AB68-SA1,255 11Section 255. 118.60 (3) (a) 1m. to 5. of the statutes are renumbered 118.60 (3)
12(am) 3. am. to e., and 118.60 (3) (am) 3. bm. and d., as renumbered, are amended to
13read:
AB68-SA1,85,1414 118.60 (3) (am) 3. bm. Siblings of pupils described in subd. 1m. 3. am.
AB68-SA1,85,1515 d. Siblings of pupils described under subd. 3. c.
AB68-SA1,256 16Section 256. 118.60 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SA1,85,1817 118.60 (3) (am) All of the following apply to applications to attend a private
18school under this section submitted by pupils who reside in an eligible school district:
AB68-SA1,85,2519 1. A private school that has submitted a notice of intent to participate under
20sub. (2) (a) 3. a. may accept applications for a school year during application periods
21determined by the department from pupils who reside in an eligible school district.
22For each school year, the department shall establish one or more application periods
23under this subdivision, the first of which begins no earlier than the first weekday in
24February of the school year before the applicable school year, and the last of which
25ends no later than September 14 of the applicable school year.
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12. Each private school that received applications under subd. 1. shall report to
2the department the number of pupils who applied under subd. 1. to attend the private
3school under this section and the names of those applicants who have siblings who
4also applied under subd. 1. to attend the private school under this section. The
5private school shall submit the report no later than 10 days after each application
6period described under subd. 1. during which the private school received
7applications.
AB68-SA1,86,178 3. After the end of each application period described under subd. 1., upon
9receipt of the information under subd. 2., the department shall determine the sum
10of all applicants for pupils residing in an eligible school district. In determining the
11sum, the department shall count a pupil who has applied to attend more than one
12private school under the program only once. If, after the end of an application period
13described under subd. 1., the sum of all applicants for pupils residing in an eligible
14school district exceeds the program cap under sub. (2) (bh) 2. a., the department shall
15determine which applications submitted during the application period to accept on
16a random basis, except that the department shall give preference in accepting
17applications of pupils to the following applications, in the order of preference listed:
AB68-SA1,86,2018 4. If the sum under subd. 3. exceeds the program cap under sub. (2) (bh) 2. a.,
19the department shall establish a waiting list in accordance with the preferences
20required under subd. 3.
AB68-SA1,87,321 5. A private school that has accepted a pupil who resides in an eligible school
22district under this paragraph shall notify the department whenever the private
23school determines that a pupil will not attend the private school under this
24paragraph. If, upon receiving notice under this subdivision, the department
25determines that the number of pupils attending private schools under this section

1falls below the program cap under sub. (2) (bh) 2. a., the department shall fill any
2available slot with a pupil selected from the waiting list established under subd. 4.,
3if such a waiting list exists.
AB68-SA1,257 4Section 257. 118.60 (3) (ar) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,87,85 118.60 (3) (ar) (intro.) All of the following apply to applications to attend a
6private school under this section only if the limitation under sub. (2) (be) applies to
7the school year for which the application is made
submitted by pupils who reside in
8a school district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district
:
AB68-SA1,258 9Section 258. 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 118.60 (3) (ar) 3.
10(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68-SA1,87,2311 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. (intro.) Annually After the end of the application period
12described under subd. 1.
, upon receipt of the information under subd. 2., the
13department shall, for each school district, determine the sum of all applicants for
14pupils residing in that school district under this paragraph and the sum of all
15applicants for pupils residing in all school districts, other than an eligible school
16district or a 1st class city school district
. In determining the sum those sums, the
17department shall count a pupil who has applied to attend more than one private
18school under the program only once. After determining the sum of all applicants for
19pupils residing in a school district,
those sums, if any of the following applies, the
20department shall determine which applications to accept on a random basis, except
21that the department shall give preference in accepting applications of pupils to the
22applications of pupils described in par. (a) 1m. to 5. (am) 3. am. to e., in the order of
23preference listed in that paragraph. under par. (am) 3.:
AB68-SA1,259 24Section 259. 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. a. and b. of the statutes are created to read:
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1118.60 (3) (ar) 3. a. The sum of all applicants for pupils residing in a school
2district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district, exceeds
3the school district's pupil participation limit under sub. (2) (be).
AB68-SA1,88,64 b. The sum of all applicants for pupils residing in all school districts, other than
5an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district, exceeds the program cap
6under sub. (2) (bh) 2. b.
AB68-SA1,260 7Section 260. 118.60 (3) (ar) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 118.60 (3) (ar) 4.
8(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68-SA1,88,139 118.60 (3) (ar) 4. (intro.) For each school district in which private schools
10received applications under subd. 1. that exceeded the school district's pupil
11participation limit under sub. (2) (be), the
The department shall establish a waiting
12list in accordance with the preferences required under subd. 3. for each of the
13following:
AB68-SA1,261 14Section 261. 118.60 (3) (ar) 4. a. and b. of the statutes are created to read:
AB68-SA1,88,1715 118.60 (3) (ar) 4. a. A school district, other than an eligible school district or a
161st class city school district, for which the sum described under subd. 3. a. exceeds
17the school district's pupil participation limit under sub. (2) (be).
AB68-SA1,88,2018 b. All school districts, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city
19school district, if the sum described under subd. 3. b. exceeds the program cap under
20sub. (2) (bh) 2. b.
AB68-SA1,262 21Section 262. 118.60 (3) (ar) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,89,622 118.60 (3) (ar) 5. A private school that has accepted a pupil who resides in a
23school district, other than an eligible school district or a 1st class city school district,
24under this paragraph shall notify the department whenever the private school
25determines that a pupil will not attend the private school under this paragraph. If,

1upon receiving notice under this subdivision, the department determines that the
2number of pupils attending private schools under this section falls below a school
3district's pupil participation limit under sub. (2) (be), or below the program cap under
4sub. (2) (bh) 2. b.,
the department shall fill any available slot in that school district
5or program with a pupil selected from the school district's applicable waiting list
6established under subd. 4., if such a waiting list exists.
AB68-SA1,263 7Section 263. 118.60 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,89,198 118.60 (3) (b) If a participating private school the department rejects an
9applicant who resides within in an eligible school district because the private school
10to which the applicant applied has too few available spaces, the applicant may
11transfer his or her application to a participating private school that has space
12available. An applicant who is rejected under this paragraph or an applicant who
13is on the waiting list under par. (am) 4.
may, subject to sub. (2) (bh) 2. a., be admitted
14to a private school participating in the program under this section for the following
15school year, provided that the applicant continues to reside within in an eligible
16school district. The department may not require, in that following school year, the
17private school to submit financial information regarding the applicant or to verify the
18eligibility of the applicant to participate in the program under this section on the
19basis of family income.
AB68-SA1,264 20Section 264. 118.60 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SA1,90,821 118.60 (3) (c) If a participating private school the department rejects an
22applicant who resides in a school district, other than an eligible school district or a
231st class city school district, because the private school to which the applicant applied
24has too few available spaces, the applicant may transfer his or her application to a
25participating private school that has space available. An applicant who is rejected

1under this paragraph or an applicant who is on the a waiting list under par. (ar) 4.
2a. or b. may, subject to sub. (2) (be) and (bh) 2. b., be admitted to a private school
3participating in the program under this section for the following school year,
4provided that the applicant continues to reside in a school district , other than an
5eligible school district or a 1st class city school district. The department may not
6require, in that following school year, the private school to submit financial
7information regarding the applicant or to verify the eligibility of the applicant to
8participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income.
AB68-SA1,265 9Section 265. 118.60 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: