AB1042,107280Section 107. 118.60 (2) (ag) 2. c. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1042,,281281118.60 (2) (ag) 2. c. By the 3rd Monday in October immediately preceding the school year in which a new private school intends to participate in the program under this section, provide a surety bond payable to the state in an amount equal to the greater of $25,000 or 25 percent of the total payment the new private school expects to receive under the program under this section during its first school year participating in the program on the basis of the information submitted under subd. 1.
AB1042,108282Section 108. 118.60 (2) (ag) 2. c. of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 118.77 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:
AB1042,,283283118.77 (2) October submissions to department. (intro.) By the 3rd Monday in October immediately preceding the school year in which a new private school intends to participate in the choice program under this section, provide a , the new private school shall submit all of the following to the department:
AB1042,,284284(a) A surety bond payable to the state in an amount equal to the greater of $25,000 or 25 percent of the total payment the new private school expects to receive under the choice program under this section during its first school year participating in the choice program on the basis of the information submitted under subd. 1. sub. (1).
AB1042,109285Section 109. 118.60 (2) (ag) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1042,,286286118.60 (2) (ag) 4. Notwithstanding the deadline to obtain preaccreditation under par. (a) 7. b., by December 15 the 3rd Monday in October of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the new private school intends to participate in the program under this section, obtain preaccreditation from a preaccrediting entity.
AB1042,110287Section 110. 118.60 (2) (ag) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
AB1042,111288Section 111. 118.60 (2) (ag) 5. of the statutes is renumbered 118.77 (4) and amended to read:
AB1042,,289289118.77 (4) Payroll service. By the first weekday in August 1 of the first school year in which the new private school intends to participate in the program under this section, choice program, the new private school shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the new private school has contracted with a 3rd-party payroll service that will remit federal and state payroll taxes for each employee of the new private school for the duration of the school year.
AB1042,112290Section 112. 118.60 (2) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1042,,291291118.60 (2) (ar) By the first weekday in December 31 of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which a new private school intends to participate in the program under this section, the department shall notify the new private school in writing whether it has satisfied those requirements under par. (ag) that must be satisfied before December 31. If the department determines that the new private school has not satisfied those requirements, the new private school may not participate in the program under this section in the following school year, but may reinitiate the process under par. (ag) for the next following school year.
AB1042,113292Section 113. 118.60 (2) (ar) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 118.77 (3) and amended to read:
AB1042,,293293118.77 (3) Compliance notice. By the first weekday in December of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which a new private school intends to participate in the choice program under this section, the department shall notify the new private school in writing whether it has satisfied those the requirements under par. (ag) that must be satisfied before December 31 subs. (1) and (2). If the department determines that the new private school has not satisfied those the requirements, the new private school may not participate in the choice program under this section in the following school year, but may reinitiate the process under par. (ag) for the next following a subsequent school year.
AB1042,114294Section 114. 118.60 (2) (be), (bm) and (bs) of the statutes are repealed.
AB1042,115295Section 115. 118.60 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 118.81 (1) (b) and amended to read:
AB1042,,296296118.81 (1) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a) 6., a A teacher employed by a participating private school participating in the program under this section who teaches only courses in rabbinical studies is not required to have a bachelor’s degree or a teaching license issued by the department.
AB1042,116297Section 116. 118.60 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 118.81 (2) (b) and amended to read:
AB1042,,298298118.81 (2) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a) 6., an An administrator of a participating private school participating in the program under this section that prepares and trains pupils attending the participating private school in rabbinical studies is not required to have a bachelor’s degree or a teaching license or administrator license issued by the department.
AB1042,117299Section 117. 118.60 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 118.73 (2) and amended to read:
AB1042,,300300118.73 (2) Combined private school. (a) In this paragraph subsection:
AB1042,,3013011. “Agreement year” means the first school year during which a combined private school and a participating private school participating in the program under this section are governed by the same governing body under a governing body agreement.
AB1042,,3023022. “Combined private school” means a private school that enters into a governing body agreement and did not participate in the choice program under this section in the school year preceding the agreement year.
AB1042,,3033033. “Governing body agreement” means an agreement to be governed by the same governing body that is entered into by a participating private school participating in the program under this section and a private school that is not participating in the choice program under this section.
AB1042,,304304(b) If a combined private school participates in the choice program under this section during the agreement year or the school year following the agreement year, the prior year attendance requirements under par. (a) 2. s. 118.72 (1) (c) do not apply to a pupil who applies to attend the combined private school under this section the choice program during the agreement year or the school year following the agreement year.
AB1042,118305Section 118. 118.60 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 118.72 (3) (a) and amended to read:
AB1042,,306306118.72 (3) (a) The Application. Except as provided in s. 118.71, a pupil or the a pupil’s parent or guardian shall submit an application, on a form provided by the state superintendent, to the participating private school that the pupil wishes to attend under the choice program. If more than one pupil from the same family applies to attend the same private school, the pupils may use a single application.
AB1042,,307307(b) Pupil eligibility notification. No later than 60 days after the end of the application period during which an application is received and subject to par. (ar), the, a participating private school shall notify each applicant, in writing, whether his or her the applicant’s application has been accepted. If the participating private school rejects an application, the notice shall include the reason. Subject to par. (ar), a A participating private school may reject an applicant only if it has reached its maximum general capacity or seating capacity. Except as provided in par. (ar), the pupil is not eligible under this subchapter or if the number of applications exceed the number of available choice program seats in the grade for which the pupil applied and the pupil is not selected to receive a choice program seat.
AB1042,,308308(c) Random selection process. The state superintendent shall ensure that the each participating private school determines which pupils to accept on a random basis, except that the private school may give preference to the following in accepting applications, in the order of preference listed: