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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 496
October 2, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Larson
,
Carpenter
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Keyeski
,
Pfaff
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
and
Spreitzer
, cosponsored by Representatives
Phelps
,
Sheehan
,
Hong
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Clancy
,
Cruz
,
Fitzgerald
,
Joers
,
Madison
,
Palmeri
,
Sinicki
,
Snodgrass
,
Spaude
,
Stroud
and
Tenorio
. Referred to Committee on Education.
SB496,1,4
1
An Act
to repeal
118.60 (2) (a) 1. c. and d. and 119.23 (2) (a) 1. d.;
to amend
2
118.60 (2) (a) 1. a., 118.60 (2) (bm) and 119.23 (2) (a) 1. a. of the statutes;
3
relating to:
verification of a pupil’s family income for participation in a
4
parental choice program.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, to be eligible to participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program or the Racine Parental Choice Program, a pupil’s family income may not be more than 300 percent of the federal poverty level. Similarly, to be eligible to participate in the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program, a pupil’s family income may not be more than 220 percent of the federal poverty level. Each parental choice program allows a pupil to continue participating in the parental choice program if the pupil’s family income increases. Under this bill, a pupil attending a private school under a parental choice program may not continue to participate in the parental choice program if the pupil’s family income increases and exceeds the maximum family income for the parental choice program.
Under current law, each parental choice program requires that a pupil’s family income be verified through the Department of Revenue, but verification is not required if the pupil attended a private school under a parental choice program in the previous school year. The bill requires that, to participate in a parental choice program, a pupil’s family income must be verified through DOR each year, regardless of whether the pupil attended a private school under a parental choice program in the previous school year.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB496,1
1
Section
1
.
118.60 (2) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB496,2,10
2
118.60
(2)
(a) 1. a. Except as provided in par. (bm), the pupil is a member of a
3
family that has a total family income that does not exceed an amount equal to 3.0
4
times the poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the
5
director of the federal office of management and budget. In this subdivision and
6
sub. (3m), family income includes income of the pupil’s parents or legal guardians.
7
Except as provided in subd. 1. c. and d., the
The
family income of the pupil shall be
8
verified as provided in subd. 1. b.
A pupil attending a private school under this
9
section whose family income increases may continue to attend a private school
10
under this section.
SB496,2
11
Section
2
.
118.60 (2) (a) 1. c. and d. of the statutes are repealed.
SB496,3
12
Section
3
.
118.60 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB496,3,2
13
118.60
(2)
(bm) No pupil who resides in a school district, other than an eligible
14
school district or a 1st class city school district, may attend a participating private
15
school under this section unless the pupil is a member of a family that has a total
16
family income that does not exceed an amount equal to 2.2 times the poverty level,
17
determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal
18
office of management and budget. In this paragraph and sub. (3m), family income
19
includes income of the pupil’s parents or legal guardians.
Except as provided in par.
20
(a) 1. c., the
The
family income of the pupil shall be verified as provided in par. (a) 1.
1
b.
A pupil attending a private school under this section whose family income
2
increases may continue to attend a private school under this section
.
SB496,4
3
Section
4
.
119.23 (2) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB496,3,13
4
119.23
(2)
(a) 1. a. The pupil is a member of a family that has a total family
5
income that does not exceed an amount equal to 3.0 times the poverty level
6
determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the federal
7
office of management and budget. In this subdivision and sub. (3m), family income
8
includes income of the pupil’s parents or legal guardians.
Except as provided in
9
subd. 1. d., the
The
family income of the pupil shall be verified as provided in subd.
10
1. b.
A pupil attending a private school under this section whose family income
11
increases, including a pupil who attended a private school under this section in the
12
2010-11 school year and whose family income has increased, may continue to attend
13
a private school under this section.
SB496,5
14
Section
5
.
119.23 (2) (a) 1. d. of the statutes is repealed.
SB496,6
15
Section
6
. Initial applicability.
SB496,3,17
16
(
1
)
This act first applies to an application to participate in a program under s.
17
118.60 or 119.23 in the 2026-27 school year.
SB496,3,18
18
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