Our regularly scheduled Current Events Newsletter will pause for the month of July. We will send updates, if they are needed, regarding items of great importance. Less urgent newsy items will appear on our website. Weekly editions will resume in August. Enjoy your summer!
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Current Events
A library of WCRIS weekly E-letters that keeps you updated on issues of concern to private schools
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New State Laws Impacting Schools
June 23, 2022
Holocaust Education Wisconsin’s 2021 Act 30 requires schools in the choice programs to provide Holocaust and other genocide education to grades 5-8 once and grades 9-12 once. Schools are required to update their curriculum by July 1, 2022, to be implemented in the 2022-23 school year. Apprenticeships in Accountability Reports Schools in the choice programs must include [...]
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Recommendations on New USDA Free Lunch Rules
June 15, 2022
The USDA has issued new rules about the Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program that define discrimination to include categories currently popular in our secular culture. Many of our WCRIS schools believe the definitions do not conform to their religious values. In an effort to help its schools navigate this minefield, WCRIS hosted a webinar [...]
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Free Lunch & Milk Rule Changes
June 08, 2022
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has given schools 90 days from May 5 to comply with new rules about the Free and Reduced Priced Lunch (FRPL) and the Free Milk programs. Schools are struggling with how to comply, knowing that if the programs aren’t offered, many children they enroll will go hungry. That’s why WCRIS scheduled [...]
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CDC Releases Updated Guidance
June 08, 2022
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released updated guidance for schools last month. Changes were made to include the latest COVID-19 safety measures and address general infection control. You can view the updated guidance here.
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Navigating USDA Changes to the Lunch and Milk Programs
June 01, 2022
Over the past week, many principals received notice from the DPI regarding changes to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) lunch and milk programs. These changes are being implemented nationwide and were discovered accidentally via innocuous notices to nonpublic schools. The USDA has updated its non-discrimination protections to include new categories reflecting society’s changing sexual [...]
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Principal Question: New Students from Out-of-State Entering a Choice Program
June 01, 2022
Question: I have a family that has moved from another state who would qualify for the choice program. If they have missed the application window, can they apply? Answer: No, the application window has closed. Out-of-state students are eligible for the program regardless of previous public or private school enrollment, if they apply during the application window. [...]
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Cheaper Funding for Your Building Project
June 01, 2022
This time of record-high interest rates makes it seem like the worst time to take out a building loan. However, there is a cheaper, but lesser-known, alternative for private schools. WCRIS has been working for years with the Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority (WHEFA), a state agency, to encourage schools to use tax-exempt financing when [...]
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Resources from the Wisconsin DOJ Office of School Safety
May 26, 2022
In light of the tragedy in Texas, WCRIS is passing along these resources that the Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS) provides. They were announced in the DOJ’s final newsletter of the school year, Speak Up Speak Out Wisconsin, to which you are encouraged to subscribe. Help Stop Future Incidents In an effort [...]
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Seek Your School’s Unclaimed Property
May 19, 2022
In the Milton Bradley board game of Life, you can land on a square that gives you an unexpected windfall. That’s actually a real thing. Some WCRIS schools have “property” being held for them by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR). This is good news. Every several years, WCRIS reminds its schools to check this [...]
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