Wis. Admin. Code Department of Public Instruction PI 48.02 - Definitions
In this chapter:
(1)
"4-year-old kindergarten outreach activities" means the direct services that a
school provides to 4-year-old kindergarten parents and primary caregivers that
have an educational component that fulfills the requirements of s.
121.004(7) (cm), Stats.
(3) "Choice administrator" means the person
designated as such on the notice of intent to participate form under s.
PI 48.03(3) or 48.04(1) (a) or on the
form under s.
PI 48.04(2).
(4) "Choice program" means a program
established under s.
118.60,
Stats.
(5) "Classroom records"
means teacher-originated test scores, report cards, progress reports, and
attendance records.
(6) "Count
date" means the third Friday in September and the second Friday in January
except as provided under s.
121.05(3m),
Stats.
(7) "Credit" means the
credit given to pupils in grades 9 to 12 for successful completion of a school
term of study in one course that meets daily for a normal class period or the
equivalent established by the governing body of a school.
(8) "Department" means the Wisconsin
department of public instruction.
(9) "Eligible education expenses" has the
meaning given in s.
118.60(7) (am) 1m, Stats.
(10) "Financial audit" means the modified
financial audit or standard financial audit, and includes the audit opinion and
supplemental schedule, required under ss.
118.60(7)
(am) and
119.23(7)
(am), Stats., and ss.
PI 35.10 and 48.10.
(11) "Financially viable" or "financial
viability" means the ability of the school to pay for goods and services, make
debt service payments, and pay other obligations as they become due.
(12) "First time participant" means a school
that meets one of the following criteria:
(a)
The school did not participate in a program under s.
118.60 or
119.23,
Stats., at the time the school filed a notice of intent to participate in the
choice program with the department for the following school year.
(b) The school participated in a program
under s.
118.60 or
119.23,
Stats., at the time the school filed a notice of intent to participate in the
choice program with the department for the following school year but one of the
following occurred:
1. The school voluntarily
withdrew from participation in a program under s.
118.60 or
119.23,
Stats.
2. The state superintendent
issued an order terminating or barring the school's participation in a program
under s.
118.60 or
119.23,
Stats.
(13)
"Generally accepted auditing standards" means the auditing standards prescribed
by the accounting examining board under s.
Accy 1.202.
(14m) "Modified financial audit" means the
audit required under ss.
118.60(7) (am) and
119.23(7) (am), Stats., for a school that received less
than $100,000 under ss.
115.7915,
118.60,
and
119.23,
Stats., in any school year.
(15)
"New private school" means a private school that meets either of the
requirements in s.
118.60(1) (bn) 1 a. or b., Stats., for the 12 months
immediately preceding either of the dates the school would be required to
submit the information under s.
PI 48.04(1) and
(2), except as provided under s.
118.60(1) (bn) 2, Stats.
(16) "Official attendance records" means a
listing of all kindergarten through grade 12 pupils enrolled in the school by
grade level from the student information system required under s.
115.383(3) (b), Stats.
(17) "Parent" means a parent listed on the
pupil application submitted under s.
PI 48.05 who is one of the following:
(a) The pupil's biological parent, legal
guardian, parent by adoption, or step-parent who resides in the same household
as the pupil applicant. A parent on military duty is considered to be residing
in the household.
(b) If no
individual meets the requirements in par. (a), an individual who has the legal
authority to make educational decisions for the pupil.
(18) "Professional standards" means all of
the following:
(a) Standards established by
the accounting examining board under ch. 442, Stats.
(b) Standards issued by the comptroller
general of the United States for engagements in which the use of generally
accepted governmental auditing standards is required.
(c) Standards issued by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
(19) "Racine parental choice program" means
the program established under s.
118.60,
Stats., for pupils residing in the Racine Unified School District.
(20) "Reserve" means the difference between
the revenue received under ss.
118.60 and
119.23,
Stats., and the amount of net eligible education expenses for pupils
participating in a program under ss.
118.60 and
119.23,
Stats.
(21) "School term" has the
meaning given in s.
115.001(12),
Stats.
(22) "School year" has the
meaning given in s.
115.001(13),
Stats.
(22g) "Special needs
scholarship program excluded expenses" means eligible education expenses
included under s.
PI 49.09(3)
(a) and costs included as eligible in any
statements provided under s.
115.7915(4c),
Stats., incurred in that school year.
(22r) "Standard financial audit" means the
audit required under ss.
118.60(7) (am) and
119.23(7) (am), Stats., for a school that annually
received a total of at least $100,000 under ss.
115.7915,
118.60,
and
119.23,
Stats., in any school year.
(23)
"Standardized achievement test" means a published, nationally normed test that
provides a valid and reliable measure of a pupil's present achievement level in
comparison with age or grade level cohorts.
(24) "State superintendent" means the state
superintendent of public instruction.
(25) "Wisconsin parental choice program"
means the program established under s.
118.60,
Stats., for pupils who reside in Wisconsin but do not reside in the Racine
Unified School District or in the city of Milwaukee.
(26) "Working papers" means the record of the
audit procedures performed by the auditor, the relevant audit evidence obtained
by the auditor, and the conclusions reached by the auditor.
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