section
21in the school year immediately following that school year.
SB293,72 22Section 72. 119.23 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,31,723 119.23 (2) (a) 3. Except as provided in par. (ag) 1., the private school notified
24the state superintendent of its intent to participate in the program under this section
25or in the program under s. 118.60, and paid the nonrefundable annual fee set by the

1department, by January 10 of the previous school year. The notice shall specify the
2number of pupils participating in the program under this section and in the program
3under s. 118.60 for which the school has space. The department shall by rule set the
4fee charged under this subdivision at an amount such that the total fee revenue
5covers the costs of employing one full-time auditor to evaluate the financial
6information submitted by private schools under sub. (7) (am) and (d) 2. and 3. and
7(7m) (a) 2.
and under s. 118.60 (7) (am) and (d) 2. and 3. and (7m) (a) 2.
SB293,73 8Section 73. 119.23 (2) (a) 3g. of the statutes is renumbered 119.23 (7m) (a) 2.
9and amended to read:
SB293,31,2110 119.23 (7m) (a) 2. By May 1 before the first term of participation in the program
11under this section, the private school submits to the department, on a form provided
12by the department, a
A complete anticipated budget, on a form provided by the
13department,
for the first fiscal period of participation in the program under this
14section and evidence of financial viability, as prescribed by the department by rule.
15The governing body private school shall include on the completed form in the budget
16the
anticipated enrollments for all pupils enrolled in the private school and for pupils
17enrolled in the private school under this section; estimated revenues and costs; a
18schedule of anticipated beginning and ending net choice program assets; and a
19schedule of monthly cash flow requirements. The governing body private school
20shall include in the budget contingent funding sources the private school will use in
21the event that actual enrollments are less than expected.
SB293,74 22Section 74. 119.23 (2) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,32,323 119.23 (2) (a) 8. Notwithstanding s. 118.165 (1) (c), the private school annually
24provides at least 1,050 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 1 to 6 and at least
251,137 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 7 to 12. Hours provided under this

1subdivision include recess and time for pupils to transfer between classes but do not
2include the lunch periods. Annually, no more than 140 hours of work under s. 118.56
3may be counted as hours of direct pupil instruction.
SB293,75 4Section 75. 119.23 (2) (ag) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,32,85 119.23 (2) (ag) 2. a. By August 1 of the school year immediately preceding the
6school year in which the new private school intends to participate in the program
7under this section, submit to the department the information required under sub.
8(6m) (6p) (a) and (c) (b).
SB293,76 9Section 76. 119.23 (2) (ag) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB293,77 10Section 77. 119.23 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,32,2311 119.23 (3) (a) (intro.) The pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian shall submit
12an application, on a form provided by the state superintendent, to the participating
13private school that the pupil wishes to attend. If more than one pupil from the same
14family applies to attend the same private school, the pupils may use a single
15application. Within No later than 60 days after receiving the application the end of
16the application period during which an application is received
, the private school
17shall notify each applicant, in writing, whether his or her application has been
18accepted. If the private school rejects an application, the notice shall include the
19reason. A private school may reject an applicant only if it has reached its maximum
20general capacity or seating capacity. The state superintendent shall ensure that the
21private school determines which pupils to accept on a random basis, except that the
22private school may give preference to the following in accepting applications, in order
23of preference listed:
SB293,78 24Section 78. 119.23 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,33,2
1119.23 (3) (a) 1. Pupils who attended the private school under this section or
2s. 118.60
during the previous school year.
SB293,79 3Section 79. 119.23 (3m) (am) 1. h. of the statutes is created to read:
SB293,33,44 119.23 (3m) (am) 1. h. Room and board at the private school.
SB293,80 5Section 80. 119.23 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB293,33,96 119.23 (4) (a) Annually, on or before October 1 September 15, a private school
7participating in the program under this section shall file with the department a
8report stating its summer daily attendance for each day of summer school for the
9purpose of sub. (4m).
SB293,81 10Section 81. 119.23 (4v) of the statutes is created to read:
SB293,33,1411 119.23 (4v) (a) The department may consider a pupil enrolled in a private
12school participating in the program under this section who satisfies all of the
13following as a resident of the city who is enrolled in the private school under this
14section:
SB293,33,1715 1. The pupil was a resident of a school district, other than an eligible school
16district, as defined in s. 118.60 (1) (am), or a 1st class city school district, when the
17pupil applied to attend the private school under the program under s. 118.60.
SB293,33,2018 2. The pupil accepted a space at a private school participating in the program
19under s. 118.60 as a resident of a school district, other than an eligible school district,
20as defined in s. 118.60 (1) (am), or a 1st class city school district.
SB293,33,2121 3. The pupil resides in the city on the 3rd Friday in September.
SB293,33,2322 4. The private school at which the pupil accepted a space under s. 118.60 is
23participating in the program under this section.
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