PI 17.02(3)
(3) “Reasonable fees" means the fee charged does not exceed the actual cost to the school district or children with disabilities education board of the materials supplied to pupils or activities engaged in by pupils.
PI 17.02(4)
(4) “School year" means the time commencing with July 1 and ending with the next succeeding June 30.
PI 17.02(5)
(5) “State superintendent" means the state superintendent of public instruction.
PI 17.02(6)
(6) “Year-round school" means a school with an academic program calendar that does not have more than 45 calendar days between consecutive sessions during which hours of direct pupil instruction are counted to meet the requirement in s.
121.02 (1) (f), Stats.
PI 17.02 History
History: Cr.
Register, May, 2000, No. 533, eff. 6-1-00;
CR 15-038: renum. (1) to (1m), cr. (1d), (2m), (6)
Register January 2016 No. 721, eff. 2-1-16;
CR 16-057: am. (1d), r. (1m)
Register April 2017 No. 736, eff. 5-1-17.
PI 17.03
PI 17.03 Summer and interim session classes. PI 17.03(1)(1)
Under s.
121.14, Stats., a school district or county children with disabilities education board may count pupils for aid membership for those academic summer classes or laboratory periods that are necessary for academic purposes, as specified under this chapter. Under s.
121.14, Stats., a school district or county children with disabilities education board that provides year-round school may count pupils for aid membership for those interim session classes or laboratory periods that are necessary for academic purposes.
PI 17.03(2)
(2) Summer and interim session classes necessary for academic purposes may include any of the following:
PI 17.03(2)(a)
(a) Music programs, lessons, sectionals or clinics, if taught by a department-licensed teacher.
PI 17.03(2)(b)
(b) Swimming instruction programs, if taught or directed by a department-licensed teacher at the site of the instruction.
PI 17.03(2)(c)
(c) Instructional minutes, per pupil, per day, including field trips if accompanied by a department-licensed teacher and if all pupils have equal access to the field trips, regardless of their ability to pay.
PI 17.03(2)(d)
(d) Online classes offered to high school pupils and pupils in grades 7 and 8 that meet the requirements of s.
121.004 (8) (b), Stats., and s.
PI 36.11 (1) and in which at least 8,100 minutes of direct instruction are required to earn one credit. If fewer minutes of direct instruction are provided the credit shall be prorated accordingly.
PI 17.03(2)(e)
(e) Online classes offered by a school district to pupils in grades 9 through 12 residing in the school district or attending the school district under s.
118.51, Stats., if taught by a teacher licensed by the department or authorized to teach under s.
118.19 (1b) or
(1c), Stats.
PI 17.03(4)
(4) A school district under sub.
(1) shall annually submit to the department a summer or interim session membership report.
PI 17.03 Note
Note: Form PI-1804, Summer School Membership Report, may be obtained at no charge from the Department of Public Instruction, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841 and at
http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/children/summer-school.
PI 17.03(5)
(5) A school district under sub.
(1) shall document and retain the calculation of summer or interim session membership on a form provided by the department.
PI 17.03 Note
Note: Form PI-1804w, Summer School Membership Worksheet, may be obtained at no charge from the Department of Public Instruction, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841 and at
http://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/children/summer-school.
PI 17.03 History
History: Cr.
Register, May, 2000, No. 533, eff. 6-1-00; correction in (1) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register October 2001 No. 550;
CR 15-038: am. (title), (1), (2) (intro.), (c), cr. (2) (d), am. (3) (intro.), (e), (4), (5)
Register January 2016 No. 721, eff. 2-1-16;
CR 16-075: am. (1), (2) (c), r. (3)
Register April 2017 No. 736, eff. 5-1-17;
CR 21-008: cr. (2) (e) Register September 2021 No. 789, eff. 10-1-21.
PI 17.04
PI 17.04 Summer or interim session classes aid calculation. PI 17.04(1)(1)
Summer average daily membership equivalent shall be included as a full-time equivalency in the school district's September official enrollment of the school district required under s.
121.05 (1) (a), Stats.
PI 17.04(1m)
(1m) All pupils who attend a summer or interim course that is necessary for academic purposes, regardless of the course funding source, must be included in the summer average daily membership equivalent, unless the school district receives tuition for the pupils.
PI 17.04(2)
(2) The summer average daily membership equivalent reported under sub.
(1) shall be calculated using the school district's total summer or interim session pupil membership minutes, divided by 48,600 and rounding to the nearest whole number, as provided under s.
121.004 (8), Stats.
PI 17.04(3)
(3) If an audit is required under s.
115.28 (18), Stats., the audit shall include an examination of summer and interim membership under this chapter.
PI 17.04 History
History: Cr.
Register, May, 2000, No. 533, eff. 6-1-00;
CR 15-038: am. (title), (1), (2)
Register January 2016 No. 721, eff. 2-1-16;
CR 16-057: cr. (1m), am. (3)
Register April 2017 No. 736, eff. 5-1-17.
PI 17.05
PI 17.05 Fees charged for summer and interim session classes. PI 17.05(1)(1)
A school district or county children with disabilities education board offering summer or interim session classes may charge reasonable fees for the following:
PI 17.05(1)(a)
(a) Personal use items, such as towels, gym clothes, or uniforms.
PI 17.05(1)(b)
(b) Social and extra-curricular activities if not necessary to the school's curriculum nor aided under s.
121.14 (1), Stats.
PI 17.05(1)(d)
(d) Nonresident tuition for pupils from another school district.
PI 17.05(2)
(2) A school district or county children with disabilities education board offering summer or interim session classes may not charge fees for any of the following:
PI 17.05(2)(b)
(b) Books for indigent children residing in the school district.
PI 17.05(4)
(4) A school district or county children with disabilities education board offering summer or interim session classes may not prohibit an eligible pupil from attending summer or interim session classes, expel or otherwise discipline the pupil, or withhold or reduce the pupil's grades because the pupil or the pupil's family cannot pay or has not paid fees charged under sub.
(1).
PI 17.05 Note
Note: One available remedy for collecting a valid nonpaid fee is small claims court.
PI 17.05 History
History: Cr.
Register, May, 2000, No. 533, eff. 6-1-00;
CR 15-038: am. (title), (1) (intro.), (2) (intro.), (b), (4)
Register January 2016 No. 721, eff. 2-1-16.
