Assembly Bill 460 proposes changes to the eligibility criteria for pupils wishing to participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, Racine Parental Choice Program, and Wisconsin Parental Choice Program. The bill allows a pupil to qualify for these programs if their sibling or a dependent child of their parent or guardian participated in a parental choice program in the previous school year. This amendment removes the existing family income and grade level or prior year attendance requirements for these pupils, which currently stipulate that family income must not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty limit for the MPCP and RPCP, and 220 percent for the WPCP.

The bill introduces new legal language in sections 118.60 (2) (ac) and 119.23 (2) (ac) of the statutes, specifying that pupils in grades kindergarten to 12 can attend any private school participating in the respective programs if their sibling or dependent child attended a participating private school in the previous year. This change aims to simplify access to parental choice programs for families with prior participation, thereby potentially increasing enrollment in these educational options. The provisions of the bill will first apply to applications for the 2026-27 school year.