SB989,93254Section 93. 118.60 (2) (a) 6. b. of the statutes is renumbered 118.81 (2) (a) and amended to read:
SB989,,255255118.81 (2) (a) All Except as provided in par. (b), a participating private school shall ensure that all of the participating private school’s administrators have at least a bachelor’s degree from a nationally or regionally accredited institution of higher education or a teaching license or administrator’s administrator license issued by the department.
SB989,94256Section 94. 118.60 (2) (a) 6. c. and d. of the statutes are repealed.
SB989,95257Section 95. 118.60 (2) (a) 7. a. of the statutes is repealed.
SB989,96258Section 96. 118.60 (2) (a) 7. b. of the statutes is renumbered 118.74 (1) and amended to read:
SB989,,259259118.74 (1) Preaccreditation. Each private school that begins participation in the choice program under this section on or after April 10, 2014, and that is not accredited by an accrediting entity, shall obtain preaccreditation by a preaccrediting entity by the first weekday in August 1 before the first school term in which the private school begins participation in the choice program under this section, or by the first weekday in May 1 if the private school begins participating in the choice program during summer school. In any school year, a A private school to which this subd. 7. b. applies may apply for and seek to obtain preaccreditation from only one preaccrediting entity each school year. A private school to which this subd. 7. b. applies that fails to obtain preaccreditation as required under this subd. 7. b. subsection may not participate in the choice program under this section or under s. 119.23 until preaccreditation has been obtained, but the private school may apply for and seek to obtain preaccreditation from a preaccrediting entity for the following a subsequent school year. The fact that a private school has obtained preaccreditation does not require an accrediting entity to accredit the private school.
SB989,97260Section 97. 118.60 (2) (a) 7. c. of the statutes is renumbered 118.74 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:
SB989,,261261118.74 (2) Initial accreditation. (intro.) A private school to which subd. 7. b. applies that is not accredited by the first weekday in August before the first school term in which the private school begins participating in the choice program shall apply do all of the following:
SB989,,262262(a) Apply for accreditation by an accrediting entity by the last weekday in December 31 of the first school year that begins after April 10, 2014, in which the private school begins participation in the choice program under this section, and shall achieve.
SB989,,263263(b) Achieve accreditation by an accrediting entity by the first weekday in December 31 of the 3rd school year following the first school year in which the private school begins participation in the choice program under this section. If the private school is accredited under this subd. 7. c., the private school is not required to obtain preaccreditation under subd. 7. b. as a prerequisite to providing instruction under this section in additional grades or in an additional or new school.
SB989,98264Section 98. 118.60 (2) (a) 8. of the statutes is renumbered 118.79 (1) and amended to read:
SB989,,265265118.79 (1) Hours of instruction. Notwithstanding s. 118.165 (1) (c), the each participating private school shall annually provides provide at least 1,050 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 1 to 6 and at least 1,137 hours of direct pupil instruction in grades 7 to 12. Hours provided under this subdivision subsection include recess and time for pupils to transfer between classes but do not include the lunch periods. Annually, no more than 140 hours of work under s. 118.56 may be counted as hours of direct pupil instruction.
SB989,99266Section 99. 118.60 (2) (a) 9. of the statutes is renumbered 118.79 (2) and amended to read:
SB989,,267267118.79 (2) Instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides. If the a participating private school operates any grade from 5 to 12, the participating private school includes shall include in its curriculum the instruction required under s. 121.02 (1) (L) 8., so far as applicable.
SB989,100268Section 100. 118.60 (2) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB989,101269Section 101. 118.60 (2) (ag) 1. (intro.) and a. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 118.60 (2) (ag) 1. and amended to read:
SB989,,270270118.60 (2) (ag) 1. By the first weekday in August 1 of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the new private school intends to participate in the program under this section, complete and submit to the department the following, on forms provided by the department: a. A , a notice of intent to participate and agreement to comply with procedural requirements. If, at the time the new private school submits the information required under this subdivision, the new private school does not have a physical property within which the private school intends to operate, submit a mailing address of an administrator of the new private school.
SB989,102271Section 102. 118.60 (2) (ag) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is renumbered 118.77 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
SB989,,272272118.77 (1) Initial submissions to department. (intro.) By the first weekday in August of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the a new private school intends to participate in the choice program under this section, complete and, the new private school shall submit all of the following to the department, on forms provided by the department, a notice of intent to participate and:
SB989,,273273(a) An agreement to comply with procedural requirements.
SB989,,274274(c) The physical location of the new private school. If, at the time the new private school submits the information required under this subdivision subsection, the new private school does not have a physical property within which the private school intends to operate, the new private school shall submit a mailing address of an administrator of the new private school.
SB989,103275Section 103. 118.60 (2) (ag) 1. b. and c. of the statutes are repealed.
SB989,104276Section 104. 118.60 (2) (ag) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB989,,277277118.60 (2) (ag) 2. a. By August 1 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, submit to the department the information under sub. (6p) (a) and (b).
SB989,105278Section 105. 118.60 (2) (ag) 2. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
SB989,106279Section 106. 118.60 (2) (ag) 2. b. of the statutes is repealed.
SB989,107280Section 107. 118.60 (2) (ag) 2. c. of the statutes is created to read:
SB989,,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.
SB989,108282Section 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: