Wisconsin Legislature: AB472: Text as Enrolled

Date of enactment:
2003 Assembly Bill 472 Date of publication*:

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2001-02 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2003 WISCONSIN ACT

An Act to amend 119.23 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes; relating to: the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program income limit.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB472, s. 1 Section 1. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

119.23 (2) (a) 1. The pupil is a member of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount equal to 1.75 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal office of management and budget. A pupil attending a private school under this section whose family income increases may continue to attend a private school under this section if the pupil is a member of a family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount equal to 2.2 times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal office of management and budget. For purposes of admission to a private school under this section, siblings of pupils attending a private school under this section are subject to the higher income limit. If a pupil attending a private school under this section ceases to attend a private school under this section, the lower income limit applies unless the pupil is a sibling of a pupil attending a private school under this section.

AB472, s. 2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to pupils participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program in the 2004-05 school year.