SB45,1013,23 115.745 (1) A school board, an operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), a cooperative educational service agency, or an agency determined by the state superintendent to be eligible for designation under 42 USC 9836 as a head start agency, in conjunction with a tribal education authority, may apply to the department for a grant for the purpose of supporting innovative, effective instruction in one or more American Indian languages.

SB45,1953 Section 1953. 115.76 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1014,1 115.76 (12) (a) 1. A biological natural parent.

SB45,1954 Section 1954. 115.76 (12) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

SB45,1955 Section 1955. 115.76 (12) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

SB45,1956 Section 1956. 115.76 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1014,11 115.76 (13) “Person acting as a parent of a child” means a relative of the child or a private individual allowed to act as a parent of a child by the child’s biological natural or adoptive parents or guardian, and includes the child’s grandparent, neighbor, friend or private individual caring for the child with the explicit or tacit approval of the child’s biological natural or adoptive parents or guardian. “Person acting as a parent of a child” does not include any person that receives public funds to care for the child if such funds exceed the cost of such care.

SB45,1957 Section 1957. 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1014,16 115.77 (1) In sub. (1m) (a) to (d), except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (b), if a child with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), “local educational agency” means the school district that the child is attending.

SB45,1958 Section 1958. 115.79 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1015,2 115.79 (1) (b) An educational placement is provided to implement a child’s individualized education program. Except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (b), if a child with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), the school board of the school district that the child is attending shall provide an educational placement for the child and shall pay tuition charges instead of the school district in which the child resides if required by the placement.

SB45,1959 Section 1959. 115.7915 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (1) (ah).

SB45,1960 Section 1960. 115.7915 (1) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1015,7 115.7915 (1) (ad) “Accrediting entity” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (ab).

SB45,1961 Section 1961. 115.7915 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1015,11 115.7915 (1) (am) “Program cap” means the total number of children who attended eligible schools under the scholarship program under this section in the 2025-26 school year.

SB45,1962 Section 1962. 115.7915 (1) (ap) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1015,13 115.7915 (1) (ap) “Preaccreditation” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (c).

SB45,1963 Section 1963. 115.7915 (1) (at) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1015,16 115.7915 (1) (at) “Preaccrediting entity” has the meaning given in s. 118.60 (1) (cm).

SB45,1964 Section 1964. 115.7915 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1015,21 115.7915 (2) Scholarship requirements. (intro.) Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the department shall, subject to sub. (2m), provide to a child with a disability a scholarship under sub. (4m) (a) to attend an eligible school if all of the following apply:

SB45,1965 Section 1965. 115.7915 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,1016,2 115.7915 (2) (b) The governing body of the eligible school notified the department of its intent to participate in the program under this section, as provided under sub. (3) (a).

SB45,1966 Section 1966. 115.7915 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,1016,4 115.7915 (2) (c) (intro.) Any of the following applies to the eligible school:

SB45,1967 Section 1967. 115.7915 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. a. and amended to read:

SB45,1016,17 115.7915 (2) (c) 3. a. The For the 2025-26 school year, the eligible school has been either is approved as a private school by the state superintendent under s. 118.165 (2) or is accredited by Cognia, Inc., Wisconsin Religious and Independent Schools Accreditation, the Independent Schools Association of the Central States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation, Wisconsin Association of Christian Schools, National Lutheran School Accreditation, Christian Schools International, Association of Christian Schools International, the diocese or archdiocese within which the eligible school is located, or any other organization recognized by the National Council for Private School Accreditation, as of the an accrediting entity on August 1 preceding the school term for which the scholarship is awarded, 2025.

SB45,1968 Section 1968. 115.7915 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is created to read: