SB989,81,13 (17) “September count date” means the 3rd Friday in September or an alternative date designated by the department under s. 118.87 (6).

SB989,81,16 (18) “September pupil count report” means a report submitted to the department that includes the number of pupils attending a participating private school under the choice program on the September count date.

SB989,81,18 (20) “Wisconsin pupil” means a pupil who resides in this state but does not reside in a 1st class city school district or the Racine Unified School District.

SB989,189 Section 189 . 118.71 of the statutes is created to read:

SB989,81,20 118.71 Pupil reenrollment. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB989,81,21 (a) “Continuing pupil” means a pupil who meets all of the following criteria:

SB989,81,24 1. The pupil was included as a choice program pupil in the participating private school's January pupil count report for the current school year and subsequently has not been determined ineligible to participate in the choice program.

SB989,82,2 2. The pupil is not in the highest grade that will be offered by the participating private school in the following school year.

SB989,82,4 3. The pupil will not be 21 years of age by September 1 of the following school year.

SB989,82,5 4. The pupil resides in this state.

SB989,82,7 (b) “Reenrollment acceptance deadline” means the 10th day after the 4th Friday in January of the current school year.

SB989,82,11 (c) “Reenrollment notification period” means the period beginning on the date the participating private school submits the January pupil count report for the current school year or the 4th Friday in January of the current school year, whichever is earlier, and ending on the 4th day after the 4th Friday in January.

SB989,82,14 (2) Reenrollment notification process. In the 2025-26 school year and each school year thereafter, during the reenrollment notification period, a participating private school shall do all of the following:

SB989,82,19 (a) If the number of choice program seats the participating private school has available in a grade for the following school year is less than the number of continuing pupils attending the participating private school who will be in that grade in the following school year, the participating private school shall do all of the following for the grade:

SB989,82,21 1. Determine which continuing pupils receive a choice program seat for the following school year on a random basis.

SB989,82,24 2. Notify the parent of each continuing pupil who does not receive a choice program seat under subd. 1. that the continuing pupil is on the choice program waiting list established under s. 118.72 (3) (d) for the following school year.

SB989,83,9 3. Notify the parent of each continuing pupil who was selected to receive a choice program seat under subd. 1. that the continuing pupil has a choice program seat at the participating private school for the following school year. The notice under this subdivision shall include the reenrollment acceptance deadline and, if the participating private school elects to proceed under sub. (3) (b), a statement that, if the participating private school does not receive a written or verbal acceptance from the continuing pupil's parent by the reenrollment acceptance deadline, the choice program seat offered to the continuing pupil under the reenrollment process will be revoked.

SB989,83,21 (b) If the number of choice program seats a participating private school has available in a grade is at least the number of continuing pupils attending the participating private school who will be in that grade in the following school year, the participating private school shall notify the parent of each continuing pupil who will be in the grade in the following school year that the continuing pupil has a choice program seat at the participating private school for the following school year. The notice shall include the reenrollment acceptance deadline and, if the participating private school elects to proceed under sub. (3) (b), a statement that, if the participating private school does not receive a written or verbal acceptance from the continuing pupil's parent by the reenrollment acceptance deadline, the choice program seat offered to the continuing pupil under the reenrollment process will be revoked.

SB989,84,2 (3) Reenrollment acceptance. If the parent of a continuing pupil who receives a choice program seat at a participating private school under sub. (2) does not provide the participating private school with a written or verbal acceptance of the choice program seat by the reenrollment acceptance deadline, the participating private school shall do one of the following for continuing pupils who have not accepted a choice program seat offered under sub. (2):

SB989,84,6 (a) Grant a choice program seat to all continuing pupils who were offered a choice program seat under sub. (2) unless a continuing pupil's parent has notified the participating private school, in writing, that the continuing pupil will not attend the participating private school under the choice program in the following school year.

SB989,84,16 (b) By 2 days after the reenrollment acceptance deadline, in writing, notify each parent of a continuing pupil who was offered a choice program seat under sub. (2) and who did not provide the participating private school with a written or verbal acceptance of the choice program seat by the reenrollment acceptance deadline that the participating private school did not receive a written or verbal acceptance by the reenrollment acceptance deadline and that the choice program seat offered to the pupil under the reenrollment process has been revoked. The notice shall include a statement that the parent may complete an application for the continuing pupil during an open application period if the continuing pupil would like to attend the participating private school under the choice program in the following school year.

SB989,190 Section 190 . 118.72 (title) of the statutes is created to read:

SB989,84,18 118.72 (title) Pupil eligibility and application.

SB989,191 Section 191 . 118.72 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB989,84,23 118.72 (1) (b) Wisconsin pupils. For a Wisconsin pupil, the pupil is a member of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount equal to 2.2 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal office of management and budget.

SB989,192 Section 192 . 118.72 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB989,85,2 118.72 (1) (c) Prior year attendance. For a Racine pupil or a Wisconsin pupil, the pupil satisfies at least one of the following:

SB989,85,3 1. The pupil was enrolled in a public school in the previous school year.

SB989,85,4 2. The pupil was not enrolled in school in the previous school year.