The US Department of Education (DOE) is now accepting private school nominations for the 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. This recognition is a prestigious honor and great accomplishment for your school and a nationally recognized sign of your school’s excellence in education. Schools must be an “Exemplary High Performing School” to qualify. A school [...]
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Current Events
A library of WCRIS weekly E-letters that keeps you updated on issues of concern to private schools
School Choice Handbook Now Available
October 05, 2018
At the request of our member schools across the state, WCRIS has created the first-ever Choice Handbook. With the expansion of school choice state-wide, and the ever increasing regulations and complicated processes and procedures required to participate in Choice, school administrators said their heads were spinning trying to track all the requirements and information. Now, [...]
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WCRIS Has Saved You Time and Money
September 28, 2018
You can review the benefits of your WCRIS membership by reading the WCRIS Annual Update here. A printed copy has also been sent to you via U.S. mail. Please share it with your pastor, oversight boards, and parents. It’s important for them to know they are part of a very successful and active state-wide effort [...]
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DOJ Releases Free Statewide Training Sessions
September 28, 2018
The second round of the School Safety Grants requires that at least one member of the School Safety Intervention Team completes a Threat Assessment Team Training. The DOJ has released an extensive list of training opportunities to meet the requirement of the second round of grants. The training opportunities are available through the 2018-2019 school [...]
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Robotics League Participation Grant
September 28, 2018
The state is offering a matching grant for student teams in grade 6 -12 to receive funds for the development of a robotics team. The grant offers schools a chance to receive up to $5,000 in matching funds. Teams must have at least one mentor and funding awards must be matched by the recipient’s organizations. [...]
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Save Money on Building Projects
September 21, 2018
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 [...]
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Personal Computing Device Grant Program Underway
September 13, 2018
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 [...]
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Update on Wisconsin Immunization Law
August 27, 2018
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 [...]
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WCRIS Gets $6.9 million in Safety Grants for Private Schools
August 16, 2018
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 [...]
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Second Round of School Safety Funding Announced
July 27, 2018
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 [...]
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