PI 35.05(8)(8) Correcting Applications. A school may correct an application only in the following circumstances and manner:

PI 35.05(8)(a)(a) The school shall correct an application by December 15 for applications received during an open application period prior to the third Friday in September and by the due date for the second Friday in January enrollment audit required under s. PI 35.07 (1) for applications received during an open application period after the third Friday in September. If the school does not correct the application as required in this subsection by the specified date, the application is ineligible.

PI 35.05(8)(b)(b) The school shall obtain additional residency documentation after the open application period in which the application was received if all of the following apply:

PI 35.05(8)(b)1.1. The school received residency documentation from the parent during the open application period in which the application was received and the residency documentation contains the following:

PI 35.05(8)(b)2.2. The additional residency documentation is in the parent’s name, contains the parent’s correct address, and meets the requirements in subs. (2) and (3).

PI 35.05(8)(c)(c) The school shall obtain a prior year tax transcript for each parent on the application showing that the family is income eligible for the choice program based on the prior year income if both of the following apply:

PI 35.05(8)(c)2.2. The income documentation provided by the parent during the open application period in which the application was received is not for the correct year or is not the required document for the type of income included on the application.

PI 35.05(8)(d)(d) The school shall obtain a prior year tax transcript for each parent on the application showing a verification of non-filing and support that the parent received the government assistance in the prior year that is identified on the application, or a prior year tax transcript showing the parent did not receive any income in the prior year if both of the following apply:

PI 35.05(8)(d)1.1. The application indicates the parent on the application did not receive income but participated in government assistance programs.

PI 35.05(8)(d)2.2. The government assistance programs documentation provided by the parent during the open application period in which the application was received is not for the correct year or is not the required document for the type of government assistance included on the application.

PI 35.05(8)(e)(e) The school shall obtain documentation showing that the pupil participated in kinship or foster care if the application indicates the pupil participated in the kinship or foster care program but the school did not receive documentation that complies with the requirements in sub. (4).

PI 35.05 HistoryHistory: CR 16-004: cr. Register July 2016 No. 727, eff. 8-1-16; correction in (4) (a) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., and correction in (6) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2016 No. 727; CR 19-120: am. (1) (a), (4) (a), (b) 2., (8) (c) (intro) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20.

PI 35.06(1)(1) Application acceptance. A school may not accept pupil applications until the school has completed all of the following:

PI 35.06(1)(a)(a) The school has filed with the department its notice of intent to participate for the following school year required under s. PI 35.03 (3) or a new private school has submitted the information required under s. PI 35.04 (2).

PI 35.06(1)(b)(b) The department has approved the school’s plan for randomly selecting pupils to participate in the choice program or the school has adopted the random selection agreement provided by the department as set forth under s. PI 35.03 (3) (a) or 35.04 (2) (a).

PI 35.06(1)(c)(c) The school has paid the nonrefundable auditor fee required under s. 119.23 (2) (a) 3., Stats., or s. PI 35.04 (3).

PI 35.06(2)(2) Application eligibility & verification. A school shall make application eligibility determinations based on the requirements in s. PI 35.05. The determination shall be made prior to random selection, prior to the next application period, within 60 days after the school receives the application, or prior to the next count date, whichever occurs first. The school shall also verify applications in the online application system within 60 days after the school receives the application or prior to the next count date, whichever occurs first.

PI 35.06(3)(3) Random selection. A school shall accept pupils on a random basis in accordance with the method filed with the department and approved under s. PI 35.03 (3) (a) or 35.04 (2) (a).

PI 35.06(4)(4) Application retention. A school shall retain the following records for at least 5 years from the end of the school year in which the pupil applied to the school unless the department or a law enforcement agency requires the school to retain the records for a longer period:

PI 35.06(4)(a)(a) Electronic or paper copies of pupil paper applications and supporting income and residency documentation required under s. PI 35.05 for all accepted and non-accepted choice pupils who have submitted applications to the school.

PI 35.06(4)(b)(b) Copies of all notices to a pupil or pupil’s parent regarding acceptance and non-acceptance.

PI 35.06(5)(5) Simultaneously enrolled pupil. A pupil participating in the choice program may not receive a choice program payment under s. 119.23, Stats., and be simultaneously enrolled, in or out of Wisconsin, in another private school, a home-based private educational program, a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), Stats., or a public school district. A pupil receiving a payment under s. 119.23, Stats., may not receive a payment under s. 115.7915 (4m) or 118.60, Stats.

PI 35.06(6)(6) Full-time equivalent. The amount paid by the department to a school under s. 119.23 (4), Stats., shall be based on the full-time equivalent for each pupil times the payment amount in s. 119.23 (4), Stats. The full-time equivalent shall be determined as follows: