Wis. Admin. Code Department of Public Instruction § PI 48.06 - School year enrollment
(1) APPLICATION ACCEPTANCE. A school may not
accept pupil applications until the school has completed all of the following:
(a) The school has filed with the department
its notice of intent to participate for the following school year required
under s.
PI
48.03(3) or a new private school has
submitted the information required under s.
PI
48.04(2).
(b) The department has approved the school's
plan for randomly selecting pupils to participate in the choice program or the
school has adopted the random selection agreement provided by the department as
set forth under s.
PI 48.03(3)
(a) or 48.04(2) (a).
(c) The school has paid the nonrefundable
auditor fee required under s.
118.60(2)
(a) 3, Stats., or s.
PI
48.04(3).
(2) APPLICATION ELIGIBILITY AND VERIFICATION.
(a) A school participating in the Racine
parental choice program shall make application eligibility determinations based
on the requirements in s.
PI
48.05. The determinations shall be made prior to
random selection, prior to the next application period, within 60 days after
the school receives the application, or prior to the next count date , whichever
occurs first. The school shall also verify applications in the online
application system within 60 days after the school receives the application or
prior to the next count date , whichever occurs first.
(b) Within the time period specified under s.
118.60(3)
(ar) 2, Stats., a school participating in the
Wisconsin parental choice program shall determine if an application meets the
eligibility requirements in s.
PI
48.05 and verify the application in the online
application system.
(3)
RANDOM SELECTION. A school participating in the Racine parental choice program
shall accept pupils on a random basis in accordance with the method submitted
to the department and approved under s.
PI 48.03(3) (a)
1. or 48.04(2) (a). Except as provided in s.
118.60(3)
(ar), Stats., a school participating in a
Wisconsin parental choice program shall accept pupils on a random basis in
accordance with the method submitted and approved under s.
PI 48.03(3) (a)
1. or 48.04(2) (a).
(4) APPLICATION RETENTION. A school shall
retain the following records for at least 5 years from the end of the school
year in which the pupil applied to the school unless the department or a law
enforcement agency requires the school to retain the records for a longer
period:
(a) Electronic or paper copies of
pupil paper applications and supporting income and residency documentation
required under s.
PI
48.05 for all accepted and non-accepted choice pupils
who have submitted applications to the school.
(b) Copies of all notices to a pupil or
pupil's parent regarding acceptance and non-acceptance.
(c) Any other correspondence related to a
pupil.
(5)
SIMULTANEOUSLY ENROLLED PUPIL. A pupil participating in the choice program may
not be simultaneously enrolled, in or out of Wisconsin, in another private
school, a home-based private educational program, a charter school under s.
118.40(2r)
or (2x), Stats., or a public school district
and receive a payment under s.
118.60,
Stats. A pupil receiving a payment under s.
118.60,
Stats., may not receive a payment under s.
115.7915(4m)
or
119.23,
Stats.
(6) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT.
The amount paid by the department to a school under s.
118.60(4),
Stats., shall be based on the full-time equivalent for each pupil times the
payment amount in s.
118.60(4),
Stats. The full-time equivalent shall be determined as follows:
(a) Pupils in grades one through 12 shall be
one full-time equivalent.
(b) A
kindergarten pupil shall be one-half full-time equivalent except as follows:
1. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old
kindergarten program that requires full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days
a week, but not on any day of the week that pupils enrolled in other grades in
the school do not attend school, for an entire school term shall be counted as
one full-time equivalent.
2. A
pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program that requires full-day
attendance by the pupil for 4 days a week, but not on any day of the week that
pupils enrolled in other grades in the school do not attend school, for an
entire school term shall be counted as a 0.8 full-time equivalent.
2m. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old
kindergarten program requiring full-day attendance by the pupil for 3 days a
week, but not on any day of the week that pupils enrolled in other grades in
the school do not attend school, shall be counted as a 0.6 full-time
equivalent.
3. A school may count a
pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program that provides the required
number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s.
121.02(1)
(f), Stats., as a 0.6 full-time equivalent if
the program also annually provides at least 87.5 additional hours of 4-year-old
kindergarten outreach activities .
4. For purposes of this subsection,
"full-day" means the following:
a. If the
private school offers first grade, the length of the school day required to
meet the total number of hours of instruction for first grade pupils under ss.
118.60(2)
(a) 8 and
119.23(2) (a)
8, Stats.
b. If the private school does not offer first
grade, the length of the school day required to meet the total number of hours
of instruction for first grade pupils under s.
118.165(1)
(c), Stats.
(7) PRELIMINARY APPLICATION AND
CLASS LIST SUBMISSION. Annually by the last weekday in August, a school shall
file with the department , using the online application system or other manner
specified by the department , all of the following:
(a) All accepted applications.
(b) A class list of all pupils enrolled in
the choice program at the school by grade level. The class list may not include
pupils that have withdrawn from the school.
(8) APPLICATION SUBMISSION AND PUPIL COUNT
REPORTS. Annually by the last weekday in September and the last weekday in
January, a school shall file with the department , using the online application
system or other manner specified by the department , all of the following:
(a) A pupil count report stating all of the
following:
1. The grade of each pupil
participating in the choice program on the immediately preceding count date. In
order to be eligible for payment, a 4-year-old kindergarten pupil, 5-year-old
kindergarten pupil, and first grade pupil shall attain the age specified in s.
118.14(1),
Stats.
2. Whether each choice
program pupil meets the requirements under sub. (9).
3. The total number of pupils in the school
on the immediately preceding count date that meet the requirements under sub.
(9).
4. The pupils on the Racine
parental choice program waiting list on the immediately preceding count
date.
(b) As part of the
pupil count report for the third Friday in September, a school shall determine
the address of a pupil participating in the Wisconsin parental choice program
on the third Friday in September for all incoming choice pupils as defined in
s.
118.60(4d)
(a), Stats. If an incoming choice pupil
participating in the Wisconsin parental choice program has moved, the school
shall do all of the following:
1. Obtain
residency documentation for the new address that meets the requirements of s.
PI
48.05(2) and is dated between the
third Friday in August and the last weekday in September.
2. Determine the resident school district for
the new address as prescribed under s.
PI
48.05(3).
(c) All accepted applications the school
received that were not previously reported under sub. (7).
(9) COUNT REQUIREMENTS. A school may include
a pupil on its pupil count report under sub. (8) (a) only if one of following
applies:
(a) The pupil is in attendance for
instruction on the count date .
(b)
The pupil is absent on the count date but attended the school for instruction
at least one day during the school term prior to the count date and at least
one day after the count date , and the pupil was not enrolled in another school
in or out of Wisconsin, including another private school, a home-based
educational program, a charter school under s.
118.40(2r)
or (2x), Stats., or a public school district,
during the period of absence from the school.
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