AB1042,174456Section 174. 118.60 (7) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 118.80 (5) and amended to read:
AB1042,,457457118.80 (5) Air quality requirements. (a) By the first day of the 3rd month beginning after the month in which the department establishes the model management plan and practices for maintaining indoor environmental quality in public and private schools under s. 118.075 (3), or by weekday in October 1 of a private school’s first school year of participation in the choice program under this section, whichever is later, the participating private school shall provide for the development of a plan for maintaining indoor environmental quality in the participating private school. Participating private schools may use the model management plan and practices for maintaining indoor environmental quality developed under s. 118.075 (3) when developing a plan required under this paragraph.
AB1042,,458458(b) By the first day of the 12th month beginning after the month in which the department establishes the model management plan and practices for maintaining indoor environmental quality in public and private schools under s. 118.075 (3), or by the beginning of the 2nd school year of participation in the choice program under this section, whichever is later, the, a participating private school shall implement a plan for maintaining indoor environmental quality in the participating private school.
AB1042,,459459(c) Each participating private school participating in the program under this section shall provide a copy of the plan implemented under subd. 2. par. (b) to any person upon request.
AB1042,175460Section 175. 118.60 (7) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 118.81 (4) and amended to read:
AB1042,,461461118.81 (4) Background checks. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, each Each participating private school participating in the program under this section shall conduct criminal background investigations of its employees and exclude from employment any person not permitted to hold a teaching license as the result of an offense and any person who might reasonably be believed to pose a threat to the safety of others.
AB1042,176462Section 176. 118.60 (7m) (a) (intro.), 1. and 2., (b) and (c) of the statutes are renumbered 118.76 (1) (intro.), (a) (intro.) and (b), (2) and (3), and 118.76 (1) (intro.), (a) (intro.) and (b), (2) (a) (intro.) and 2. and (b) and (3), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB1042,,463463118.76 (1) Surety bond or budget requirement. (intro.) By the first weekday in May 1 before the first school term that a private school participates in the choice program under this section or s. 119.23, a participating private school shall submit to the department one of the following:
AB1042,,464464(a) (intro.) A surety bond payable to the state in an amount equal to 25 percent of the total amount of payments the participating private school expects to receive under this section and s. 119.23 under the choice program during the first school year the private school participates in the program under this section. choice program. If a new private school selects this option to satisfy this subsection, the new private school shall provide an updated surety bond if all of the following apply:
AB1042,,465465(b) A complete anticipated budget, on a form provided by the department, for the first fiscal period of participation in the choice program under this section and evidence of financial viability, as prescribed by the department by rule. The participating private school shall include in the budget the anticipated enrollments for all pupils enrolled in the participating private school and for pupils enrolled in the participating private school under this section the choice program; estimated revenues and costs; a schedule of anticipated beginning and ending net choice program assets; and a schedule of monthly cash flow requirements. The participating private school shall include in the budget contingent funding sources the participating private school will use in the event that actual enrollments are less than expected.
AB1042,,466466(2) (a) (intro.) If a participating private school submits a surety bond under par. (a) 1. sub. (1) (a), the participating private school shall annually provide, by the first weekday in May 1 , a surety bond payable to the state until the participating private school submits all of the following to the department:
AB1042,,4674672. Evidence of sound fiscal and internal control practices under sub. (7) (am) 2m. b. s. 118.83 (5) for the school year in the financial audit submitted under subd. 1. a. and for the subsequent school year, neither of which indicates that does not contain evidence that the participating private school is not financially viable.
AB1042,,468468(b) A participating private school shall provide a surety bond under this paragraph subsection in an amount equal to 25 percent of the total amount of payments the private school expects to receive under this section and s. 119.23 the choice program during the following school year.
AB1042,,469469(3) Budget review; financial viability. If a private school submits a complete anticipated budget under par. (a) 2. sub. (1) (b), the department shall determine whether the private school is financially viable by the first weekday in August 1. If the department determines that the private school is not financially viable, the private school is not eligible to participate in the choice program under this section or s. 119.23 in the current school year.
AB1042,177470Section 177. 118.60 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 118.74 (6) and amended to read:
AB1042,,471471118.74 (6) Failure to meet private school requirements; notification. If any an accrediting or preaccrediting entity determines during the accrediting or preaccrediting process that a participating private school does not meet all of the requirements under s. 118.165 (1), it shall report that failure to the department.
AB1042,178472Section 178. 118.60 (9m) of the statutes is renumbered 118.80 (4) (intro.) and amended to read:
AB1042,,473473118.80 (4) Accountability report; posting. (intro.) Beginning in September 2016, and annually thereafter, the governing body of a private school participating in the program under this section that maintains an Internet site for the private school shall, if the private school is included in the most recent accountability report published under s. 115.385, Annually, within 30 days after the department publishes the accountability report, under s. 115.385, a participating private school shall prominently link on the home page of that Internet site to the pages in that the participating private school’s most recent accountability report concerning the private school. on the home page of the participating private school’s website if all of the following apply:
AB1042,179474Section 179. 118.60 (10) (a) (intro.), 1., 2., 3., 5., 6., 7. and 8. of the statutes are renumbered 118.85 (1) (intro.), (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) and amended to read:
AB1042,,475475118.85 (1) Barred; current school year. (intro.) The state superintendent may issue an order barring a private school from participating in the choice program under this section in the current school year if the state superintendent determines that the private school has done any of the following:
AB1042,,476476(a) Intentionally or negligently misrepresented any information required under this section subchapter or any rule promulgated under this section subchapter.
AB1042,,477477(b) Failed to provide the notice or pay the fee required under sub. (2) (a) 3. s. 118.73 (1), or provide the information required under sub. (7) (am) or (d) s. 118.75 or 118.83, by the date or within the period specified.
AB1042,,478478(c) Failed to refund to the state any overpayment made under sub. (4) or (4m) the choice program by the date specified by department rule.
AB1042,,479479(d) Failed to provide the information required under sub. (6m) or (6p) s. 118.78.
AB1042,,480480(e) Failed to comply with the requirements under sub. (7) (b), (c), or (h) or (7m) s. 118.76, 118.79 (3) or (4), 118.80 (3), (6), or (9) (d), or 118.81 (3) or (4).
AB1042,,481481(f) Violated sub. (7) (b) 4., 5., or 6. s. 118.80 (9) (a), (b), or (c).
AB1042,,482482(g) Before the end of a 7-year period beginning on the date of an order issued by the state superintendent under this subsection section, s. 118.60, 2023 stats., or s. 119.23, 2023 stats., retained a disqualified person, for compensation or as a volunteer, as an owner, officer, director, trustee, administrator, person designated by the administrator to assist in processing pupil applications, or person responsible for administrative, financial, or pupil health and safety matters.
AB1042,180483Section 180. 118.60 (10) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 118.85 (2), and 118.85 (2) (intro.), (a), (c) and (d), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB1042,,484484118.85 (2) Barred; following school year. (intro.) If the state superintendent determines that any of the following have occurred, he or she the state superintendent may issue an order barring the a private school from participating in the choice program under this section in the following school year: