PI 48.04(2)(bm)(bm) The expected number of choice program pupils that will participate in summer school under s. PI 48.08. PI 48.04(2)(c)(c) The open application periods during which the school will accept choice program pupil applications. After January 10, a school may not amend the open application periods it selects. PI 48.04(2)(d)(d) The name and location of the accredited institution of higher education from which the choice administrator received at least a bachelor’s degree and the date the degree was received, the number of the choice administrator’s teaching or administrator license issued by the department, or an indication that the administrator is excluded from the requirement under s. 118.60 (2) (c) 2., Stats. PI 48.04(2)(e)(e) The signature and mailing address of the choice administrator. PI 48.04(2)(f)(f) A school only participating in the Wisconsin parental choice program is not required to submit the random selection plan under par. (a) for the school years in which the limitation under s. 118.60 (2) (be) 2., Stats., applies. PI 48.04 NoteNote: The new private schools participation information form, which includes the department’s random selection plan, may be obtained at no charge from the Wisconsin department of public instruction’s webpage at http://dpi.wi.gov/sms/choice-programs. PI 48.04(3)(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. PI 48.04(4)(4) Third party payroll provider. By August 1 of the first school year in which a new private school intends to participate in the choice program, a new private school shall submit to the department an executed contract with a third-party payroll service showing that the payroll service will remit federal and state payroll taxes for each employee of the school. PI 48.04 HistoryHistory: CR 16-006: cr. Register July 2016 No. 727, eff. 8-1-16; correction in (1) (f) 4., (2) (f) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2016 No. 727; CR 19-121: am. (1) (c), r. (1) (d), am. (1) (e) cr. (1) (f) 6m., (2) (bm), am. (2) (f), (3) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20. PI 48.05PI 48.05 Pupil application requirements. PI 48.05(1)(a)(a) “Continuing pupil” means an applicant who participated in the choice program or the program under s. 119.23, Stats., in the immediately preceding school year. PI 48.05(1)(c)(c) “Family size” means the number of people who reside together as part of the same household and who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption. Family size includes parents, pupil applicants, and other children who share at least one parent by birth, adoption, or by a parent’s current marriage. A parent on military duty is considered to be residing in the household. PI 48.05(1)(d)(d) “Family income” means the federal adjusted gross income of the parents included in the family size. PI 48.05(1)(e)(e) “Prior year” means the calendar year prior to the school year for which the applicant is applying. PI 48.05(2)(2) Residency eligibility. A school shall obtain one of the residency documents specified by the department from an applicant’s parent that shows the applicant resides at the address on the application at the time of application. The residency document shall be dated no earlier than 3 months prior to the start of the open application period in which an applicant applies. If a school receives a lease agreement as a residency document, the lease term shall include the date the application was received. The document shall contain the parent name and match the address on the application. PI 48.05(3)(3) Address verification. A school shall verify an applicant’s address listed on the residency documentation under sub. (2) as follows: PI 48.05(3)(a)(a) If a pupil is applying to the Racine parental choice program, the school shall verify that the address on the application is in the Racine Unified School District by using the Racine Unified School District’s transportation information, the state of Wisconsin’s Statewide Voter Registration System or any other source permitted by the department. PI 48.05(3)(b)(b) If a pupil is applying to the Wisconsin parental choice program, the school shall verify that the address on the application is in the Wisconsin school district listed on the application but not in the Racine Unified School District or City of Milwaukee by using the state of Wisconsin’s Statewide Voter Registration System or any other source permitted by the department. PI 48.05(4)(4) Income eligibility. A continuing pupil or a pupil on a choice program waiting list in the preceding school year in the same choice program they are applying to is not subject to the income requirements for the choice program. A school shall determine if all other applicants meet the income eligibility requirements under s. 118.60 (2) (a), Stats., as follows: PI 48.05(4)(a)(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). PI 48.05(4)(b)(b) If the parent uses the department of public instruction income determination method, the school shall do all of the following: PI 48.05(4)(b)1.1. A school shall obtain the income documentation required by the parent application from the parent. The school shall ensure the information on the income documentation matches the information provided in the online parent application. PI 48.05(4)(b)2.2. 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. PI 48.05(4)(b)3.3. A pupil shall be determined ineligible if the application indicates the parent did not receive any income and the application does not contain a sufficient explanation of how basic needs are met. PI 48.05(4)(b)4.4. A pupil shall be determined ineligible if the explanation of how basic needs are met states that income or government assistance was received, but the application states the parent listed on the application did not receive income or participate in government assistance programs. PI 48.05(5)(5) Age requirement. In order to be eligible for the choice program, a 4-year-old kindergarten pupil, 5-year-old kindergarten pupil, and a first grade pupil shall attain the ages specified in s. 118.14 (1), Stats. PI 48.05(6)(6) Application receipt. A school may only receive an application during an open application period selected by the school under s. PI 48.03 (3) (a) 3. or 48.04 (2) (c). Except as provided under sub. (8), the school shall receive all documentation, including the documentation required under subs. (2) and (4), during the same open application period in which the school receives the application. PI 48.05(7)(7) Ineligible applications. An application shall be determined ineligible if any of the following apply: