PI 49.05 (4) (b) 1. Send an email to the local education agency that developed the pupil’s individualized education program or services plan requesting verification that the pupil has an individualized education program or services plan that meets the requirements under sub. (7) and requesting that the local education agency send a copy of the individualized education program or services plan to the school.
2. Send an email to the pupil’s resident school district notifying them that, pending verification that the requirements of subd. 1. are met, the child will be awarded a scholarship under s. 115.7915, Stats. SECTION 20. PI 49.05 (5) (c) 1. is renumbered PI 49.05 (5) (c) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:
PI 49.05 (5) (c) 1. IdentifyDetermine if the transfer request is eligible, using by verifying all of the online application system or another manner permitted by the department.following:
SECTION 21. PI 49.05 (5) (c) 1. a. and b. and 1m. are created to read:
PI 49.05 (5) (c) 1. a. The address on the pupil’s transfer request is in the Wisconsin school district listed on the transfer request using the state of Wisconsin’s Statewide Voter Registration System or another source permitted by the department.
b. The residency document provided under par. (b) 2. is one of the residency documents specified by the department that shows the pupil resides at the address on the transfer request at the time the pupil applies. The residency document shall be dated no earlier than 3 months prior to the date the transfer request is provided under par. (b). If a school receives a lease agreement as a residency document, the lease term shall include the date the transfer request was provided under par. (b). The document shall contain the name of the parent on the transfer request and match the address on the transfer request.
1m. Send an email to the department requesting verification that the student was a special needs scholarship program pupil on the most recent count date.
SECTION 22. PI 49.05 (6) (a) and (c) are amended to read:
PI 49.05 (6) (a) If aA school may give receives an application under sub. (3) or a transfer request under sub. (5) from a sibling of a pupil who is already attending the school, the school may give the sibling preference over either of the following:
1.
An application under sub. (3), a pupil whoif the school has not yet been identified as eligiblesent either of the emails required under sub. (4) (b) or.2.
A transfer request under sub. (5), if the school has not sent the letter of acceptance under sub. (5) (c) 1.2.(c) If the school is unable to determine if the sibling application or transfer request is eligible within the time period required under par. (b), the school must accept the applications and transfer requests in the order they were received in.
SECTION 23. PI 49.05 (7) is repealed and recreated to read:
49.05 (7) individualized education program or services plan in effect. A pupil shall be determined to have an individualized education program or services plan in effect if the pupil meets one of the following:
(a) A local education agency is implementing the individualized education program or services plan at the time the school receives an application as provided under sub. (3).
(b) A local education agency developed the individualized education program or services plan no earlier than 3 years prior to September 15 of the school term for which the student submits an application under sub. (3), and there has not been a more recent reevaluation that determined the student no longer had a disability.
SECTION 24. PI 49.05 (7m) is created to read:
49.05 (7m) Letter of acceptance or denial. Within 7 days of receiving the verification requested under sub. (4) (b) 1., the special needs scholarship program administrator or designee shall notify the applicant in writing of whether the application submitted under sub. (3) was determined eligible or ineligible. If the application is determined ineligible, the letter shall state the reason or reasons why the application is ineligible.
SECTION 25. PI 49.05 (8) (intro.) is amended to read:
49.05 (8) Scholarship continuance. AExcept as provided under sub. (9), a scholarship awarded to a pupil under this chapter shall continue until any of the following occur:
SECTION 26. PI 49.05 (8) (e) and (9) are created to read:
PI 49.05 (8) (e) A student who has been determined to no longer have a disability leaves the school he or she is attending.
(9) Summer school attendance. A pupil may attend summer school at a different school and continue to receive a special needs scholarship program scholarship. The school the pupil attends under this subsection may not receive a special needs scholarship program payment under s. PI 49.16 for the pupil. SECTION 27. PI 49.06 (2) and (3) (intro.) are amended to read:
PI 49.06 (2) Simultaneously enrolled pupil. AExcept as provided under s. PI 49.05 (9), a pupil participating in the special needs scholarship program may not receive a scholarship 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 scholarship under s. 115.7915, Stats., may not receive a payment under s. 118.60 or 119.23, Stats. (3) Full-time equivalent. The amount paid by the department to a school under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. b., Stats., shall be based on the full-time equivalent for each pupil times the payment amount in s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. b., Stats. The full-time equivalent shall be determined as follows: SECTION 28. PI 49.06 (3m) is created to read:
PI 49.06 (3m) Application submission. Annually by the second Friday in August, a school shall submit to the department, using the online application system or other manner specified by the department, all of the applications determined eligible under s. PI 49.05 (4) and (7m) or transfer requests accepted under s. PI 49.05 (5) that have not previously been submitted to the department. SECTION 29. PI 49.06 (4) (intro.), (a), and (d), and (5) (intro.), (a), (c) (intro.) and 1. a. are amended to read:
PI 49.06 (4) September 1Preliminary application and class list submission. Annually by September 1the last weekday in August, a school shall submit to the department, using the online application system or other manner specified by the department, all of the following:
(a) All applications determined eligible under s. PI 49.05 (4) and (7)(7m) or transfer requests accepted under s. PI 49.05 (5) and (7)that have not previously been submitted to the department. (d) The school's start and end date for the current school yearA list of the pupils that were enrolled in the special needs scholarship program that are no longer eligible for a scholarship under s. PI 49.05 (8) and have not been previously reported to the department. (5) Application submission and pupil count reports. Annually by October 1the last weekday in September and February 1the last weekday in January, a school shall submit to the department, using the online application system or other manner specified by the department, all of the following:
(a) All applications determined eligible under s. PI 49.05 (4) and (7)(7m) or transfer requests accepted under s. PI 49.05 (5) and (7) that have not previously been submitted to the department. (c) As part of the pupil count report for the third Friday in September, a school shall do all of the following for pupils that participatedsubmitted applications or transfer requests in a previous school year that were determined eligible under s. PI 49.05 and have not withdrawn from the school or the special needs scholarship program in the previous school year: 1.a. The documentation is dated between the third Friday in August and October 1the last weekday in September. If a school receives a lease agreement as a residency document, the lease term includes the third Friday in September.
SECTION 30. PI 49.06 (5) (d) and (e) are created to read:
PI 49.06 (5) (d) A list of the pupils that were enrolled in the special needs scholarship program that are no longer eligible for a scholarship under s. PI 49.05 (8) and have not been previously reported to the department. (e) As part of the pupil count report for the third Friday in September, the school shall provide the school’s start and end date for the current school year.
SECTION 31. PI 49.07 (1) (intro.) and (b), (2), and (3) (a) are amended to read:
PI 49.07 (1) Report completion and submission. A school shall engage an auditor to compile the enrollment audit using agreed upon procedures that identify ineligible pupils for whom the school has received payment under s. 115.7915 (4m) or (4p), Stats., and additional eligible pupils qualifying the school for a payment. The report shall be prepared in accordance with professional standards and identify the procedures agreed upon by the auditor and the department that were used. A school shall submit an enrollment audit to the department for the following: (b) The second Friday in January enrollment reported under s. PI 49.06 (5) (b). A school shall submit its second Friday in January enrollment audit to the department by the first weekday in May 1. (2) School records. A school shall provide its auditor with the official attendance records and the original classroom records for the auditor’s use in conducting the enrollment audit. The official attendance records shall identify pupils participating in the special needs scholarship program. If the official attendance records are from the school’s student information system, the school may provide a separate report from the student information system that identifies which students are special needs scholarship program pupils.
(3) (a) Determine the school’s process for preparing attendance records and accepting and reviewing applications and transfer requests.
SECTION 32. PI 49.07 (3) (e) is repealed.
SECTION 33. PI 49.07 (3) (f) is amended to read:
PI 49.07 (3) (f) Verify that the total number of pupils attending the school on the official attendance records match the total number of pupils based on the original classroom recordspupil count report under s. PI 49.06 (5) (b) for each grade. SECTION 34. PI 49.07 (3) (h) is repealed.
