AB1042,,506506SUBCHAPTER II AB1042,,507507PRIVATE SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM AB1042,188508Section 188. 118.70 (3), (6), (7), (8), (9), (11), (12), (16), (17), (18) and (20) of the statutes are created to read: AB1042,,509509118.70 (3) “Choice program” means any of the following: AB1042,,510510(a) The program administered under this subchapter. AB1042,,511511(b) The program administered under s. 118.60, 2023 stats., or s. 119.23, 2023 stats. AB1042,,512512(6) “Family income” means the federal adjusted gross income of the parents of a pupil who reside in the same household as the pupil. “Family income” does not include money earned by a pupil in the work based learning program created under s. 118.56. AB1042,,513513(7) “January count date” means the 2nd Friday in January or an alternative count date designated by the department under s. 118.87 (6). AB1042,,514514(8) “January pupil count report” means a report submitted to the department that includes the number of pupils attending a participating private school under the choice program on the January count date. AB1042,,515515(9) “Milwaukee pupil” means a pupil who resides in a 1st class city school district. AB1042,,516516(11) (a) “Parent” means an individual who resides in the same household as a pupil and who is any of the following in relation to the pupil: AB1042,,5175171. A biological parent. AB1042,,5185182. A legal guardian. AB1042,,5195193. An adoptive parent. AB1042,,5205204. A stepparent. AB1042,,521521(b) For purposes of par. (a), an individual listed in par. (a) 1. to 4. who is on active military duty is considered to reside in the same household as a pupil. AB1042,,522522(c) If no individual meets the requirements under par. (a), “parent” means an individual who has the legal authority to make educational decisions for a pupil. AB1042,,523523(12) “Participating private school” means a private school participating in the choice program. AB1042,,524524(16) “Racine pupil” means a pupil who resides in the Racine Unified School District. AB1042,,525525(17) “September count date” means the 3rd Friday in September or an alternative date designated by the department under s. 118.87 (6). AB1042,,526526(18) “September pupil count report” means a report submitted to the department that includes the number of pupils attending a participating private school under the choice program on the September count date. AB1042,,527527(20) “Wisconsin pupil” means a pupil who resides in this state but does not reside in a 1st class city school district or the Racine Unified School District. AB1042,189528Section 189. 118.71 of the statutes is created to read: AB1042,,529529118.71 Pupil reenrollment. (1) Definitions. In this section: AB1042,,530530(a) “Continuing pupil” means a pupil who meets all of the following criteria: AB1042,,5315311. The pupil was included as a choice program pupil in the participating private school’s January pupil count report for the current school year and subsequently has not been determined ineligible to participate in the choice program. AB1042,,5325322. The pupil is not in the highest grade that will be offered by the participating private school in the following school year. AB1042,,5335333. The pupil will not be 21 years of age by September 1 of the following school year. AB1042,,5345344. The pupil resides in this state.