SB234,9,2522 2. A private school may not prohibit an eligible pupil from attending the private
23school, expel or otherwise discipline the pupil, or withhold or reduce the pupil's
24grades because the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian cannot pay or has not paid
25fees charged under subd. 1.
SB234, s. 8
1Section 8. 118.60 (3m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin
2Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB234,10,73 118.60 (3m) (b) (intro.) A Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, a private
4school participating in the program under this section may, in addition to the
5payment it receives for a pupil under sub. (4) and, if applicable, sub. (4m), charge the
6pupil tuition and fees in an amount determined by the school if both of the following
7apply:
SB234, s. 9 8Section 9. 118.60 (3m) (c) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32,
9is amended to read:
SB234,10,1410 118.60 (3m) (c) A private school participating in the program under this section
11shall determine whether the private school may charge additional tuition and fees
12to a pupil on the basis of the pupil's family income as permitted under par. (b). The
13private school shall establish a process for accepting an appeal to the governing body
14of the private school of the determination made under this paragraph.
SB234, s. 10 15Section 10. 118.60 (7) (d) 1. b. of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin
16Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB234,11,217 118.60 (7) (d) 1. b. A copy of the school's current certificate of occupancy issued
18by the municipality within which the school is located. If the private school moves
19to a new location, the private school shall submit a copy of the new certificate of
20occupancy issued by the municipality within which the school is located to the
21department before the attendance of pupils at the new location and before the next
22succeeding date specified in s. 121.05 (1) (a). If the municipality within which the
23private school is located does not issue certificates of occupancy, the private school
24may submit a certificate of occupancy issued by the local or regional governmental

1unit with authority to issue certificates of occupancy.
A temporary certificate of
2occupancy does not meet the requirement of this subdivision.
SB234, s. 11 3Section 11. 118.60 (10) (a) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
SB234,11,94 118.60 (10) (a) 8. Before the end of a 7-year period beginning on the date of an
5order issued by the state superintendent under this subsection, retained a
6disqualified person, for compensation or as a volunteer, as an owner, officer, director,
7trustee, administrator, person designated by the administrator to assist in
8processing pupil applications, or person responsible for administrative, financial, or
9pupil health and safety matters.
SB234, s. 12 10Section 12. 119.23 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
SB234,11,1311 119.23 (1) (ag) "Disqualified person" means a person who, when a private
12school was barred or terminated from participation in the program under this section
13by an order issued under sub. (10), satisfied at least one of the following:
SB234,11,1514 1. Had a controlling ownership interest in, or was the administrator or an
15officer, director, or trustee of, the private school.
SB234,11,1716 2. Was a person designated by the administrator of the private school to assist
17in processing pupil applications.
SB234,11,1918 3. Was responsible for an action or circumstance that led to the private school
19being barred or terminated from participation in the program under this section.
SB234, s. 13 20Section 13. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin
21Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB234,12,522 119.23 (2) (a) 1. a. The pupil is a member of a family that has a total family
23income that does not exceed an amount equal to 3.0 times the poverty level
24determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal
25office of management and budget. In this subdivision and sub. (3m), family income

1includes income of the pupil's parents or legal guardians. The family income of the
2pupil shall be determined as provided in subd. 1. b. A pupil attending a private school
3under this section whose family income increases, including a pupil who attended a
4private school under this section in the 2010-11 school year and whose family income
5has increased,
may continue to attend a private school under this section.
SB234, s. 14 6Section 14. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin
7Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB234,12,158 119.23 (2) (a) 1. a. The pupil is a member of a family that has a total family
9income that does not exceed an amount equal to 3.0 times the poverty level
10determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal
11office of management and budget. In this subdivision and sub. (3m), family income
12includes income of the pupil's parents or legal guardians. The family income of the
13pupil shall be determined verified as provided in subd. 1. b. A pupil attending a
14private school under this section whose family income increases may continue to
15attend a private school under this section.
SB234, s. 15 16Section 15. 119.23 (2) (a) 1. b. of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin
17Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB234,13,2518 119.23 (2) (a) 1. b. The private school submits to the department the names,
19addresses, social security numbers, and other state and federal tax identification
20numbers, if any, of the pupil's parents or legal guardians that reside in the same
21household as the pupil, whether and to whom the parents or legal guardians are
22married, the names of all of the other members of the pupil's family residing in the
23same household as the pupil, and the school year for which family income is being
24verified under this subd. 1. b
. The department of revenue shall review the
25information submitted under this subd. 1. b. and shall determine whether the pupil

1is eligible to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family
2income
verify the eligibility or ineligibility of the pupil to participate in the program
3under this section on the basis of family income. In this subdivision, "family income"
4means federal adjusted gross income of the parents or legal guardians residing in the
5same household as the pupil for the tax year preceding the school year for which
6family income is being verified under this subd. 1. b. or, if not available, for the tax
7year preceding the tax year preceding the school year for which family income is
8being verified under this subd. 1. b
. Family income for a family in which the pupil's
9parents are married or in which the pupil's legal guardians are married shall be
10reduced by $7,000 before the determination verification is made under this subd. 1.
11b. The department of revenue may take no other action on the basis of the
12information submitted under this subd. 1. b. If the department of revenue is unable
13to ascertain family income or to verify whether the pupil is eligible or ineligible to
14participate in the program under this section on the basis of family income, the
15department of revenue shall notify the department of public instruction of this fact
16and the department of public instruction shall utilize an alternative process, to be
17established by the department of public instruction, to determine whether the pupil
18is eligible to participate in the program under this section on the basis of family
19income.
The department of public instruction may not request any additional
20verification of income from the family of a pupil once the department of revenue has
21determined whether verified that the pupil is eligible to participate in the program
22under this section on the basis of family income. The department of public
23instruction
shall establish a procedure for determining family income eligibility for
24those pupils for whom no social security number or state or federal tax identification
25number has been provided.
SB234, s. 16
1Section 16. 119.23 (2) (a) 7. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin
2Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB234,14,173 119.23 (2) (a) 7. a. Subject to subd. 7. c. and d., for a private school participating
4in the program under this section on July 1, 2009, the private school achieves
5accreditation by the Wisconsin North Central Association, the Wisconsin Religious
6and Independent Schools Accreditation, the Independent Schools Association of the
7Central States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation,
8National Lutheran School Accreditation,
the Archdiocese of Milwaukee diocese or
9archdiocese within which the private school is located
, or any other organization
10recognized by the National Council for Private School Accreditation, by December 31
11of the 3rd school year following the first school year that begins after June 30, 2006,
12in which it participates in the program under this section, or the private school was
13approved for scholarship funding for the 2005-06 school year by Partners Advancing
14Values in Education
. If the private school is accredited as provided under this subd.
157. a., the private school is not required to obtain preaccreditation under subd. 7. b.
16as a prerequisite to providing instruction under this section in additional grades or
17in an additional or new school.
SB234, s. 17 18Section 17. 119.23 (2) (a) 7. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin
19Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB234,15,1820 119.23 (2) (a) 7. b. Subject to subd. 7. c. and d., for a private school that is a
21first-time participant in the program under this section on or after July 1, 2009, and
22that is not accredited as provided under subd. 7. a., the private school obtains
23preaccreditation by the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette
24University, the Wisconsin North Central Association, the Wisconsin Religious and
25Independent Schools Accreditation, the Independent Schools Association of the

1Central States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation,
2National Lutheran School Accreditation, or
the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, or any
3other organization recognized by the National Council for Private School
4Accreditation
diocese or archdiocese within which the private school is located by
5August 1 before the first school term of participation in the program under this
6section that begins after July 1, 2009, or by May 1 if the private school begins
7participating in the program during summer school, and achieves accreditation by
8the Wisconsin North Central Association, the Wisconsin Religious and Independent
9Schools Accreditation, the Independent Schools Association of the Central States,
10Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation, National Lutheran
11School Accreditation,
the Archdiocese of Milwaukee diocese or archdiocese within
12which the private school is located
, or any other organization recognized by the
13National Council for Private School Accreditation, by December 31 of the 3rd school
14year following the first school year that begins after July 1, 2009, in which it
15participates in the program under this section. If the private school is accredited
16under this subd. 7. b., the private school is not required to obtain preaccreditation
17as a prerequisite to providing instruction under this section in additional grades or
18in an additional or new school.
SB234, s. 18 19Section 18. 119.23 (2) (a) 7. d. of the statutes is created to read:
SB234,16,720 119.23 (2) (a) 7. d. For a private school that was approved for scholarship
21funding for the 2005-06 school year by Partners Advancing Values in Education and
22is participating in the program under this section on the effective date of this subd.
237. d. .... [LRB inserts date], the private school achieves accreditation by Wisconsin
24North Central Association, Wisconsin Religious and Independent Schools
25Accreditation, Independent Schools Association of the Central States, Wisconsin

1Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation, National Lutheran School
2Accreditation, the diocese or archdiocese within which the private school is located,
3or any other organization recognized by the National Council for Private School
4Accreditation, by December 31, 2015. If the private school is accredited as provided
5under this subd. 7. d., the private school is not required to obtain preaccreditation
6under subd. 7. b. as a prerequisite to providing instruction under this section in
7additional grades or in an additional or new school.
SB234, s. 19 8Section 19. 119.23 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB234,16,179 119.23 (3) (b) If the private school rejects an applicant because it has too few
10available spaces, the pupil applicant may transfer his or her application to a
11participating private school that has space available. An applicant rejected under
12this paragraph may be admitted to a private school participating in the program
13under this section for the following school year, provided that the applicant continues
14to reside within the city. The department may not require, in that following school
15year, the private school to submit financial information regarding the applicant or
16to verify the eligibility of the applicant to participate in the program under this
17section on the basis of family income.
SB234, s. 20 18Section 20. 119.23 (3m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2011
19Wisconsin Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB234,16,2320 119.23 (3m) (a) (intro.) A private school participating in the program under this
21section may not charge or receive any additional tuition payment for a pupil
22participating in the program under this section other than the payment the school
23receives under sub. (4) and, if applicable, sub. (4m), if either of the following applies:
SB234, s. 21 24Section 21. 119.23 (3m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB234,17,7
1119.23 (3m) (am) 1. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, a private school
2participating in the program under this section may recover the cost of providing the
3following to a pupil participating in the program under this section through
4reasonable fees in an amount determined by the private school and charged to the
5pupil, except that no participating private school may retroactively recover any
6uncollected costs incurred prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB
7inserts date]:
SB234,17,88 a. Personal use items, such as uniforms, gym clothes, and towels.
SB234,17,109 b. Social and extracurricular activities if not necessary to the private school's
10curriculum.
SB234,17,1111 c. Musical instruments.
SB234,17,1212 d. Meals consumed by pupils of the private school.
SB234,17,1413 e. High school classes that are not required for graduation and for which no
14credits toward graduation are given.
SB234,17,1515 f. Transportation.
SB234,17,1616 g. Before-school and after-school child care.
SB234,17,2017 2. A private school may not prohibit an eligible pupil from attending the private
18school, expel or otherwise discipline the pupil, or withhold or reduce the pupil's
19grades because the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian cannot pay or has not paid
20fees charged under subd. 1.
SB234, s. 22 21Section 22. 119.23 (3m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2011
22Wisconsin Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB234,18,223 119.23 (3m) (b) (intro.) A Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, a private
24school participating in the program under this section may, in addition to the
25payment it receives for a pupil under sub. (4) and, if applicable, sub. (4m), charge the

1pupil tuition and fees in an amount determined by the school if both of the following
2apply:
SB234, s. 23 3Section 23. 119.23 (3m) (c) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act
432
, is amended to read:
SB234,18,95 119.23 (3m) (c) A private school participating in the program under this section
6shall determine whether the private school may charge additional tuition and fees
7to a pupil on the basis of the pupil's family income as permitted under par. (b). The
8private school shall establish a process for accepting an appeal to the governing body
9of the private school of the determination made under this paragraph.
SB234, s. 24 10Section 24. 119.23 (7) (d) 1. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin
11Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB234,18,2112 119.23 (7) (d) 1. b. A copy of the school's current certificate of occupancy issued
13by the municipality within which the school is located. If the private school moves
14to a new location, the private school shall submit a copy of the new certificate of
15occupancy issued by the municipality within which the school is located to the
16department before the attendance of pupils at the new location and before the next
17succeeding date specified in s. 121.05 (1) (a). If the municipality within which the
18private school is located does not issue certificates of occupancy, the private school
19may submit a certificate of occupancy issued by the local or regional governmental
20unit with authority to issue certificates of occupancy.
A temporary certificate of
21occupancy does not meet the requirement of this subdivision.
SB234, s. 25 22Section 25. 119.23 (9) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32,
23is amended to read:
SB234,19,224 119.23 (9) If any accrediting agency specified under sub. (2) (a) 7. a. or, b., or
25d.
determines during the accrediting or preaccrediting process that a private school

1does not meet all of the requirements under s. 118.165 (1), it shall report that failure
2to the department.
SB234, s. 26 3Section 26. 119.23 (10) (a) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
SB234,19,94 119.23 (10) (a) 8. Before the end of a 7-year period beginning on the date of an
5order issued by the state superintendent under this subsection, retained a
6disqualified person, for compensation or as a volunteer, as an owner, officer, director,
7trustee, administrator, person designated by the administrator to assist in
8processing pupil applications, or person responsible for administrative, financial, or
9pupil health and safety matters.
SB234,19,1010 (End)
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