Current through August 26, 2024
(1) APPLICATION ACCEPTANCE. A school may not
accept pupil applications until the school has completed all of the following:
(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).
(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).
(c) The school has paid the nonrefundable
auditor fee required under s.
119.23(2) (a)
3, Stats., or s.
PI 35.04(3).
(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.
(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).
(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:
(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.
(b) Copies of all notices to a pupil or
pupil's parent regarding acceptance and non-acceptance.
(c) Any other correspondence related to a
pupil.
(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.
(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:
(a) Pupils in grades one through 12 shall be
one full-time equivalent.
(b) A
kindergarten pupil shall be one-half full-time equivalent except as follows:
1. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old
kindergarten program that requires full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days
a week, but not on any day of the week that pupils enrolled in other grades in
the school do not attend school, for an entire school term shall be counted as
one full-time equivalent.
2. A
pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program that requires full-day
attendance by the pupil for 4 days a week, but not on any day of the week that
pupils enrolled in other grades in the school do not attend school, for an
entire school term shall be counted as a 0.8 full-time equivalent.
2m. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old
kindergarten program that requires full-day attendance by the pupil for 3 days
a week, but not on any day of the week that pupils enrolled in other grades in
the school do not attend school, for an entire school term shall be counted as
a 0.6 full-time equivalent.
3. A
school may count a pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program that
provides the required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s.
121.02(1) (f), Stats., as a 0.6 full-time equivalent if
the program also annually provides at least 87.5 additional hours of 4-year-old
kindergarten outreach activities.
4. For purposes of this subsection,
"full-day" means the following:
a. If the
private school offers first grade, the length of the school day required to
meet the total number of hours of instruction for first grade pupils under ss.
118.60(2) (a) 8 and
119.23(2) (a) 8, Stats.
b. If the private school does not offer first
grade, the length of the school day required to meet the total number of hours
of instruction for first grade pupils under s.
118.165(1) (c), Stats.
(7) PRELIMINARY APPLICATION AND
CLASS LIST SUBMISSION. Annually by the last weekday in August, a school shall
file with the department, using the online application system or other manner
specified by the department, all of the following:
(a) All accepted applications.
(b) A class list of all pupils enrolled in
the choice program at the school by grade level. The class list may not include
pupils that have withdrawn from the school.
(8) APPLICATION SUBMISSION AND PUPIL COUNT
REPORTS. Annually by the last weekday in September and the last weekday in
January, a school shall file with the department, using the online application
system or other manner specified by the department, all of the following:
(a) A pupil count report stating all of the
following:
1. The grade of each pupil
participating in the choice program on the immediately preceding count date. In
order to be eligible for payment, a 4-year-old kindergarten pupil, 5-year-old
kindergarten pupil, and first grade pupil shall attain the age specified in s.
118.14(1),
Stats.
2. Whether each choice
program pupil meets the requirements under sub. (9).
3. The total number of pupils in the school
on the immediately preceding count date that meet the requirements under sub.
(9).
4. The pupils on the choice
program waiting list on the immediately preceding count date.
(b) All accepted applications the
school received that were not previously reported under sub. (7).
(9) COUNT REQUIREMENTS. A school
may include a pupil on its pupil count report under sub. (8) (a) only if one of
following applies:
(a) The pupil is in
attendance for instruction on the count date.
(b) The pupil is absent on the count date but
attended the school for instruction at least one day during the school term
prior to the count date and at least one day after the count date, and the
pupil was not enrolled in another school in or out of Wisconsin, including
another private school, a home-based educational program, a charter school
under s.
118.40(2r) or (2x), Stats., or a public school district,
during the period of absence from the school.
