PI 49.05 Note Note: The application may be obtained at no charge from the Wisconsin department of public instruction’s webpage at http://dpi.wi.gov/sms/special-needs-scholarship.

PI 49.05(4) (4) Application eligibility determination. Within 21 days of receiving an application under sub. (3), the special needs scholarship program administrator or designee shall do all of the following:

PI 49.05(4)(a) (a) Determine if the application is eligible pending the verification under par. (b) 1. by verifying all of the following:

PI 49.05(4)(a)1. 1. The address on the pupil’s application is in the Wisconsin school district listed on the application using the state of Wisconsin’s Statewide Voter Registration System or any another source permitted by the department.

PI 49.05(4)(a)2. 2. The residency document submitted under sub. (3) (b) is one of the residency documents specified by the department that shows the pupil 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 date the application is submitted under sub. (3) (a). If a school receives a lease agreement as a residency document, the lease term shall include the date the application was submitted under sub. (3) (a). The document shall contain the name of the parent on the application and match the address on the application.

PI 49.05(4)(b) (b) If the application is determined eligible under par. (a) and the school has an available scholarship for the pupil, the school shall do all of the following:

PI 49.05(4)(b)1. 1. Send an email to the local education agency that developed the pupil’s individualized education program or services plan requesting that the local education agency verify the pupil has an individualized education program or services plan that meets the requirements under sub. (7).

PI 49.05(4)(b)2. 2. Send an email to the pupil’s resident school district notifying it that, pending verification that the requirements of sub. (7) are met, the child will be awarded a scholarship under s. 115.7915, Stats.

PI 49.05(4)(c) (c) Notify an applicant in writing if one of the following occurs:

PI 49.05(4)(c)1. 1. The application under sub. (3) is determined ineligible. The school shall state in its letter the reasons why the application is ineligible.

PI 49.05(4)(c)2. 2. The application under sub. (3) is determined eligible but the school does not have a scholarship available for the pupil. The school shall state in the letter the pupil’s place on the school’s waiting list.

PI 49.05 Note Note: The student application designee authorization form may be obtained at no charge from the Wisconsin department of public instruction’s webpage at http://dpi.wi.gov/sms/special-needs-scholarship.

PI 49.05(5) (5) Transfer requests.

PI 49.05(5)(a) (a) An applicant may submit a transfer request for a pupil to transfer to a different school participating in the special needs scholarship program on a form provided by the department. A pupil that has been determined to no longer be a child with a disability under s. 115.7915 (4m) (e) 1., Stats., may not transfer under this subsection to a different school participating in the special needs scholarship program.

PI 49.05(5)(b) (b) A transfer request shall be considered received under s. 115.7915 (3) (b), Stats., when an applicant has submitted all of the following to the school:

PI 49.05(5)(b)1. 1. A transfer request form.

PI 49.05(5)(b)2. 2. Residency documentation.

PI 49.05(5)(b)3. 3. Individualized education program or services plan.

PI 49.05(5)(c) (c) Within 21 days of receiving a transfer request under par. (b), the special needs scholarship program administrator or designee shall do all of the following:

PI 49.05(5)(c)1. 1. Determine if the transfer request is eligible by verifying all of the following:

PI 49.05(5)(c)1.a. 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.

PI 49.05(5)(c)1.b. b. The residency document submitted 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 submitted 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 submitted under par. (b). The document shall contain the name of the parent on the transfer request and match the address on the transfer request.

PI 49.05(5)(c)1.c. c. The pupil was a special needs scholarship program pupil on the most recent count date based on the department’s response to the email request under subd. 1m.

PI 49.05(5)(c)1m. 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.

PI 49.05(5)(c)2. 2. Notify an applicant in writing if the transfer request was accepted or not accepted. The school shall state in its letter the reason or reasons why the transfer request is ineligible if the transfer request is determined ineligible. If the transfer request is determined eligible but the school does not have a scholarship available for the pupil, the school shall state in the letter the pupil’s place on the school’s waiting list.

PI 49.05 Note Note: The transfer request form may be obtained at no charge from the Wisconsin department of public instruction’s webpage at http://dpi.wi.gov/sms/special-needs-scholarship.

PI 49.05(6) (6) Sibling preference.

PI 49.05(6)(a) (a) A school may give an application under sub. (3) or a transfer request under sub. (5) from a sibling of a pupil who is already attending the school preference over either of the following:

PI 49.05(6)(a)1. 1. An application under sub. (3), if the school has not yet sent either of the emails required under sub. (4) (b).