49.26 Learnfare program.

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(a)In this subsection:

1. “Habitual truant” has the meaning given in s. 118.16

(a).

2. “School” means any one of the following:

a. A public school, as described in s. 115.01

(1).

b. A private school, as defined in s. 115.001

(3r).

bm. A tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001

(15m).

c. A technical college pursuant to a contract under s. 118.15

(2).

d. A course of study meeting the standards established by the state superintendent of public instruction under s. 115.29

(4)for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation.

(c)A county department or Wisconsin works agency may provide services under this subsection directly or may contract with a nonprofit agency or a school district to provide the services.

(d)A county department or Wisconsin Works agency that provides services under this subsection directly shall develop a plan, in coordination with the school districts located in whole or in part in the county, describing the assistance that the county department or Wisconsin Works agency and school districts will provide to individuals receiving services under this subsection, the number of individuals that will be served and the estimated cost of the services. The county department or Wisconsin Works agency shall submit the plan to the department and the department of public instruction by January 15, annually.

(e)For an individual who is a recipient of aid under s. 49.19 , or whose custodial parent is a participant under s. 49.147

(3)to

(5), who is the parent with whom a dependent child lives and who is subject to the school attendance requirement under par.

(ge), the department shall make a monthly payment to the individual or the child care provider for the month’s child care costs in an amount based on need with the maximum amount per child equal to the lesser of the actual cost of the care or the rate established under s. 49.155

(6)if the individual demonstrates the need to purchase child care services in order to attend school and those services are available from a child care provider.

(g)An individual who is a dependent child in a Wisconsin Works group that includes a participant under s. 49.147

(3),

(4), or

(5)or who is a recipient of aid under s. 49.19 is subject to the school attendance requirement under par.

(ge)if all of the following apply:

1. Before the first day of the fall 1994 school term, as defined in s. 115.001

(12), the individual is 13 to 17 years of age. Beginning on the first day of the fall 1997 school term, as defined in s. 115.001

(12), the individual is 6 to 17 years of age.

2. The individual has not graduated from a public, private, or tribal high school or obtained a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation under s. 115.29

(4).

3. The individual is not excused from attending school under s. 118.15

(3).

4. The individual is a parent or is residing with his or her natural or adoptive parent.

5. If the individual is the caretaker of a child, the child is at least 45 days old and child care is available for the child at the school or the school provides an instruction program for the caretaker at home.

6. If child care services are necessary in order for the individual to attend school, child care from a child care provider is available for the child and transportation to and from child care is also available.

7. The individual is not prohibited from attending school while an expulsion under s. 119.25 or 120.13

(1)is pending.

8. If the individual was expelled from a school under s. 119.25 or 120.13

(1), there is another school available which the individual can attend.

10. The individual does not have good cause for failing to attend school, as defined by the department by rule.

11. If the individual is the mother of a child, a physician has not determined that the individual should delay her return to school after giving birth.