Chapter PI 49

SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

PI 49.01   Purpose.

PI 49.02   Definitions.

PI 49.03   School requirements.

PI 49.04   Financial information and surety bond.

PI 49.05   Pupil application requirements.

PI 49.06   School year enrollment.

PI 49.07   Enrollment audits.

PI 49.08   Financial audit.

PI 49.09   Financial audit supplemental schedule.

PI 49.10   School financial requirements.

PI 49.11   Auditor requirements.

PI 49.12   Quarterly reporting to parent.

PI 49.13   State aid payment calculation.

PI 49.14   Department authority.

PI 49.15   Right to a request a hearing.

PI 49.16   Summer school attendance and payment.

Ch. PI 49 Note Note: Chapter PI 49 was created by emergency rule, EmR1619, effective 6-2-16.

PI 49.01 PI 49.01 Purpose. Any qualified pupil in grades kindergarten to 12 who meets the requirements under s. 115.7915, Stats., may attend any school participating in the special needs scholarship program under s. 115.7915, Stats. This chapter establishes eligibility and participation requirements for schools participating in the special needs scholarship program under s. 115.7915, Stats., the calculation and distribution of scholarships under s. 115.7915 (4m) and (4p), Stats., and the application and approval procedures for pupils and eligible schools under s. 115.7915, Stats.

PI 49.01 History History: EmR1619: emerg. cr., eff. 6-2-16; CR 16-005: cr., Register October 2016 No. 730, eff. 11-1-16; EmR1815: emerg. am., eff. 7-1-18; EmR1911: emerg. am., eff. 7-1-19; CR 19-095: am. Register March 2020 No. 771, eff. 4-1-20.

PI 49.02 PI 49.02 Definitions. In this chapter:

PI 49.02(1) (1) “4-year-old kindergarten outreach activities” means the direct services that a school provides to 4-year-old kindergarten parents and primary caregivers that have an educational component that fulfills the requirements of s. 121.004 (7) (cm), Stats.

PI 49.02(2) (2) “Applicant” means a child’s parent who is acting on behalf of the child, or, for a child with a disability who has reached the age of 18 and has not been adjudicated incompetent, the child.

PI 49.02(3m) (3m) “Classroom records” means teacher-originated test scores, report cards, progress reports, and attendance records.

PI 49.02(4) (4) “Count date” means the third Friday in September and the second Friday in January except as provided under s. 121.05 (3m), Stats.

PI 49.02(5) (5) “Department” means the Wisconsin department of public instruction.

PI 49.02(5m) (5m) “Designee” means an individual who is designated to assist in processing pupil applications and transfer requests by the special needs scholarship program administrator on a form provided by the department.