118.56(5)(5) In determining eligibility for the program, allow the school board or governing body to require a pupil to demonstrate employability through an interview process, teacher recommendations, or previous work, internship, or volunteer experience. 118.56(6)(6) Require that a pupil who wishes to participate in the program enter into a signed agreement with the participating school and the pupil’s parent or guardian. 118.57118.57 Notice of educational options; accountability report performance category; pupil assessments. 118.57(1)(1) Annually, by January 31, each school board shall publish as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, and post on its Internet site a description of the educational options available to children in the school district, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time or part-time open enrollment in a nonresident school district, the youth apprenticeship program under s. 106.13, and the early college credit program. A school board that does not operate high school grades is not required to include an educational option offered only to high school pupils in a description of educational options under this subsection. 118.57(2)(2) The school board shall include in the notice under sub. (1) the most recent performance category assigned under s. 115.385 (1) (b) to each school within the school district boundaries, including charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) and private schools participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23. The notice published by the school board shall inform parents that the full school and school district accountability report is available on the school board’s Internet site. 118.58(1)(1) In this section, “virtual private school” means a private school in which all or a portion of the instruction is provided through means of the Internet, and the pupils enrolled in and instructional staff employed by the school are geographically remote from each other. 118.58(2)(2) If a school board, operator of a charter school, or governing body of a private school or tribal school operates a high school that includes grades 11 and 12, the school board, charter school operator, or governing body shall, for each high school that includes grades 11 and 12, prepare a class ranking of pupils enrolled in the high school as of the class’s completion of grade 11 if there are at least 15 pupils in the class. Pupils shall be ranked on the basis of academic achievement and the sole criterion for ranking pupils shall be the pupil’s grade point average. 118.58(3)(a)(a) Subject to par. (b), each class ranking under sub. (2) shall identify those pupils who rank in the top 5 percent of their high school class and those pupils who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class. The class ranking may also identify the class rank of pupils who do not rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class. 118.58(3)(b)(b) If a high school’s class enrollment is at least 15 but less than 20 pupils, the school board, operator of the charter school, or governing body of the private school or tribal school shall identify the highest ranked and 2nd highest ranked pupils in the class using the ranking method under sub. (2). For purposes of par. (a) and sub. (4) and s. 36.11 (3m), the highest ranked pupil shall be considered to be in the top 5 percent of the pupil’s high school class and the 2nd highest ranked pupil shall be considered to be in the top 10 percent of the pupil’s high school class. 118.58(4)(4) After completing the class ranking required under sub. (2), a school board, operator of a charter school, or governing body of a private school or tribal school shall do all of the following: 118.58(4)(a)(a) Notify each pupil ranked in the top 10 percent of the pupil’s high school class that the pupil is ranked, as applicable, in the top 5 percent or in the top 10 percent of the pupil’s high school class. 118.58(4)(b)(b) For each pupil notified under par. (a), include that the pupil is ranked, as applicable, in the top 5 percent or in the top 10 percent of the pupil’s high school class on the pupil’s high school transcript as of the pupil’s completion of grade 11. 118.58(5)(5) This section does not apply to a virtual private school. 118.58 HistoryHistory: 2023 a. 95. 118.60118.60 Parental choice program for eligible school districts and other school districts. 118.60(1)(ab)(ab) “Accrediting entity” means Cognia, Inc., Wisconsin Religious and Independent Schools Accreditation, Independent Schools Association of the Central States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation, National Lutheran School Accreditation, Wisconsin Association of Christian Schools, Christian Schools International, Association of Christian Schools International, the diocese or archdiocese within which a private school is located, and any other organization recognized by the National Council for Private School Accreditation. 118.60(1)(ad)(ad) “Administrator” means the superintendent, supervising principal, executive director, or other person who acts as the administrative head of a private school participating in the program under this section. 118.60(1)(af)(af) “Disqualified organization” means an accrediting organization that is not an accrediting entity or a member of or otherwise sanctioned by an accrediting entity. 118.60(1)(ag)(ag) “Disqualified person” means a person who, when a private school was barred or terminated from participation in the program under this section by an order issued under sub. (10), satisfied at least one of the following: 118.60(1)(ag)1.1. Had a controlling ownership interest in, or was the administrator or an officer, director, or trustee of, the private school. 118.60(1)(ag)2.2. Was a person designated by the administrator of the private school to assist in processing pupil applications. 118.60(1)(ag)3.3. Was responsible for an action or circumstance that led to the private school being barred or terminated from participation in the program under this section.