2. The agreement shall list the governing body members of each school in subd. 1. as of the date of the agreement.
(b) The governing body president of each school in par. (a) 1. shall sign the agreement.
(c) The governing body members of the school that intends to participate in the choice program listed on the information filed under s. 118.60 (6p) (a) 2. and (6m) (a) 2., Stats., and sub. (5) (a) shall be the governing body members of the school that is currently participating in the choice program. SECTION 24. PI 48.04 (1) (c) is amended to read:
PI 48.04 (1) (c) The governing body members' signatures required under s. 118.60 (6m) (c)(6p) (a) 2., Stats., and the mailing addresses for each governing body member on a form provided by the department. SECTION 25. PI 48.04 (1) (d) is repealed.
SECTION 26. PI 48.04 (1) (e) is amended to read:
PI 48.04 (1) (e) A cashier's check or another guaranteed manner permitted by the department for the auditor fee required under s. 118.60 (2) (ag) 1. c., Stats. SECTION 27. PI 48.04 (1) (f) 6m. and (2) (bm) are created to read:
PI 48.04 (1) (f) 6m. Anticipated beginning and ending reserve balance.
(2) (bm) The expected number of choice program pupils that will participate in summer school under s. PI 48.08. SECTION 28. PI 48.04 (2) (f) and (3) are amended to read:
PI 48.04 (2) (f) A school only participating in the Wisconsin parental choice program is not required to submit the random selection plan under sub. (2)par. (a) infor the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years in which the limitation under s. 118.60 (2) (be) 2., Stats., applies. (3) Auditor fee payment increases. If the amount of the auditor fee for the school year in which the school will first participate in the choice program is more than the amount paid in sub. (1) (e), the new private school shall pay the difference between the amount paid and the amount owed calculated under s. PI 48.17 (1) by January 10 of the school year immediately preceding the school year that the school intends to participate in the choice program. The school shall pay the difference with a cashier's check or another guaranteed manner permitted by the department. SECTION 29. PI 48.05 (1) (a), (4) (a), (b) 2., (8) (a), and (c) (intro.) are amended to read:
PI 48.05 (1) (a) “Continuing pupil" means an applicant to the Racine parental choice program who participated in the Racine parental choice program on the immediately preceding count date or participated in the Wisconsin parental choice program on one of the count datesor the program under s. 119.23, Stats., in the immediately preceding school year, or an applicant to the Wisconsin parental choice program who participated in the Wisconsin parental choice program on the immediately preceding count date. (4) (a) If the parent uses the department of revenue income determination method under s. 118.60 (2) (a) 1. b., Stats., the school or parent shall input the parent's social security number into the online application system or parent application. If the department of revenue is unable to verify family income, the parent shall use the department of public instruction income determination method under par. (b). (b) 2. A school shall determine whether a pupil is income eligible for the choice program they are applying to based on the family size and prior year family income.
(8) (a) The school shall correct an application by December 15 for applications received during an open application period prior to the third Friday in September and by May 1the due date for the second Friday in January enrollment audit required under s. PI 48.07 (1) for applications received during an open application period after the third Friday in September. If the school does not correct the application as required in this subsection by the specified date, the application is ineligible. (c) The school shall obtain a prior year tax transcript for each parent on the application showing that the family is income eligible for the choice program they are applying to based on the prior year income if both of the following apply:
SECTION 30. PI 48.06 (1) (a) and (5) are amended to read:
PI 48.06 (1) (a) The school has submitted tofiled with the department its notice of intent to participate for the following school year required under s. PI 48.03 (3) or a new private school has submitted the information required under s. PI 48.04 (2). (5) Simultaneously enrolled pupil. A pupil participating in athe choice program may not 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 and receive a payment under s. 118.60, Stats. A pupil receiving a payment under s. 118.60, Stats., may not receive a payment under s. 115.7915 (4m) or 119.23, Stats. SECTION 31. PI 48.06 (6) (b) 2. (intro.) is renumbered PI 48.06 (6) (b) 2. and amended to read:
PI 48.06 (6) (b) 2. The full-time equivalent for aA pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program that requires full-day attendance by the pupil for less than 54 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 calculatedcounted as follows:a 0.8 full-time equivalent.
SECTION 32. PI 48.06 (6) (b) 2. a. and b. are repealed.
SECTION 33. PI 48.06 (6) (b) 2m. is created to read:
PI 48.06 (6) (b) 2m. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program requiring 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, shall be counted as a 0.6 full-time equivalent.
SECTION 34. PI 48.06 (6) (b) 4. is renumbered PI 48.06 (6) (b) 4. (intro.) and amended to read:
PI 48.06 (6) (b) 4. For purposes of subds. 1. and 2.this subsection, “full-day"” means the length of the school day required for first grade pupils in the public school district in which a school is operating.following:
SECTION 35. PI 48.06 (6) (b) 4. a. and b. are created to read:
PI 48.06 (6) (b) 4. 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. SECTION 36. PI 48.06 (7) (intro.), (b), (8) (intro.), and (a) 1. are amended to read:
PI 48.06 (7) September 1Preliminary application and class list submission. Annually by September 1the last weekday in August, a school shall submit tofile with the department in, using the online application system or other manner specified by the department, all of the following:
(b) A class list of all pupils enrolled in eachthe 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 October 1the last weekday in September and February 1the last weekday in January, a school shall submit tofile with the department, using the online application system or other manner specified by the department, all of the following:
(a) 1. The grade of each pupil participating in eachthe 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. SECTION 37. PI 48.06 (8) (a) 4. is created to read:
PI 48.06 (8) (a) 4. The pupils on the Racine parental choice program waiting list on the immediately preceding count date.
SECTION 38. PI 48.06 (8) (b) 1. is amended to read:
PI 48.06 (8) (b) 1. Obtain residency documentation for the new address that meets the requirements of s. PI 48.05 (2) and is dated between the third Friday in August and October 1the last weekday in September. SECTION 39. PI 48.07 (1) (intro.), (a), (b), (2), and (3) (d) 2. are amended to read:
PI 48.07 (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. 118.60 (4) or (4m), Stats., pupils with incorrect data in the department’s database, 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 submitfile an enrollment audit towith the department for the following: (a) The third Friday in September enrollment reported under s. PI 48.06 (8). A school shall submitfile its third Friday in September enrollment audit with the department by December 15.
