SB989,,326326(b) A participating private school may not prohibit an eligible pupil from attending the participating private school, expel, or otherwise discipline the pupil, or withhold or reduce the pupil’s grades because the pupil or the pupil’s parent or guardian cannot does not pay or has not paid fees charged under subd. 1. par. (a). SB989,126327Section 126. 118.60 (3m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.82 (2), and 118.82 (2) (intro.) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read: SB989,,328328118.82 (2) Allowable tuition and payments. (intro.) Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, a A participating private school participating in the program under this section may, in addition to the payment it receives for a pupil under sub. (4) and, if applicable, sub. (4m) s. 118.84, charge the pupil tuition in an amount determined by the participating private school if both all of the following apply: SB989,,329329(b) The family income of the pupil, as determined under sub. (2) (a) 1. s. 118.72, exceeds an amount equal to 2.2 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal office of management and budget. SB989,127330Section 127. 118.60 (3m) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 118.82 (3) and amended to read: SB989,,331331118.82 (3) Appeal; participating private school. A participating private school participating in the program under this section shall determine whether the participating private school may charge additional tuition to a pupil on the basis of the pupil’s family income as permitted allowed under par. (b) sub. (2). The participating private school shall establish a process for accepting an appeal to the governing body of the participating private school of the determination made under this paragraph subsection. SB989,128332Section 128. 118.60 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.80 (8) and amended to read: SB989,,333333118.80 (8) Summer school attendance report. Annually, on or before the Monday after the 3rd Friday in September 15, a participating private school participating in the program under this section shall file with the department a report stating its summer daily attendance for each day of summer school for the purpose of sub. (4m) s. 118.84 (2). SB989,129334Section 129. 118.60 (4) (bg) 1., 2. and 4. of the statutes are repealed. SB989,,336336118.84 (1) (b) In the 2015-16 2025-26 school year and in each school year thereafter, upon receipt from the pupil’s parent or guardian of proof of the pupil’s enrollment in the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 5., the state superintendent shall pay to the participating private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf of the pupil’s parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fr), an amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a participating private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled; in the 2023-24 school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from kindergarten to 8, 10 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; 90 percent of the change in the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), between the previous school year and current school year, if positive, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from kindergarten to 8, or if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12, the change in the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), between the previous school year and current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in the 2023-24 school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12, 26.8 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year. SB989,132338Section 132. 118.60 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 118.84 (3) and amended to read: SB989,,339339118.84 (3) Payment installments. The state superintendent shall pay 25 percent of the total amount under this subsection sub. (1) in September, 25 percent in November, 25 percent in February, and 25 percent in May. Each installment may consist of a single check for all pupils attending the participating private school under this section the choice program. The state superintendent shall include the entire amount under sub. (4m) (2) in the November installment, but the payment shall be made in a separate check from the payment under this subsection sub. (1). SB989,133340Section 133. 118.60 (4d) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 118.84 (4) (a) (intro.) and amended to read: SB989,,341341118.84 (4) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, “incoming choice pupil” means a pupil who resides in a school district, other than a 1st class city school district, who begins satisfies all of the following criteria: SB989,,3423422. The pupil began participating in the program under this section in s. 118.60, 2023 stats., during the period beginning with the 2015-16 school year or any and ending with the 2025-26 school year thereafter, and who or begins participating in the choice program in the 2026-27 school year or any school year thereafter. SB989,,3433433. The pupil is enrolled in a participating private school under this section the choice program. SB989,134344Section 134. 118.60 (4d) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.84 (4) (b), and 118.84 (4) (b) 1. (intro.) and a. to d., as renumbered, are amended to read: SB989,,345345118.84 (4) (b) 1. (intro.) Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, subject Subject to s. 121.085 (1), the department shall decrease a school district’s state aid payment under s. 121.08 by an amount calculated as follows: SB989,,346346a. Identify the incoming choice pupils residing in the school district for whom a payment is made under sub. (4) (bg) (1) in that school year. SB989,,347347b. Sum the payments made under sub. (4) (bg) (1) for all of the pupils identified under subd. 1. a. for that school year. SB989,,348348c. Identify the incoming choice pupils residing in the school district for whom a payment is made under sub. (4m) (2) in that school year. SB989,,349349d. Sum the payments made under sub. (4m) (a) (2) for all of the pupils identified under subd. 1. c. for that school year. SB989,135350Section 135. 118.60 (4m) of the statutes is renumbered 118.84 (2), and 118.84 (2) (a) and (b) 1. and 2., as renumbered, are amended to read: SB989,,351351118.84 (2) (a) In addition to the payment under sub. (4) (1), the state superintendent shall, subject to par. (b), pay to each participating private school participating in the program under this section, on behalf of the parent or guardian of each pupil attending summer school in the participating private school under this section during a summer and in the manner described in sub. (4) (c) (3), an amount determined as follows: SB989,,3523521. Determine the maximum amount that could have been paid, at the end of the immediately preceding school term, per pupil under sub. (4) (bg) (1) for the grade in which the pupil is attending summer school under this section the choice program. SB989,,3533532. If the pupil attended summer school for at least 15 days of summer instruction at the participating private school during that summer, multiply the amount under subd. 1. by 0.05. SB989,,3543543. If the pupil attended summer school for less than 15 days of summer instruction at the participating private school during that summer, multiply the amount under subd. 1. by 0.05 by the quotient determined by dividing the number of days of summer instruction the pupil attended during that summer by 15.