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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 20 - Disposition Of Funds › Section PI 20.02 - Applicability and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter establishes procedures as authorized under s.
				20.907(5),
				Stats., for the handling of monies received and expended by the department in
				conjunction with student activities and gifts received for the benefit of
				students at the Wisconsin educational services program for the deaf and hard of
				hearing, the Wisconsin center for the blind and visually impaired, and
				statewide career and technical student organizations including, but not limited
				to, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, HOSA-Future Health Professionals, and
				SkillsUSA.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 20 - Disposition Of Funds › Section PI 20.03 - State superintendent responsibilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The state
			 superintendent may receive and expend funds incident to carrying out the
			 activities of statewide career and technical student organizations including,
			 but not limited to, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, HOSA-Future Health Professionals,
			 and SkillsUSA.
(2) A separate
			 checking account or accounts for funds described in sub. (1) shall be
			 established by the director of the career and technical education team in a
			 public depository as defined under s.
			 34.01(5),
			 Stats., with accrued interest added to the account.
The state superintendent's authority to administer the
				  activities of career and technical student organizations is derived from the
				  Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act at
				  20 USC 2344(c)
				  (4).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 20 - Disposition Of Funds › Section PI 20.04 - Wisconsin educational services program for the deaf and hard of hearing; Wisconsin center for the blind and visually impaired

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The directors of
			 the Wisconsin educational services program for the deaf and hard of hearing and
			 the Wisconsin center for the blind and visually impaired may receive and expend
			 funds incident to:
(a) Funds received from
			 parents for the use of students in residence.
(b) Gifts from the public or from specific
			 activities carried out by individuals or organizations for the benefit of the
			 students.
(c) Funds received from
			 student organized social or business activities carried out with the approval
			 of the directors of the respective program or center.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 20 - Disposition Of Funds › Section PI 20.05 - Records

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Complete, accurate and auditable records
			 of all accounts established under ss.
			 PI
			 20.03 and shallbe 20.04 maintained by the
			 department.
(2) Records shall be
			 established in accordance with generally accepted accounting, auditing, and
			 internal control principles and practices.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 21 - Driver Education Programs › Section PI 21.01 - Applicability and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter establishes uniform marking standards for vehicles
				used as driver education vehicles pursuant to s.
				341.267(1)
				(b), Stats.; establishes minimum standards
				which all high school driver education programs must meet to obtain department
				approval under s.
				343.06(1)
				(c), Stats.; establishes standards for
				issuance of Wisconsin driver education certificates; and establishes minimum
				standards for driver education programs.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 21 - Driver Education Programs › Section PI 21.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Behind-the-wheel instruction" means that portion of the driver education
			 program in which the student is actually driving a vehicle.
(2) "CESA" means a cooperative educational
			 service agency, under ch. 116, Stats.
(3) "CCDEB" means county children with
			 disabilities education boards, under s.
			 115.817,
			 Stats.
(4) "Classroom instruction"
			 includes both individual or group teaching and learning activities which
			 involve study of the inter-relationship of persons and the motor vehicle within
			 the traffic environment.
(5)
			 "Department" means the department of public instruction.
(6) "Laboratory instruction" means that
			 portion of the program which provides students the opportunity for driving
			 experiences and includes behind-the-wheel instruction, observation instruction,
			 and simulation instruction.
(7)
			 "Multiple-vehicle driving range instruction" or "range instruction" means that
			 portion of the program on which the student is driving a vehicle on a
			 designated off-street facility on which a number of motor vehicles operate
			 simultaneously.
(8) "Observation
			 instruction" means the instruction which occurs during the time a student is a
			 passenger in a vehicle in which another student is receiving behind-the-wheel
			 instruction.
(9) "On-street
			 instruction" means that portion of the program in which a student is driving a
			 vehicle on public streets or highways in a dual-controlled vehicle under the
			 supervision of a driver education teacher, or is a passenger in the vehicle
			 while another student is driving.
(10) "Private school" means an institution
			 which operates a high school level educational program and meets the criteria
			 under s.
			 118.165(1),
			 Stats., or has been determined to be a private school under s.
			 118.167,
			 Stats.
(11) "Simulation
			 instruction" means the use of synthetic training devices to prepare a student
			 for driving a real motor vehicle.
(12) "TCS" means a technical college system
			 district established under ch. 38, Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 21 - Driver Education Programs › Section PI 21.03 - Uniform marking standards

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) All motor
			 vehicles used as driver education vehicles in programs operated by public
			 school districts, private schools, CCDEBs, CESAs and TCSs shall be marked with
			 signs as follows:
(a) The sign inscription
			 shall read STUDENT DRIVER or DRIVER EDUCATION. The letters of the inscription
			 shall be at least 2 inches in height and the inscription shall be visible from
			 the front, back and both sides of the vehicle.
(b) The school shall choose one of the
			 following combinations of size and type of signs:
1. Signs which are at least 9 inches by 18
			 inches placed on each side of the vehicle, and signs which are at least 6
			 inches by 12 inches placed on the front and rear of the vehicle;
2. Signs which are at least 9 inches by 18
			 inches placed on each side of the vehicle, and a 2-sided sign which is at least
			 9 inches by 18 inches placed on the roof of the vehicle; or
3. A 3-sided sign on which each side is at
			 least 5 inches by 16 inches placed on the roof of the vehicle.
(c) The sign shall be school bus
			 yellow with black lettering.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 21 - Driver Education Programs › Section PI 21.04 - Minimum standards for department approval under s. 343.06 (1) (c), Stats

Current through June 24, 2024
A public school, private school, CCDEB, or CESA driver
				education program is approved by the department under s.
				343.06(1)
				(c), Stats., if the program uses vehicles
				which meet the requirements of s.
				PI
				21.03 and the program meets all of the following
				requirements:
(1) Course standards.
(a) A driver education course includes the
			 following:
1. At least 30 hours of classroom
			 instruction, including the requirements under s.
			 115.28(11),
			 Stats.
2. At least 6 hours of
			 observation instruction, and
3. At
			 least 6 hours of actual on-street behind-the-wheel instruction.
a. Multiple-vehicle driving range instruction
			 may be substituted for up to 4 hours of the required 6 hours of on-street
			 instruction using a formula that 2 hours of multiple-vehicle driving range
			 instruction is equivalent to one hour of on-street instruction.
b. Simulation instruction may be substituted
			 for up to 3 hours of the required 6 hours of on-street instruction using a
			 formula that 4 hours of simulation instruction is equivalent to one hour of
			 on-street instruction.
c. When both
			 simulation and range laboratory instruction methods are used, the program must
			 include at least 2 hours of actual on-street behind-the-wheel instruction.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 22 - Precollege Scholarships › Section PI 22.01 - Purpose and applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to establish policies and
				procedures to meet the requirement that precollege scholarships, as authorized
				in s.
				115.43,
				Stats., be awarded to economically disadvantaged pupils on a competitive basis
				and that criteria for the review and approval of applications for scholarships
				be established.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 22 - Precollege Scholarships › Section PI 22.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Department" means the department of public instruction.
(2) "Economically disadvantaged pupil" means
			 a pupil who is eligible for a free or reduced-priced lunch under
			 42 USC
			 1758(b).
(3) "Postsecondary educational institutions"
			 means the University of Wisconsin System campuses, private four-year colleges
			 and universities in Wisconsin, and Wisconsin technical college
			 institutions.
(4) "Precollege
			 programs" means classes or programs designed by postsecondary educational
			 institutions to improve pupils' academic skills necessary for success in
			 college and technical college studies.
(5) "Scholarship program" means the
			 precollege scholarship program under s.
			 115.43,
			 Stats.
(6) "State superintendent"
			 means the superintendent of public instruction for the state of
			 Wisconsin.
(7) "WEOP" or "Wisconsin
			 educational opportunity program" means a program within the department which
			 assists disadvantaged students to develop postsecondary school plans.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 22 - Precollege Scholarships › Section PI 22.03 - General

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The scholarship program shall provide
			 scholarships for economically disadvantaged pupils to attend precollege
			 programs.
(2) Economically
			 disadvantaged pupils in grades 6 through 12 are eligible for these
			 scholarships.
(3) The department
			 shall collect data from the postsecondary educational institutions related to
			 participants in the program.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 22 - Precollege Scholarships › Section PI 22.04 - Criteria for the review and approval of precollege programs

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Postsecondary
			 educational institutions under this chapter shall submit to the state
			 superintendent proposals for precollege programs.
(2) Precollege programs shall include at
			 least one of the following:
(a) Reinforcement
			 in basic skills and competencies such as reading, writing, speaking, listening,
			 mathematics, and reasoning.
(b)
			 Reinforcement in skills and attitudes necessary for success in college and
			 employment, including study skills, work habits, and instructor and employer
			 expectations.
(c) Special
			 experiences, such as computer camps, and workshops in science, mathematics,
			 writing, reading, arts and humanities.
(d) Reinforcement in employability skills and
			 attitudes.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 22 - Precollege Scholarships › Section PI 22.05 - Scholarship applications

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department
			 shall develop, in consultation with postsecondary school educational
			 institutions, a scholarship application which shall include verification that
			 the pupil is eligible for free or reduced-priced lunch.
Note:
PI-1573, Precollege Scholarship Application,
				is available free of charge from WEOP, 125 South Webster Street, P.O. Box 7841,
				Madison, WI 53707 or
http://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/forms/doc/f1573.doc
.
(2) The department shall disseminate
			 information and scholarship application forms to public and private middle
			 schools, junior high schools and secondary schools, WEOP offices, tribal
			 education offices and postsecondary educational institutions with precollege
			 programs. Information and application forms shall be available to pupils from
			 these schools and offices.
(3)
			 Annually, the department shall establish deadlines for scholarship applications
			 in consultation with school districts, colleges and universities.
(4) A pupil shall submit the scholarship
			 application by the deadline under sub. (3) to a postsecondary educational
			 institution that meets the requirements under s.
			 PI
			 22.04.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 22 - Precollege Scholarships › Section PI 22.06 - Scholarship awards

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Scholarship awards shall be made by the
			 state superintendent.
(2)
			 Scholarships shall be awarded to economically disadvantaged pupils and paid to
			 the postsecondary educational institution providing the precollege program in
			 which the pupil is enrolled.
(3)
			 Reimbursement to the enrolling postsecondary educational institution shall be
			 based on the number of pupils attending its precollege program who receive
			 scholarships under this chapter.
(4) Eligible pupils may receive three
			 scholarship awards per year contingent on the availability of scholarship
			 funds.
(5) Scholarship awards may
			 not exceed the cost of the precollege program which may include only tuition,
			 books, supplies, and, if applicable, room and board.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 23 - ESEA intradistrict safe school transfer options › Section PI 23.02 - Applicability and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Section
			 20 USC
			 7912 requires that each state receiving funds
			 under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 establish and
			 implement a statewide policy requiring that pupils attending a persistently
			 dangerous public school, or pupils who become victims of a violent criminal
			 offense while in or on the grounds of a public school that they attend, be
			 allowed to attend a safe public school operated by the local education agency,
			 including a public charter school.
(2) This chapter establishes procedures for
			 all of the following:
(a) Identification of
			 persistently dangerous schools.
(b)
			 Identification of victims of a violent criminal offense.
(c) School board notification and pupil
			 transfer requirements.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 23 - ESEA intradistrict safe school transfer options › Section PI 23.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Department" means the Wisconsin department of public instruction.
(2) "ESEA" means the federal Elementary and
			 Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(3) "School board" has the meaning given in
			 s.
			 115.001(7),
			 Stats.
(4) "School district" has
			 the meaning given in s.
			 115.01(3),
			 Stats.
(5) "School hours" means the
			 hours of a normal school day established by a school board under s.
			 120.12(15),
			 Stats.
(6) "Victim" means a person
			 who is the subject of a violent criminal offense.
(7) "Violent criminal offense" means a crime
			 specified in the appendix to this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 23 - ESEA intradistrict safe school transfer options › Section PI 23.04 - ESEA intradistrict safe school transfer options

Current through June 24, 2024
The school board of a school shall allow a pupil to attend
				another appropriate grade level public school operated by the school district,
				including a public charter school, if either of the following applies to the
				pupil:
(1) The pupil attends a school
			 identified as persistently dangerous by the department under s.
			 PI
			 23.05(1).
(2) The pupil has been a victim of a violent
			 criminal offense as specified under s.
			 PI
			 23.06.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 23 - ESEA intradistrict safe school transfer options › Section PI 23.05 - Persistently dangerous schools

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department
			 shall identify persistently dangerous schools using data collected through the
			 school performance report under s.
			 115.38(1)
			 (b) 2, Stats., and upon review of information
			 submitted under sub. (3). If the department determines the school is
			 persistently dangerous, it shall notify the school board of the school in
			 writing within 30 days of receiving the information under sub. (3). The
			 department's decision under this section shall be final.
Note: The department's decision is final but does not preclude
				possible review under subch. III of ch. 227, Stats.
(2) A school may be considered persistently
			 dangerous if the school performance reports under s.
			 115.38(1)
			 (b) 2, Stats., indicates that the school
			 meets one of the following criteria:
(a) In
			 each of the 3 school years that immediately precede the current school year,
			 weapon-related suspensions at the school in a school year are greater than 5%
			 of the number of pupils enrolled in the school.
(b) In each of the 3 school years that
			 immediately precede the current school year, the greater of either of the
			 following occurred:
1. The school board of the
			 school expelled in a school year at least 1% of the pupils enrolled in the
			 school for assault, endangering behavior or weapons-related offenses.
2. The school board of the school expelled in
			 a school year 5 or more pupils enrolled in the school for assault, endangering
			 behavior or weapons-related offenses.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 23 - ESEA intradistrict safe school transfer options › Section PI 23.06 - Victims of a violent criminal offense

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A pupil may
			 transfer to another appropriate grade level public school operated by the
			 school district if he or she has been a victim of a violent criminal offense
			 under either of the following circumstances and reports the incident to the
			 appropriate law enforcement agency and to the building principal:
(a) The pupil has been a victim of a violent
			 criminal offense while on the school grounds of the school that the pupil
			 attends during school hours or during a school-sponsored event at the school
			 that the pupil attends that does not occur during school hours.
(b) The pupil has been a victim of a violent
			 criminal offense while being transported to school for the purpose of attending
			 curricular programs during school hours or from school to home immediately
			 following school hours on a school bus owned, leased, or contracted by the
			 school district or by a motor vehicle operated as an alternative method of
			 transportation under s.
			 121.555,
			 Stats. For a pupil who has been a victim of a violent criminal offense while
			 being transported to or from a school by a common carrier in a school district
			 providing transportation under s.
			 121.54(1),
			 Stats., transfer decisions under this section shall be made by the school board
			 or the school board's designee on a case-by-case basis.
Note: The department also encourages school boards and the
				community to promote safe pedestrian pathways for pupils walking to school for
				the purpose of attending curricular programs during school hours or from school
				to home immediately following school hours.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 24 - State Aid For Achievement Guarantee Contracts And Partial Debt Service Reimbursement › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section PI 24.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
				"Department" means the Wisconsin department of public instruction.
(2) "SAGE" means the student achievement
				guarantee in education program created under s.
				118.43,
				Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 24 - State Aid For Achievement Guarantee Contracts And Partial Debt Service Reimbursement › Subchapter II - Aid Payment › Section PI 24.015 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this subchapter:
(1) "Aid" or "appropriation" means funds
				available for the SAGE program and for school districts with Achievement Gap
				Reduction contracts under s.
				20.255(2)
				(cu), Stats., minus the amount needed for the
				evaluation under s.
				118.44(7),
				Stats.
(2) "Eligible school" means
				a school within a public school district whose board has entered into or
				renewed a contract under s.
				118.43
				or
				118.44,
				Stats.
(3) "Kindergarten" means
				5-year-old kindergarten.
(4) "Low
				income" has the meaning defined under ss.
				118.43(1)
				(b) and
				118.44(1)
				(c), Stats.
(5) "Low-income status" means the economic
				status of a child's family on or after the third Friday in September.
(6) "Pupils enrolled" has the meaning defined
				under s.
				121.004(7),
				Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 24 - State Aid For Achievement Guarantee Contracts And Partial Debt Service Reimbursement › Subchapter II - Aid Payment › Section PI 24.02 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
Under ss.
				  118.43(6m)
				  and
				  118.44(6)
				  (e), Stats., the department is required to
				  promulgate rules to implement and administer the payment of aid under this
				  subchapter. The department shall calculate and pay aid to school districts as
				  provided in ss.
				  118.43(6)
				  (b) 11. and 118.44 (6) (bm), Stats. This
				  subchapter sets forth requirements for collecting data and paying aid under ss.
				  118.43(6)
				  and
				  118.44(6),
				  Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 24 - State Aid For Achievement Guarantee Contracts And Partial Debt Service Reimbursement › Subchapter II - Aid Payment › Section PI 24.03 - Calculation and payment of aid

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) AID CALCULATION.
				The department shall calculate the amount of aid to be paid in each school year
				to the school district of each eligible school. The amount appropriated under
				s.
				20.255(2)
				(cu), Stats., as noted in s.
				118.44(6)
				(bm), Stats., shall be divided by the sum of
				low-income pupils in the state enrolled in a grade eligible for funding
				reported by each eligible school under sub. (3) to determine the amount of aid
				generated by each low-income pupil. The amount generated by each low-income
				pupil shall be multiplied by the sum of low-income pupils within a school
				district enrolled in a grade eligible for funding in each eligible school of a
				school district to determine the amount of aid to be paid to the school
				district.
(2) PAYMENT OF SAGE AND
				ACHIEVEMENT GAP REDUCTION AID. The department shall pay aid 3 times during the
				school year on the third Monday in November, the third Monday in February, and
				the second Monday in June upon the school district meeting the reporting
				requirements specified under the contract.
(2m) CEASE PAYMENTS FOR CONTRACT WITHDRAWAL.
				Aid for schools that withdraw from a contract under s.
				118.43
				or
				118.44,
				Stats., at any point during the school year will be recalculated to reflect the
				portion of the school year that the eligible school was under a contract under
				s.
				118.43
				or
				118.44,
				Stats. The withdrawing school will receive payment of a prorated amount per day
				that the school was operating under a contract under s.
				118.43
				or
				118.44,
				Stats. The funds that would have otherwise been paid to a school district that
				withdraws from a contract shall be recalculated as defined under sub. (1) and
				disbursed proportionately to all remaining eligible schools with contracts
				under s.
				118.43
				or
				118.44,
				Stats.
(4) LOW-INCOME PUPIL
				ENROLLMENT.
(a) Except as provided in par.
				(b), in the aid calculation under sub. (1), the department shall use the sum of
				low-income pupils in a grade eligible for funding in the eligible school on the
				third Friday in September of the previous school year, as reported by the
				school district pursuant to s.
				121.05(1)
				(a), Stats.
(b) An eligible school that has an increase
				in enrollment of 25 percent or more between the third Friday in September of
				the previous school year and the third Friday in September of the current
				school year may report to the department the number of low-income pupils
				eligible for funding in the eligible school on the third Friday in September of
				the current school year. When a report is made under this paragraph, the
				department may use the number provided under this paragraph in the aid
				calculation under sub. (1).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 24 - State Aid For Achievement Guarantee Contracts And Partial Debt Service Reimbursement › Subchapter III - State Aid For Debt Service › Section PI 24.05 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
Under s.
				  118.43(8),
				  Stats., beginning in the 2000-01 school year, a school district under s.
				  PI
				  24.06 is eligible for an aid payment equal to 20% of
				  the district's annual debt service on bonds approved by referendum prior to
				  June 30, 2001 where a portion of the bond proceeds is to be used to fulfill a
				  contract under s.
				  118.43,
				  Stats. This subchapter sets forth criteria and procedures for awarding state
				  aid for SAGE related debt service.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 24 - State Aid For Achievement Guarantee Contracts And Partial Debt Service Reimbursement › Subchapter III - State Aid For Debt Service › Section PI 24.06 - Eligible applicants and program requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A school
				district other than a school district under ch. 119, Stats., shall meet all of
				the following requirements to receive an amount equal to 20% of the annual SAGE
				related debt service cost on bonds:
(a) On or
				after October 29, 1999, the school board shall adopt an initial resolution
				under s.
				67.05(6a),
				Stats., for issuance of bonds where the purpose for borrowing includes
				providing funds for classroom expansion necessary to fulfill a contract under
				s.
				118.43,
				Stats. The school board shall submit a copy of the resolution to the department
				as required under s.
				120.115(1)
				(a), Stats. The resolution shall include all
				of the following:
1. The total amount to be
				borrowed.
2. The amount of
				borrowing proceeds that will be used for SAGE classroom expansion.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 24 - State Aid For Achievement Guarantee Contracts And Partial Debt Service Reimbursement › Subchapter III - State Aid For Debt Service › Section PI 24.07 - Payment of debt aid

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department shall make an aid payment
				on a current fiscal year basis to the district in an amount equal to 20% of the
				SAGE portion of the debt service payment, excluding any payments required on
				bond anticipation notes. The department shall develop a proration formula if
				adequate funds are not available by dividing the SAGE portion of the district's
				annual debt service payment by the sum total of the SAGE portion of all
				participating SAGE school district's annual debt service payments and
				multiplying the result by the appropriation under s.
				20.255(2)
				(cs), Stats.
(2) The department shall calculate the SAGE
				portion of debt payment as the percentage of the original amount approved for
				SAGE purposes under s.
				PI
				24.06(1) (a) 2. to the total amount
				borrowed under s.
				PI
				24.06(1) (a) 1., multiplied by the
				annual debt service payment.
(3)
				The department may not pay aid to school districts under this subchapter for
				SAGE related school district referenda held on or after June 30,
				2001.
(4) The department may not
				pay aid to school districts under this subchapter if the school district does
				not comply with the requirements under this subchapter.
(5) The school district shall certify to the
				department annually, on a form provided by the department, all of the
				following:
(a) Debt service payments eligible
				for aid under this subchapter for the current fiscal year.
(b) The amount identified under s.
				PI
				24.06(1) (a) 2. was expended for SAGE
				classroom expansion purposes and no other purpose. No annual aid payment shall
				be made to the school district until the department receives this
				certification. The school board president and school board clerk shall sign
				this attestation.
(c) The contract
				under subch. II has not been terminated for the building for which the debt
				service is being paid.
Note: PI-7206 SAGE Classroom Expansion, State Aid Claim, may
				  be obtained at no charge from the Department of Public Instruction, P. O. Box
				  7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 25 - Children At Risk Plan And Program › Section PI 25.01 - Applicability and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Under s.
			 118.153(2)
			 (a), Stats., every school board shall
			 identify the children at risk of not graduating from high school who are
			 enrolled in the school district and annually by August 15 develop a plan
			 describing how the school board will meet their needs. Under s.
			 118.153(3)
			 (a), Stats., every board that applies for aid
			 under this section shall make available programs to serve children at risk.
			 This chapter defines children at risk, establishes criteria for school boards
			 to consider when developing children at risk plans and sets forth the
			 requirements for receipt of additional state aid in those school districts
			 eligible under s.
			 118.153(4)
			 (b), Stats.
(2) The requirements under ss.
			 PI
			 25.03,
			 25.04,
			 25.05 and apply 25.07 to all school
			 districts in the state; s.
			 PI
			 25.06 contains additional requirements which apply
			 only to school districts operating under ch. 119, Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 25 - Children At Risk Plan And Program › Section PI 25.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Adjudicated delinquent" means delinquent as defined under s.
			 938.02(3m),
			 Stats.
(2) "Alternative education
			 program" means those programs as defined under s.
			 115.28(7)
			 (e) 1, Stats.
(3) "Basic skills," for purposes of
			 determining whether a pupil is a child at risk of not graduating from high
			 school, means achievement in reading or mathematics or both.
(4) "Board" means the school board in charge
			 of the public schools in the district.
(5) "Ceased to attend" means that a pupil has
			 been absent without acceptable excuse under ss.
			 118.15(1) (b) to (d)
			 or (3), and
			 118.16(4),
			 Stats., for 20 consecutive school days and has not formally withdrawn from
			 school.
(6) "Children at risk" or
			 "at risk" means pupils in grades 5 to 12 who are at risk of not graduating from
			 high school because they are dropouts, or are two or more of the following:
(a) One or more years behind their age group
			 in the number of high school credits attained.
(b) Two or more years behind their age group
			 in basic skill levels.
(c) Habitual
			 truants as defined in s.
			 118.16(1)
			 (a), Stats.
(d) Parents.
(e) Adjudicated delinquents.
(f) Eighth grade pupils whose score in each
			 subject area on the examination administered under s.
			 118.30(1m)
			 (am) 1, Stats., was below the basic level,
			 eighth grade pupils who failed the examination under s.
			 118.30(1m)
			 (am) 2, Stats., and eighth grade pupils who
			 failed to be promoted to the ninth grade.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 25 - Children At Risk Plan And Program › Section PI 25.03 - Identification of children at risk of not graduating from high school and children at risk plan

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Annually by August 15, each board shall
			 develop a district plan that identifies the process for determining if a pupil
			 is at risk. In determining whether a pupil is behind his or her age group in
			 the number of high school credits attained or is 2 or more years behind his or
			 her age group in basic skill levels, a board shall use all of the following
			 criteria:
(a) A pupil shall be determined to
			 be behind in his or her age group in the number of high school credits attained
			 if a pupil in grades 9 through 12 falls 3 or more credits behind in progress
			 toward graduation.
(b) A pupil
			 shall be determined to be 2 or more years behind his or her age group in basic
			 skill levels based on a board approved plan of formal and informal assessment,
			 consistent with the district's objectives in mathematics and reading identified
			 in the curriculum plan under s.
			 PI 8.01(2)
			 (k).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 25 - Children At Risk Plan And Program › Section PI 25.04 - General requirements for school boards

Current through June 24, 2024
Each board that has identified children at risk under s.
				PI
				25.03 shall provide for all of the following:
(1) Designate a staff person who will be
			 responsible for developing the district plan required under s.
			 118.153(2)
			 (a), Stats.
(3) Provide that all work-based learning
			 experiences and other similar programs and activities taking place outside the
			 school for which pupils receive academic credit under the district plan,
			 including those programs or curriculum modifications authorized under s.
			 118.15(1)
			 (d), Stats., and instruction and pupil
			 support services contracted for under s.
			 118.153(3)
			 (c) 1 and 2., Stats., are supervised by
			 departmentally licensed teachers or other licensed school personnel.
(4) Ensure that in grades 9 through 12
			 curriculum modifications and alternative education programs provided for
			 children at risk are designed to allow pupils to meet the high school
			 graduation requirements under s.
			 118.33,
			 Stats., and ch. PI 18.
(5) Notify
			 each pupil and his or her parent in writing whenever the pupil has been
			 identified as a child at risk. The notice shall include all of the following:
(a) The name and telephone number of a person
			 the parent or pupil can contact regarding the school district's
			 program.
(b) A description of the
			 district's plan.
(c) A statement
			 that the pupil is eligible to be enrolled under the district plan to serve
			 children at risk.
(d) A description
			 of the at risk programs available and how the pupil may participate in a
			 specific program if more than one program is offered as part of the district
			 plan.
(e) A statement to inform the
			 parent that he or she may select one or more programs in which the pupil will
			 be enrolled, if the pupil meets the prerequisites for the specific program
			 requested.
(f) Describe the
			 procedure for requesting that the pupil be enrolled in the specific at risk
			 program selected by the parent. The request shall be in writing, by signature
			 on a district-provided form, or be given verbally to the person responsible for
			 enrolling the pupil in the program. This person shall record the date and time
			 of a verbal request and whether this request was made in person or by
			 phone.
(g) Identify the process
			 that a parent may use if the parent disagrees with the planned
			 services.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 25 - Children At Risk Plan And Program › Section PI 25.05 - Provisions applicable to private contracting

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The board of a
			 school district may contract with private, nonprofit, nonsectarian agencies to
			 provide programs for children at risk if the board determines that the agencies
			 can adequately serve such children. A board contracting under this section
			 shall take all of the following actions:
(a)
			 Determine and list in writing appropriate private, nonprofit, nonsectarian
			 agencies located in the school district or within 5 miles of the boundaries of
			 the school district.
(b) Ensure
			 that all instruction and pupil support services offered in contracted programs
			 for children at risk are provided by one of the following:
1. Departmentally licensed professional staff
			 members described in s.
			 121.02(1)
			 (a), Stats.
2. Persons licensed by other recognized
			 professional or trade associations who provide specialized instruction or
			 related education services.
3.
			 Persons who are supervised by departmentally licensed professional
			 staff.
(c) Pay each
			 contracting agency, for each full-time equivalent pupil served under the
			 contract, an amount equal to at least 80% of the school district's average per
			 pupil cost.
(d) Establish
			 procedures with each contracting agency for the agency to provide all of the
			 following information:
1. Staff
			 qualifications.
2. Curriculum
			 modifications and alternative education programs to be provided.
3. How pupil performance will be evaluated,
			 including grading criteria, procedures for granting academic credit, and
			 testing for progress in reading and mathematics skills areas.
4. Pupil attendance and retention
			 rates.
(e) Develop a
			 procedure for communication and cooperation with the contracting agencies in
			 meeting the needs of pupils served under this section.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 25 - Children At Risk Plan And Program › Section PI 25.06 - Special provisions applicable to a first class city school system

Current through June 24, 2024
The school board of the school district operating under ch.
				119, Stats., shall ensure all of the following:
(1) If there is no space for a pupil in a
			 specific children at risk program provided under the board's plan, the board
			 shall place the pupil's name on a waiting list for that program and offer the
			 pupil a comparable alternative education program for children at risk until
			 space in the requested program becomes available.
(2) That there are at least 30 pupils and no
			 more than 250 pupils in each program and that a separate administrator or
			 teacher is in charge of each program.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 25 - Children At Risk Plan And Program › Section PI 25.07 - State financial aid and annual reports

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) STATE FINANCIAL
			 AID.
(a) If, in the previous school year, a
			 school district had 30 or more dropouts or a dropout rate exceeding 5% of its
			 total high school enrollment, the board may apply to the state superintendent
			 for aid under this section.
(b)
			 School districts shall receive additional state aid under s.
			 118.153(4)
			 (b), Stats., if the state superintendent
			 determines from the report required under sub. (2) that any three of the
			 following conditions have been met by each pupil enrolled in the children at
			 risk program:
1. The pupil's attendance rate
			 was at least 70%.
2. The pupil
			 remained in school through the end of the school year.
3. The pupil, if a high school senior,
			 received a high school diploma.
4.
			 The pupil earned at least 4.5 academic credits or a prorated number of credits
			 if the pupil was enrolled in the program for less than the entire school
			 year.
5. The pupil demonstrated, on
			 standardized tests or other appropriate measures, gain in reading and
			 mathematics commensurate with the duration of his or her enrollment in the
			 program.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 26 - Education For Employment Plans And Program › Section PI 26.01 - Applicability and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)Under s.
			 121.02(1)
			 (m), Stats., every school board shall provide
			 access to an education for employment program approved by the state
			 superintendent. Under s.
			 115.28(59),
			 Stats., the state superintendent shall ensure that every school board is
			 providing academic and career planning services to pupils enrolled in grades 6
			 to 12 in the school district beginning in the 2017-18 school year.
(2)This chapter establishes the requirements
			 for education for employment programs. The purpose of education for employment
			 programs is to do all of the following:
(a)
			 Prepare elementary and secondary pupils for future employment.
(b) Ensure technological literacy; to promote
			 lifelong learning.
(c) Promote good
			 citizenship.
(d) Promote
			 cooperation among business, industry, labor, postsecondary schools, and public
			 schools.
(e) Establish a role for
			 public schools in the economic development of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 26 - Education For Employment Plans And Program › Section PI 26.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)"Academic and career plan" means a
			 comprehensive plan developed and maintained by a pupil that includes the
			 pupil's academic, career, personal, and social goals and the means by which the
			 pupil will achieve those goals both before and after high school
			 graduation.
(2)"Academic and career
			 planning services" means the activities, instruction, resources, and
			 opportunities provided by a school district to assist a pupil with developing
			 and implementing an academic and career plan.
(3)"Academic and career planning software
			 tool" means the computer software program procured by the department under s.
			 115.28(59)
			 (b), Stats., to provide academic and career
			 planning services, or a similar computer software program that allows pupils to
			 download their academic and career plan.
(4)"Child with a disability" has the meaning
			 given in s.
			 115.76(5),
			 Stats.
(5)"Department" means the
			 Wisconsin department of public instruction.
(6)"Education for employment program" means
			 the program under s.
			 121.02(1)
			 (m), Stats.
(7)"Individualized education program" has the
			 meaning given in s.
			 115.76(9),
			 Stats.
(8)"Parent" includes a
			 guardian.
(9)"Pupil postsecondary
			 outcomes" means the activities a pupil pursues after high school graduation,
			 which may include: pursuing postsecondary education and training, including at
			 a technical college, college, or university; entering the workforce; serving in
			 the armed forces: or undertaking other personal growth and development
			 activities.
(10)"School board" has
			 the meaning given in s.
			 115.001(7),
			 Stats.
(11)"State superintendent"
			 means the state superintendent of public instruction.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 26 - Education For Employment Plans And Program › Section PI 26.03 - Education for employment program

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)An education for
			 employment program shall include a long-range plan approved by the school board
			 and developed by a team of school district staff and community stakeholders,
			 which may include businesses, postsecondary education institutions, and
			 workforce development organizations. The long-range plan shall include all of
			 the following:
(a) An analysis of local,
			 regional, and state labor market needs and the educational and training
			 requirements for occupations that will fill those needs.
(b) A process used to engage parents in
			 academic and career planning. The process shall do all of the following:
1. Inform parents in each school year about
			 what academic and career planning services their child receives.
2. Provide parents with multiple
			 opportunities during each school year to participate in their child's academic
			 and career planning.
3. Update
			 parents throughout the school year on the progress of their child's academic
			 and career planning.
(c)
			 A description of all of the following:
1. How,
			 in each year of the plan, the school district will support pupils in academic
			 and career planning, including meeting the requirements under subs. (2) and
			 (3).
2. The career and technical
			 education provided in the school district.
3. The professional development provided to
			 staff to assist staff with delivering academic and career planning services to
			 pupils in grades 6 to 12.
4. How
			 the education for employment program will meet the requirements of s.
			 121.02(1)
			 (m), Stats.
(d) A strategy to engage businesses,
			 postsecondary education institutions, and workforce development organizations
			 in implementing the education for employment program.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 26 - Education For Employment Plans And Program › Section PI 26.04 - General requirements for school boards

Current through June 24, 2024
The school board shall do the following:
(1)Indicate on a pupil's transcript the name
			 of each course completed by the pupil, the number of high school credits earned
			 for each course, whether a course is eligible for postsecondary credit, and, if
			 applicable, a course's participating postsecondary institution.
(2)Annually review and, if necessary, update
			 the long-range plan and education for employment program under s.
			 PI
			 26.03. This review shall evaluate pupil postsecondary
			 outcomes. At the conclusion of the review, the school board shall prepare a
			 report on the school district's education for employment program. The report
			 shall describe the education for employment program's current progress and
			 future goals related to improving pupil postsecondary outcomes.
(3)Publish its long-range plan under s.
			 PI
			 26.03(1) and the report under sub.
			 (2) on the school district's website.
(4)Annually notify parents of its education
			 for employment program. The notice shall inform parents of the information and
			 opportunities available to pupils under s.
			 PI 26.03(2) and
			 (3), including the availability of programs
			 at technical colleges.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 26 - Education For Employment Plans And Program › Section PI 26.05 - Program approval

Current through June 24, 2024
A program shall be approved by the state superintendent as
				long as the program complies with all of the requirements of this chapter and
				ss.
				115.28(59)
				and
				121.02(1)
				(m), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 27 - Commencement Of School Term › Section PI 27.01 - Applicability and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter establishes procedures for school boards to use in
				requesting that a school term commence prior to September 1 as provided for
				under s.
				118.045,
				Stats. This chapter also establishes criteria used in determining whether an
				extraordinary reason exists for granting such a request.