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Private Schools can save tens of thousands of dollars by using tax-exempt financing on building projects. To do this, you need to have your accountant or finance committee contact the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority (WHEFA). WHEFA assists Wisconsin non-profit institutions to obtain and maintain access to tax-exempt financing in order to finance or refinance capital improvement [...]

The Department of Public Instruction is developing the process for schools to apply for the new computer grants created by the 2017-19 state budget for all schools to receive up to $125 per ninth grade student for computing devices. The DPI reports that every private school with 9th graders will receive an e-mail in December [...]

The state will no longer be sending immunization compliance forms and reminders to schools via US mail. Instead, the Department of Health Services (DHS) is making the information available in a booklet that includes all the forms, a flowchart for what to do in fulfilling your duties related to documenting student immunization information, and FAQs [...]

When state lawmakers announced the creation of school safety grants this past spring, WCRIS sprung into action, contacting legislators to ensure that private K-12 schools would be included. Because of WCRIS’ advocacy, the law was passed with full inclusion for religious and independent schools. That work was well worth WCRIS’ effort, based on a review [...]

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety announced the second round of school safety grants that builds off of the safety baseline of the first round grants. The new funding opportunity uses the left over funds from the previous round. Private schools can apply for the new grant round, even if they did [...]

The DPI just released a bulletin updating agency policy on special needs students as a result of a US Supreme Court decision last year on what it means to provide a free appropriate public education to a special needs student. The case, interestingly, was about a student who wanted to attend a private school and [...]

Under the 2017 Act 143, section 29, schools are now required to submit their blueprints to all law enforcement agencies that have jurisdictional control over the school and to the Office of School Safety, by July 1, 2018. Schools must submit blueprints that are not architectural plans. They must, however, be a floor plan or [...]

The School Financial Services team has created a new page with important financial information for Wisconsin’s Parental Choice Programs and the Special Needs Scholarship Program. You can access the page here.

If you’ve hired a new School Nutrition Director (SND) or you are in the process of finding a new one, please take note of following: Each “School Food Authority” must have a person designated as “director” of your food program. This person must also meet specific education or school nutrition experience along with eight hours [...]