Amendment SA2-SSA2-SB45

SB45-SSA2-SA2,80,14 119.23 (3) (a) (intro.) The pupil or the pupil’s parent or guardian shall submit an application, on a form provided by the state superintendent, to the participating private school that the pupil wishes to attend. If more than one pupil from the same family applies to attend the same private school, the pupils may use a single application. No later than 60 days after the end of the application period during which an application is received and subject to par. (ar), the private school shall notify each applicant, in writing, whether his or her application has been accepted. If the private school rejects an application, the notice shall include the reason. A Subject to par. (ar), a private school may reject an applicant only if it the private school has reached its maximum general capacity or seating capacity. The Except as provided in par. (ar), the state superintendent shall ensure that the private school determines which pupils to accept on a random basis, except that the private school may give preference to the following in accepting applications, in order of preference listed:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,241 Section 241. 119.23 (3) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,80,17 119.23 (3) (ar) All of the following apply to applications to attend a private school under this section submitted by pupils who reside in the city:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,81,2 1. A private school that has submitted a notice of intent to participate under sub. (2) (a) 3. may accept applications for a school year during application periods determined by the department from pupils who reside in the city. For each school year, the department shall establish one or more application periods under this subdivision, the first of which begins no later than the first weekday in February of the school year before the applicable school year, and the last of which ends no later than September 14 of the applicable school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,81,9 2. Each private school that received applications under subd. 1. shall report to the department the number of pupils who applied under subd. 1. to attend the private school under this section and the names of those applicants who have siblings who also applied under subd. 1. to attend the private school under this section. The private school shall submit the report no later than 10 days after each application period described under subd. 1. during which the private school received applications.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,81,20 3. After the end of each application period described under subd. 1., upon receipt of the information under subd. 2., the department shall determine the sum of all applicants for pupils residing in the city. In determining the sum, the department shall count a pupil who has applied to attend more than one private school under the program under this section only once. If, after the end of an application period described under subd. 1., the sum of all applicants for pupils residing in the city exceeds the program cap under sub. (2) (b), the department shall determine which applications submitted during the application period to accept on a random basis, except that the department shall give preference to the applications of pupils described in par. (a) 1. to 5., in the order of preference listed in that paragraph.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,81,23 4. If the sum under subd. 3. exceeds the program cap under sub. (2) (b), the department shall establish a waiting list in accordance with the preferences required under subd. 3.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,82,8 5. A private school that has accepted a pupil who resides in the city under this paragraph shall notify the department whenever the private school determines that a pupil will not attend the private school under this paragraph. If, upon receiving notice under this subdivision, the department determines that the number of pupils attending private schools under this section falls below the program cap under sub. (2) (b), the department shall fill any available slot with a pupil selected from the waiting list established under subd. 4., if such a waiting list exists.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,242 Section 242. 119.23 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,82,19 119.23 (3) (b) If the private school rejects an applicant because it the private school has too few available spaces, the applicant may transfer his or her application to a participating private school that has space available. An applicant who is rejected under this paragraph or an applicant who is on the waiting list under par. (ar) 4. may, subject to sub. (2) (b), be admitted to a private school participating in the program under this section for the following school year, provided that the applicant continues to reside within in the city. The department may not require, in that following school year, the private school to submit financial information regarding the applicant or to verify the eligibility of the applicant to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,243 Section 243. 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,83,17 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16 to 2024-25 school year and in each school year thereafter years, upon receipt from the pupil’s parent or guardian of proof of the pupil’s enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 5., the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf of the pupil’s parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fu), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; in the 2023-24 school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from kindergarten to 8, 10 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; 90 percent of the change in the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), between the previous school year and current school year, if positive, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from kindergarten to 8, or if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12, the change in the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), between the previous school year and current school year, if positive; the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in the 2023-24 school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12, 26.8 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,244 Section 244. 119.23 (4) (bg) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,84,5 119.23 (4) (bg) 6. Beginning in the 2025-26 school year and in each school year thereafter, upon receipt from the pupil’s parent or guardian of proof of the pupil’s enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 7., the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf of the pupil’s parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fu), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) 1. between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,245 Section 245. 119.23 (4) (bg) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,84,11 119.23 (4) (bg) 7. If the pupil described in subd. 6. is enrolled in a private school that enrolls pupils under the program in any grade between kindergarten to 8 and also in any grade between 9 to 12, the state superintendent shall substitute for the amount described in subd. 6. the amount determined under subd. 4. a. to d., with the following modifications:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,84,19 a. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between kindergarten to 8 by the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) 1. between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,85,4 b. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between 9 to 12 by the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) (a) 1. between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,246 Section 246. 119.23 (4v) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,85,11 119.23 (4v) (b) If the department considers a pupil as a resident of the city under par. (a) for a school year, the department shall ensure that the pupil is not counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a school district has exceeded its pupil participation limit under s. 118.60 (2) (be) and that the pupil is not counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a program cap under sub. (2) (b) or s. 118.60 (2) (bh) 2. a. or b. has been exceeded.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,247 Section 247. 119.23 (4v) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,85,16 119.23 (4v) (c) The department may consider a pupil enrolled in a private school participating in the program under this section who satisfies all of the following as a resident of a school district, other than a 1st class city school district, who is enrolled in the private school under this section:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,85,18 1. The pupil was a resident of the city when the pupil applied to participate in the program under this section.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,85,20 2. The pupil accepted a space at a private school participating in the program under this section as a resident of the city.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,85,22 3. The pupil resides in a school district, other than a 1st class city school district, on the 3rd Friday in September.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,86,2 4. The private school at which the pupil accepted a space under this section is participating in the program under s. 118.60.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,248 Section 248. 119.23 (4v) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,86,8 119.23 (4v) (d) If the department considers a pupil as a resident of an eligible school district, as defined in s. 118.60 (1) (am), under par. (c) for a school year, the department shall ensure that the pupil is not counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a program cap under sub. (2) (b) or s. 118.60 (2) (bh) 2. a. has been exceeded.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,249 Section 249. 119.23 (4v) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,86,17 119.23 (4v) (e) If the department considers a pupil as a resident of a school district, other than an eligible school district, as defined in s. 118.60 (1) (am), or a 1st class city school district, under par. (c) for a school year, the department shall ensure that the pupil is not counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether the school district has exceeded its pupil participation limit under s. 118.60 (2) (be) and that the pupil is not counted for that school year for purposes of determining whether a program cap under sub. (2) (b) or s. 118.60 (2) (bh) 2. b. has been exceeded.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,250 Section 250. 119.23 (7) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,87,6 119.23 (7) (g) 1. By the first day of the 3rd month beginning after the month in which the department establishes the model management plan and practices for maintaining indoor environmental quality in public and private schools under s. 118.075 (3), or by October 1 of a private school’s first school year of participation in the program under this section, whichever is later, the private school shall provide for the development of a plan for maintaining indoor environmental quality in the private school. Beginning on October 1, 2026, each private school shall include in the private school’s plan under this subdivision a requirement to provide and maintain a carbon monoxide detector, as defined in s. 101.149 (1) (am), in each room of the private school that contains a fuel-burning, forced-air furnace or a boiler, and as otherwise required by the department of safety and professional services or a person certified under s. 101.12 (4) or 101.14 (4r).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,251 Section 251. 119.23 (7) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,87,21 119.23 (7) (g) 2. By the first day of the 12th month beginning after the month in which the department establishes the model management plan and practices for maintaining indoor environmental quality in public and private schools under s. 118.075 (3), or by the beginning of the 2nd school year of participation in the program under this section, whichever is later, the private school shall implement a plan for maintaining indoor environmental quality in the private school. By July 1, 2027, or by the beginning of the 2nd school year of participation in the program under this section, whichever is later, the private school shall provide a carbon monoxide detector, as defined in s. 101.149 (1) (am), in each room of the private school that contains a fuel-burning, forced-air furnace or a boiler, and as otherwise required by the department of safety and professional services or a person certified under s. 101.12 (4) or 101.14 (4r) and reasonably maintain every carbon monoxide detector in the private school in the manner specified in the instructions for the carbon monoxide detector.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,252 Section 252. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,88,2 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. 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 pupil.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,253 Section 253. 121.004 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,88,6 121.004 (7) (c) 2. In subd. 1. a. and b., “full-day” means the length of the school day for pupils in the first grade of the school district operating the 4-year-old or 5-year-old kindergarten program.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,254 Section 254. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,88,14 121.004 (7) (cm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program, including a 4-year-old kindergarten program being phased in under s. 118.14 (3) (b), that provides the required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s. 121.02 (1) (f) but requires less than full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days a week shall be counted as 0.6 pupil if the program annually provides at least 87.5 additional hours of outreach activities. In this paragraph, “full-day” has the meaning given in par. (c) 2.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,255 Section 255. 121.02 (1) (im) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,88,17 121.02 (1) (im) Provide period products to any pupil who needs them while at school, at no charge to the pupil.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,256 Section 256. 121.02 (1) (L) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,88,21 121.02 (1) (L) 9. Make available to pupils in grades 9 to 12 at least one computer science course that includes concepts in computer programming or coding.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,257 Section 257. 121.105 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,89,5 121.105 (2) (am) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a school district would receive less in state aid in the current school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount of state aid that it received in the previous school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current school year, its state aid for the current school year shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the state aid received in the previous school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,258 Section 258. 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,89,13 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) If a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in state aid in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization less than 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows, its state aid in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,259 Section 259. 121.15 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.15 (1) (a) 1. and amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,89,19 121.15 (1) (a) 1. Each In the 2024-25 school year, each school district shall receive 15 percent of its total aid entitlement in September, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in December, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in March, and 35 percent of its total aid entitlement in June.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,260 Section 260. 121.15 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,261 Section 261. 121.15 (1) (a) 2. to 6. of the statutes are created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,90,2 121.15 (1) (a) 2. In the 2025-26 school year, each school district shall receive 17 percent of its total aid entitlement in September, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in December, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in March, and 33 percent of its total aid entitlement in June.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,90,6 3. In the 2026-27 school year, each school district shall receive 19 percent of its total aid entitlement in September, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in December, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in March, and 31 percent of its total aid entitlement in June.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,90,10 4. In the 2027-28 school year, each school district shall receive 21 percent of its total aid entitlement in September, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in December, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in March, and 29 percent of its total aid entitlement in June.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,90,14 5. In the 2028-29 school year, each school district shall receive 23 percent of its total aid entitlement in September, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in December, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in March, and 27 percent of its total aid entitlement in June.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,90,18 6. In the 2029-30 school year and each school year thereafter, each school district shall receive 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in September, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in December, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in March, and 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in June.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,262 Section 262. 121.15 (1) (a) 2. to 5. of the statutes, as created by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), are repealed.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,263 Section 263. 121.15 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes, as created by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 121.15 (1) (a).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,264 Section 264. 121.84 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,91,5 121.84 (4) (b) If a pupil attends school in a school district outside the pupil’s school district of residence under par. (a), s. 118.51 (12) (b), (14), (16), and (17) apply to the pupil as if the pupil were attending school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.51. If the pupil is rejected as a result of s. 118.51 (12) (b), s. 118.51 (9) applies.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,265 Section 265. 121.905 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,91,10 121.905 (1) In this section, “revenue ceiling” means $10,000 in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, $11,000 in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years, $12,000 in the 2025-26 school year, and $12,400 in the 2026‑27 school year and in any subsequent school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,266 Section 266. 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,91,14 121.905 (3) (c) 6. For the limit for each of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years, and for the 2021-22 school year, and for any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under par. (b).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,267 Section 267. 121.905 (3) (c) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,91,17 121.905 (3) (c) 9. For the limit for 2023-2425, add $325 the amount under s. 121.91 (2m) (j) 2m. to the result under par. (b).

SB45-SSA2-SA2,268 Section 268. 121.91 (2m) (j) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,269 Section 269. 121.91 (2m) (j) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,91,23 121.91 (2m) (j) 2m. In 2023-2425, add $146 $325, in the 2023-24 to 2025-26 school years and beginning in the 2026-27 school year, add the amount under this subdivision in the previous school year by the sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,270 Section 270. 121.91 (2m) (j) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,92,3 121.91 (2m) (j) 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. or 2m., whichever is applicable, by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,271 Section 271. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,92,17 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. Add an amount equal to the amount of revenue increase per pupil allowed under this subsection for the previous school year multiplied by the sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal to the result under subd. 1. a., except that in calculating the limit for the 2013-14 school year and the 2014-15 school year, add $75 to the result under subd. 1. a., in calculating the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $175 to the result under subd. 1. a., in calculating the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $179 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in calculating the limit for the 2023-24 school year and the 2024-25 each school year, add $325 thereafter, add the amount under par. (j) 2m. for that school year to the result under subd. 1. a. In the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years, the 2021-22 school year, and the 2022-23 school year, the 2025-26 school year, and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under subd. 1. a.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,272 Section 272. 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,93,7 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b. Add an amount equal to the amount of revenue increase per pupil allowed under this subsection for the previous school year multiplied by the sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal to the result under subd. 1. a., except that in calculating the limit for the 2013-14 school year and the 2014-15 school year, add $75 to the result under subd. 1. a., in calculating the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $175 to the result under subd. 1. a., in calculating the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $179 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in calculating the limit for the 2023-24 school year and the 2024-25 each school year, add $325 thereafter, add the amount under par. (j) 2m. for that school year to the result under subd. 1. a. In the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years, the 2021-22 school year, and the 2022-23 school year, the 2025-26 school year, and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under subd. 1. a.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,273 Section 273. 121.91 (4) (p) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA2,93,14 121.91 (4) (p) 1. The limit otherwise applicable to a school district under sub. (2m) in any school year is increased by the amount of any reduction to that school district’s state aid payment made under s. 118.51 (16) (b) 2. and (c) or (17) (c) 2. or (cm) 2. or s. 118.51 (17) (cm) 2., 2023 stats., in the previous school year for a pupil who was not included in the calculation of the number of pupils enrolled in that school district in the previous school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,274 Section 274. 2023 Wisconsin Act 20, sections 3, 9 and 29 (1) are repealed.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,9134 Section 9134. Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,93,23 (1) Four-year-old kindergarten contracts; emergency rules. The department of public instruction may promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24 to implement s. 115.445 (2m). Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and (3), the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,94,2 (2) Department; position changes. The authorized positions for the department of public instruction are increased as provided in Senate Bill 45.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,9334 Section 9334. Initial applicability; Public Instruction.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,94,6 (1) Sparsity aid; payments. The treatment of s. 115.436 (3) (a) and (c), the renumbering and amendment of s. 115.436 (3) (am), and the creation of s. 115.436 (3) (am) 2. first apply to payments made under s. 115.436 in the 2025-26 school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,94,9 (2) Grants for information technology. The treatment of s. 115.455 (title), (1) (a) and (b), (2) (intro.), and (3) first applies to a grant awarded under s. 115.455 on the effective date of this subsection.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,94,12 (3) Access to period products in independent charter schools. The treatment of s. 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. m. and (2x) (b) 2. m. first applies to a contract that is entered into, renewed, or modified on the effective date of this subsection.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,94,14 (4) Access to period products in school districts. The treatment of s. 121.02 (1) (im) first applies to the 2025-26 school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,94,19 (5) Parental choice programs; program caps. The treatment of ss. 118.60 (3) (am) and (ar) (intro.) and 5. and 119.23 (3) (ar), the renumbering and amendment of s. 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. and 4., and the creation of s. 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. a. and b. and 4. a. and b. first apply to an application to attend a private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 in the 2026-27 school year.

SB45-SSA2-SA2,94,23 (6) Special Needs Scholarship Program; program cap. The treatment of s. 115.7915 (2) (f) and (g) and (3) (a), (am), (b), (bm), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) first applies to an application for a scholarship to attend an eligible school under s. 115.7915 in the 2026-27 school year.