AB621,1,7 1An Act to amend 118.60 (2) (a) 2. c., 118.60 (3) (ar) 6. (intro.), 118.60 (3) (ar) 6.
2a. and 118.60 (3) (ar) 6. b.; and to create 118.60 (3) (ar) 6. am., 118.60 (3) (ar)
36. bm. and 118.60 (3) (ar) 6. cm. of the statutes; relating to: the prior year pupil
4attendance requirement to participate in the Racine Parental Choice Program
5or the statewide parental choice program and allowing a pupil who changes
6residence to transfer from the Racine Parental Choice Program or Milwaukee
7Parental Choice Program to the statewide parental choice program.

Under current law, a pupil must meet at least one of the following criteria to be
eligible to participate in the statewide parental choice program (also known as the
Wisconsin Parental Choice Program) or the Racine Parental Choice Program: 1) the
pupil was enrolled in a public school in the previous school year; 2) the pupil was not
enrolled in school in the previous school year; 3) the pupil attended a private school
in the WPCP, RPCP, or Milwaukee Parental Choice Program in the previous school
year; 4) the pupil was on a waiting list to attend a private school in the WPCP, RPCP,
or MPCP in the previous school year; 5) the pupil attended school in another state
in the previous school year; or 6) the pupil is enrolling in kindergarten, first grade,
or ninth grade in the current school year. This requirement is known as the prior
year pupil attendance requirement.

Under the bill, a pupil who attended a private school under the Special Needs
Scholarship Program in the previous school year satisfies the prior year pupil
attendance requirement to participate in the WPCP or RPCP.