Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 35 - Milwaukee Parental Choice Program › Section PI 35.19 - State aid payment calculation

Current through June 24, 2024
The state superintendent shall make the payments under ss.
				119.23(4) and
				(4m), Stats., to schools participating in the
				choice program. The state superintendent may withhold payment from a school
				under ss.
				119.23(4) and
				(4m), Stats., if the school violates this
				chapter or s.
				119.23,
				Stats. The state superintendent shall make the payments as follows:
(1) SEPTEMBER PAYMENT. The state
			 superintendent shall calculate the September payment as the full-time
			 equivalent for the choice program pupils multiplied by the per pupil payment
			 amount determined under s.
			 119.23(4),
			 Stats., multiplied by 25 percent. The full-time equivalent for the choice
			 program pupils at the school shall be based on the report filed under s.
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			 35.06(7). The state superintendent
			 may not make a September payment to a school that has ceased instruction prior
			 to the payment date.
(2) NOVEMBER
			 PAYMENT. The department shall calculate the November payment as the full-time
			 equivalent for the choice program pupils multiplied by the per pupil payment
			 amount determined under s.
			 119.23(4),
			 Stats., multiplied by 50 percent less the September payment received for the
			 pupil. The full-time equivalent for the choice program pupils shall be based on
			 the choice program pupils reported in the school's pupil count report for the
			 third Friday in September required under s.
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			 35.06(8), unless a pupil is
			 determined ineligible by the department. The November payment shall include any
			 payments due to the school for summer school instruction of choice program
			 pupils in the immediately preceding summer as indicated in the report filed
			 under s.
			 119.23(4)
			 (a), Stats., unless otherwise determined
			 ineligible by the department. The department may not make a November payment to
			 a school that has ceased instruction prior to the payment date.
(3) FEBRUARY PAYMENT. The department shall
			 calculate the February payment as the full-time equivalent for the choice
			 program pupils multiplied by the per pupil payment amount determined under s.
			 119.23(4),
			 Stats., multiplied by 25 percent. The full-time equivalent for the choice
			 program pupils shall be based on the choice program pupils reported in the
			 school's pupil count report for the second Friday in January under s.
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			 35.06(8), unless a pupil is
			 determined ineligible by the department. The department may not make a February
			 payment to a school that has ceased instruction prior to the payment
			 date.
(4) MAY PAYMENT. The
			 department shall calculate the May payment as the full-time equivalent for the
			 choice program pupils multiplied by the per pupil payment amount determined
			 under s.
			 119.23(4),
			 Stats., multiplied by 25 percent. The full-time equivalent for the choice
			 program pupils shall be based on the choice program pupils reported in the
			 school's pupil count report for the second Friday in January under s.
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			 35.06(8), unless a pupil is
			 determined ineligible by the department. The department may not make a May
			 payment to a school that has ceased instruction prior to the end of its
			 scheduled school term unless the school obtained prior written approval from
			 the department to end the school term early.
(5) AMOUNT DUE TO DEPARTMENT. A school shall
			 refund an amount due to the department under this chapter or s.
			 119.23,
			 Stats., as follows:
(a) If the school is
			 currently eligible to receive choice program payments, the department shall
			 reduce the payments made under s.
			 119.23(4) and
			 (4m), Stats., by the amount owed. If reducing
			 a payment made under s.
			 119.23(4) and
			 (4m), Stats., is insufficient to pay the
			 amount owed, the school shall pay the remaining amount within 60 days of the
			 date of the notice to the school of the amount due.
(b) If the school is not currently eligible
			 to receive choice program payments, the school shall refund the department
			 within 60 days of the date of the notice to the school of the amount
			 due.