AB1042,,1271274. Assessing learning.

AB1042,,1281285. Reporting outcomes to administrators and parents and guardians.

AB1042,,1291296. Evaluating the effects of instruction.

AB1042,,131131115.7915 (8) (am) The department may bar a private school from participating in the program under this section in the following school year if the department determines that any of the following has occurred:

AB1042,,1321321. The private school has not complied with the requirements under sub. (2m) (d).

AB1042,,1331332. The private school’s application for accreditation has been denied by the accrediting entity.

AB1042,,1341343. The private school has not achieved accreditation within the periods allowed under sub. (2m) (a) and (b).

AB1042,,136136115.7915 (8) (ap) 1. If the department determines that any of the following has occurred, the department shall issue an order barring a private school’s participation in the program under this section at the end of the current school year:

AB1042,,137137a. The private school participating in the program under this section failed to continuously maintain accreditation as required under sub. (2m) (d).

AB1042,,138138b. The governing body of the private school participating in the program under this section has withdrawn the private school from the accreditation process.

AB1042,,139139c. The private school’s accreditation has been revoked, denied, or terminated by an accrediting entity.

AB1042,,1401402. A private school whose participation in the program under this section is barred under subd. 1. may not participate in the program under this section until the governing body of the private school demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that it has obtained accreditation from an accrediting entity, provided the accreditation is from an accrediting entity other than the accrediting entity with which the private school failed to continuously maintain accreditation or, if the private school’s accreditation was revoked, denied, or terminated, other than the accrediting entity that revoked, denied, or terminated the private school’s accreditation.

AB1042,,147147118.015 (1m) (c) The department shall award grants to reimburse school boards, operators of charter schools, and governing bodies of private schools participating in a the private school choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 that adopt a literacy curriculum from the recommendations adopted under par. (b) after January 1, 2024. A grant under this paragraph shall be an amount equal to one-half of the costs of purchasing the literacy curriculum and instructional materials adopted from the recommendations adopted under par. (b). If the amount appropriated for this purpose is insufficient to pay the full amount to all grant recipients under this paragraph, the department shall prorate the grant awards among all grant recipients.

AB1042,,148148(d) Beginning on July 21, 2023, no school board, operator of a charter school, or governing body of a private school participating in a the private school choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 may purchase curricula or instructional materials that include 3-cueing.

AB1042,,150150118.015 (5) Prohibited instructional practices; 3-cueing. Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, no public school, including a charter school, or private school participating in a the private school choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 may provide instruction that incorporates 3-cueing in the core reading curriculum for grades kindergarten to 3 or in supplemental materials, including materials used for reading intervention, for pupils in grades kindergarten to 3.

AB1042,,152152118.124 (1) (a) “Participating private high school” means a private school participating in a parental the private school choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 that operates high school grades.

AB1042,,154154118.125 (4) Transfer of records. No later than the next working day, a school district, a private school participating in the private school choice program under s. 118.60 or in the program under s. 119.23, and the governing body of a private school that, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3) (c), is responsible for the operation and general management of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119 shall transfer to another school, including a private or tribal school, or school district all pupil records relating to a specific pupil if the transferring school district or private school has received written notice from the pupil if he or she is an adult or his or her parent or guardian if the pupil is a minor that the pupil intends to enroll in the other school or school district or written notice from the other school or school district that the pupil has enrolled or from a court that the pupil has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p), or a secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g). In this subsection, “school” and “school district” include any juvenile correctional facility, secured residential care center for children and youth, adult correctional institution, mental health institute, or center for the developmentally disabled that provides an educational program for its residents instead of or in addition to that which is provided by public, private, and tribal schools.