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SB70-SSA2-SA3,196 23Section 196. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,197 24Section 197. 115.7915 (4m) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,198 25Section 198. 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. a. Determine the sum of the amount paid for each child
2number of children
residing in the school district for whom a payment is made under
3par. (a) in that school year.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,199 4Section 199. 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. bm. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,72,65 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. bm. Multiply the number of children under subd. 1. a. by
6the per pupil amount calculated under par. (a) for that school year.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,200 7Section 200. 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,72,98 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. e. Sum the amounts calculated under subd. 1. a., bm., d.,
9and dh.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,201 10Section 201. 118.51 (1) (aj) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,202 11Section 202. 118.51 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,72,2212 118.51 (9) Appeal of rejection. If the nonresident school board rejects an
13application under sub. (3) (a) or (7), the resident school board prohibits a pupil from
14attending public school in a nonresident school district under sub. (3m) (d) or the
15nonresident school board prohibits a pupil from attending public school in the
16nonresident school district under sub. (11), the pupil's parent may appeal the
17decision to the department within 30 days after the decision. If the nonresident
18school board provides notice that the special education or related service is not
19available under sub. (12) (b), the pupil's parent may appeal the required transfer to
20the department within 30 days after receipt of the notice. The department shall
21affirm the school board's decision unless the department finds that the decision was
22arbitrary or unreasonable.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,203 23Section 203. 118.51 (12) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,72,2524 118.51 (12) (title) Nonresident school district statement of educational
25costs; special
Special education or related services.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,204
1Section 204. 118.51 (12) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,205 2Section 205. 118.51 (12) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.51 (12).
SB70-SSA2-SA3,206 3Section 206. 118.51 (16) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,73,64 118.51 (16) (a) 1. For each school district, the number of nonresident pupils
5attending public school in the school district under this section, other than pupils for
6whom a payment is made under sub. (17) (a), or (c), or (cm).
SB70-SSA2-SA3,207 7Section 207. 118.51 (16) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,73,108 118.51 (16) (a) 2. For each school district, the number of resident pupils
9attending public school in a nonresident school district under this section, other than
10pupils for whom a payment is made under sub. (17) (a), or (c), or (cm).
SB70-SSA2-SA3,208 11Section 208. 118.51 (16) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,73,1612 118.51 (16) (c) If a pupil attends public school in a nonresident school district
13under this section for less than a full school term, the department shall prorate the
14state aid adjustments under this subsection and sub. (17) (c) and (cm) based on the
15number of days that school is in session and the pupil attends public school in the
16nonresident school district.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,209 17Section 209. 118.51 (16) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,73,2018 118.51 (16) (d) The department shall ensure that the aid adjustments under
19par. (b) and sub. (17) (c) and (cm) do not affect the amount determined to be received
20by a school district as state aid under s. 121.08 for any other purpose.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,210 21Section 210. 118.51 (17) (b) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,74,422 118.51 (17) (b) 2. c. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, and subject to subd.
233.
and ending in the 2022-23 school year, the per pupil transfer amount is the sum
24of the per pupil transfer amount for the previous school year; the amount of the per
25pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if

1positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between
2the previous school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40
3(2r) (e) 2p., if positive, or the amount under s. 118.51 (17) (b) 3., 2021 stats., if
4applicable
.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,211 5Section 211. 118.51 (17) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,212 6Section 212. 118.51 (17) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,213 7Section 213. 118.51 (17) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,74,138 118.51 (17) (c) 1. If Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, if the number
9determined in par. (b) 1. a. is greater than the number determined in par. (b) 1. b. for
10a school district, in the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years, the department
11shall increase that school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 by an amount
12equal to the difference multiplied by an the amount under par. (b) 2. a., b., or c. for
13the applicable school year.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,74,2514 2. If Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, if the number determined in par.
15(b) 1. a. is less than the number determined in par. (b) 1. b. for a school district, in
16the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years,
the department shall decrease that
17school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 by an amount equal to the
18difference multiplied by an the amount under par. (b) 2. a., b., or c. for the applicable
19school year.
If the state aid payment under s. 121.08 is insufficient to cover the
20reduction, the department shall decrease other state aid payments made by the
21department to the school district by the remaining amount. If the state aid payment
22under s. 121.08 and other state aid payments made by the department to the school
23district are insufficient to cover the reduction, the department shall use the moneys
24appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cg) to pay the balance to school districts under subd.
251.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,214
1Section 214. 118.51 (17) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,215 2Section 215. 121.84 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,75,73 121.84 (4) (b) If a pupil attends school in a school district outside the pupil's
4school district of residence under par. (a), s. 118.51 (12) (b), (14), (16), and (17) apply
5to the pupil as if the pupil were attending school in a nonresident school district
6under s. 118.51. If the pupil is rejected as a result of s. 118.51 (12) (b), s. 118.51 (9)
7applies.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,216 8Section 216. 121.91 (4) (p) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,75,149 121.91 (4) (p) 1. The limit otherwise applicable to a school district under sub.
10(2m) in any school year is increased by the amount of any reduction to that school
11district's state aid payment made under s. 118.51 (16) (b) 2. and (c) or (17) (c) 2. or
12(cm) 2.
or s. 118.51 (17) (cm) 2., 2021 stats., in the previous school year for a pupil who
13was not included in the calculation of the number of pupils enrolled in that school
14district in the previous school year.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,9434 15Section 9434. Effective dates; Public Instruction.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,75,1716 (1) Special needs scholarship program actual cost reimbursement. The
17repeal and recreation of s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. b. takes effect on July 1, 2024.”.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,75,18 1891. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,75,19 19 Section 217. 115.7915 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (1) (ah).
SB70-SSA2-SA3,218 20Section 218. 115.7915 (1) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,75,2221 115.7915 (1) (ad) “Accrediting entity” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1)
22(ab).
SB70-SSA2-SA3,219 23Section 219. 115.7915 (1) (ap) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,75,2424 115.7915 (1) (ap) “Preaccreditation" has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (c).
SB70-SSA2-SA3,220
1Section 220. 115.7915 (1) (at) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,76,32 115.7915 (1) (at) “Preaccrediting entity" has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1)
3(cm).
SB70-SSA2-SA3,221 4Section 221. 115.7915 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,76,55 115.7915 (2) (c) (intro.) Any of the following applies to the eligible school:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,222 6Section 222. 115.7915 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (2) (c) 3.
7a. and amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,76,188 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. a. The For the 2023-24 school year, the eligible school has
9been
either is approved as a private school by the state superintendent under s.
10118.165 (2) or is accredited by Cognia, Inc., Wisconsin Religious and Independent
11Schools Accreditation, the Independent Schools Association of the Central States,
12Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation, Wisconsin Association
13of Christian Schools, National Lutheran School Accreditation, Christian Schools
14International, Association of Christian Schools International, the diocese or
15archdiocese within which the eligible school is located, or any other organization
16recognized by the National Council for Private School Accreditation, as of the
an
17accrediting entity on
August 1 preceding the school term for which the scholarship
18is awarded
, 2023.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,223 19Section 223. 115.7915 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,76,2120 115.7915 (2) (c) 1. The eligible school participates in a parental choice program
21under s. 118.60 or 119.23 for the school year for which the scholarship is awarded.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,224 22Section 224. 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,76,2423 115.7915 (2) (c) 2. The eligible school is accredited by an accrediting entity by
24August 1 of the school year for which the scholarship is awarded.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,225 25Section 225. 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
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1115.7915 (2) (c) 3. (intro.) If the eligible school participates in the program
2under this section in the 2023-24 school year, all of the following apply to the eligible
3school:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,226 4Section 226. 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. b., c. and d. of the statutes are created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,77,125 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. b. If the eligible school is not accredited as provided under
6subd. 3. a., the eligible school obtains preaccreditation by a preaccrediting entity by
7August 1, 2024. The eligible school may apply for and seek to obtain preaccreditation
8from only one preaccrediting entity. If the eligible school fails to obtain
9preaccreditation as required under this subd. 3. b., the eligible school may not
10participate in the program under this section in the 2024-25 school year or in any
11school year thereafter until the eligible school obtains accreditation as provided
12under subd. 2.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,77,1513 c. If subd. 3. b. applies to the eligible school, the eligible school applies for
14accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31, 2024, and obtains
15accreditation by an accrediting entity by December 31, 2027.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,77,1616 d. This subd. 3. does not apply after the 2027-28 school year.”.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,77,17 1792. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,77,18 18 Section 227. 115.7915 (6) (L) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,77,2219 115.7915 (6) (L) Allow a child attending the private school under this section
20to refrain from participating in any religious activity if the child's parent submits to
21the child's teacher or the private school's principal a written request that the child
22be exempt from such activities.”.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,77,23 2393. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,77,24 24 Section 228. 115.363 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1115.363 (2) (b) The school board shall pay to each nonprofit corporation with
2which it contracts under par. (a) an amount that is no more than the amount paid
3per pupil under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2m., 2n., or 2p. 2q. in the current school year
4multiplied by the number of pupils participating in the program under the contract.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,229 5Section 229. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. c. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,78,106 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. c. Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, the sum of the
7scholarship amount under this subdivision for the previous school year; the amount
8of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school
9year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) between
10the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,2e 11Section 2e. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2023
12Wisconsin Act 11
, section 3, is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,78,2313 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) In Beginning in the 2015-16 school year and in each
14ending in the 2022-23 school year thereafter, for a pupil attending a charter school
15established by or under a contract with an entity under par. (b) 1., from the
16appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the department shall pay to the operator of
17the charter school an amount equal to the sum of the amount paid per pupil under
18this paragraph in the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit
19adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive ; and the
20change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
21school year and the current school year, if positive
; and in the 2023-24 school year,
2215.7 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year
.
23The change in the statewide categorical aid per pupil shall be determined as follows:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,2f
1Section 2f. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2023
2Wisconsin Act 11
and 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to
3read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,79,114 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) Beginning in the 2015-16 school year and ending
5in the 2022-23 school year, for a pupil attending a charter school established by or
6under a contract with an entity under par. (b) 1., from the appropriation under s.
720.255 (2) (fm), the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an
8amount equal to the sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph in the
9previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s.
10121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive. The change in the statewide
11categorical aid per pupil shall be determined as follows:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,230 12Section 230. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2q. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,79,2013 118.40 (2r) (e) 2q. Beginning in the 2023-24 school year and in each school year
14thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), for a pupil attending a
15charter school established by or under a contract with an entity under par. (b) 1., the
16department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the
17sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph in the previous school year;
18the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the
19current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s.
20115.437 (2) between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,231 21Section 231. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,79,2322 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. b. Multiply the number of pupils under subd. 1. a. by the per
23pupil amount calculated under par. (e) 2p. 2q. for that school year.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,232 24Section 232. 118.50 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1118.50 (2m) (a) 2. Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and ending in the
22022-23 school year
, the sum of the per pupil amount under this paragraph for the
3previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s.
4121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of
5statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current
6school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,233 7Section 233. 118.50 (2m) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,80,128 118.50 (2m) (a) 3. Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, the sum of the per
9pupil amount under this paragraph for the previous school year; the amount of the
10per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year,
11if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) between the
12previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,234 13Section 234. 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,80,2114 118.51 (16) (a) 3. b. Beginning with the amount in the 2015-16 school year and
15ending with the amount in the 2022-23 school year, except as provided in subd. 3.
16c., in each school year thereafter, the sum of the amount determined under this
17subdivision for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit
18adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
19change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
20school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p.,
21if positive.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,235 22Section 235. 118.51 (16) (a) 3. bm. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,81,323 118.51 (16) (a) 3. bm. Beginning with the amount for the 2023-24 school year
24and in each school year thereafter, the sum of the amount determined under this
25subdivision for the previous school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit

1adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
2change in the per pupil amount under s. 115.437 (2) between the previous school year
3and the current school year, if positive.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,236 4Section 236. 118.51 (17) (b) 2. cm. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,81,95 118.51 (17) (b) 2. cm. Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, the per pupil
6transfer amount is the sum of the per pupil transfer amount for the previous school
7year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for
8the current school year, if positive; and the change in the per pupil amount under s.
9115.437 (2) between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,9e 10Section 9e. 118.60 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act
1111
, section 5, is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,82,212 118.60 (4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16 to 2022-23 school year and in each school year
13thereafter
years, upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the
14pupil's enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in
15subd. 5., the state superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil
16is enrolled on behalf of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under
17s. 20.255 (2) (fr), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the
18state superintendent paid a private school under this section in the previous school
19year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; in the 2023-24 school year, if the
20pupil is enrolled in a grade from kindergarten to 8, 10 percent of the revenue ceiling,
21as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year;
the amount of the per pupil revenue
22adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the
23change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
24school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p.,
25if positive; and in the 2023-24 school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9

1to 12, 26.8 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school
2year
.
SB70-SSA2-SA3,9f 3Section 9f. 118.60 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act
411
and 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA3,82,155 118.60 (4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16 to 2022-23 school years, upon receipt from the
6pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's enrollment in the private school
7during a school term, except as provided in subd. 5., the state superintendent shall
8pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf of the pupil's parent
9or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fr), an amount equal to the
10sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private
11school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil
12is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for
13the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide
14categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school
15year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive.
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