Part Time Instructional Minutes for Pupil Count for Membership: School Finance
Pupil Count Pilot Timeline:
- July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023: Phase 1 of Pilot
- SELECT LEAs and SIS VENDOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY
- July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024: Phase 2 of Pilot
- SELECT LEAs and SIS VENDOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY
- July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025: DUAL REPORTING between PI-1563 and WiSFiP Pupil Count Module
- July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026: PI-1563 Retired; All Collection via WiSFiP Pupil Count Module and Additional WiSFiP Reporting
Wisconsin School Finance Portal (WiSFiP) - Pilot Project for 2022-23 and 2023-24 SY
Part Time Instructional Minutes are collected for students who are primarily attending private school, or who are primarily homeschooled, but are attending either the resident, or a nonresident district, part time for up to 2 courses. One example could refer to a home based private schooled (homeschooled) student who is taking art and gym classes from their local public school.
USES: Part Time Instructional Minutes are used to determine accountability reporting for funding.
FAQs, Details, and Points to Note
1. Primarily Homeschooled Students: Students who are primarily enrolled in home-based private education (homeschool) settings are eligible for State aid up to a maximum of two courses per day from either a public school in their resident or nonresident district for grades K-12.
a. Homeschool Student Attending their Resident District: Resident district should:
- Submit the enrollment record for the student
- Add up the instructional minutes of each class. For example, class 1 - 30 min; class 2 - 30 min >> Instructional hours = 30+30=60 minutes
- Enrollment Type for this situation would be ( C ) Coursework
- Residency Status for these students would be (R - HOME)
b. Homeschool Student Attending a Nonresident District: Nonresident (attending) district should:
- Submit the enrollment record for the student
- Non-resident, home-schooled pupils taking courses in a public school in the district will be counted by the district of attendance for General Aid membership, as follows: 0.25 FTE per course per pupil, up to a maximum of 0.50 FTE (two courses) per pupil.
- Enrollment Type for this situation would be ( C ) Coursework
- Residency Status for these students would be (NR - HOME)
c. Homeschool Student Attending a Private School:
- Enrollment Type for this situation would be ( C ) Coursework
- FTE = < 1.0
2. Primarily Private Schooled Students: Students primarily enrolled in a private school are eligible for State aid up to a maximum of two courses per day, however they may only attend a resident district public school in the district -AND - they must be in grade level 9-12 .The resident district should:
- submit an enrollment record for the student
- add up the instructional minutes of each class. For example, class 1 - 30 min; class 2 - 30 min >> Instructional hours = 30+30=60 mins
- Enrollment Type for this situation would be ( C ) Coursework
- Residency Status for these students would be (R - PRIVATE)
If you have WiSFiP Pupil Count questions, contact the DPI School Finance Services (SFS) Team
by email (dpifin@dpi.wi.gov) or by phone (608) 267-9114.
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