Amendment SA3-AB56

AB56-SA3,134,15 (3) In the school year in which a school district consolidation takes effect under s. 117.08 or 117.09 and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, if the consolidated school district's equalization aid is less than the aggregate state aid to which the consolidating school districts would have been eligible in the school year prior to the school year in which the consolidation takes effect, the department shall pay the difference to the consolidated school district.

AB56-SA3,134,17 (4) Additional aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ag). No aid may be paid under this section after the 2020-21 school year.

AB56-SA3,1702 Section 1702. 121.105 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,134,21 121.105 (1) In Except as provided in sub. (5), in this section “state aid" means the sum of the payments provided to a school district under this section and ss. 121.08, 121.85 and 121.86.

AB56-SA3,1703 Section 1703. 121.105 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,135,3 121.105 (2) (am) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a school district would receive less in state aid in the current school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount of state aid that it received in the previous school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current school year, its state aid for the current school year shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the state aid received in the previous school year.

AB56-SA3,1704 Section 1704. 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,135,11 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) If a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in state aid in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization less than 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows, its state aid in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows:

AB56-SA3,1705 Section 1705. 121.105 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,135,14 121.105 (5) (a) In this subsection, “state aid” means the sum of the payments provided to a school district under this section and s. 121.08.

AB56-SA3,135,19 (b) If, after making the adjustments under subs. (2), (3), and (4), a school district would receive less in state aid in the current school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to $3,000 multiplied by the school district's membership, the school district's state aid shall be increased to an amount equal to $3,000 multiplied by the school district's membership.

AB56-SA3,1706 Section 1706. 121.136 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,135,21 121.136 (3) No aid may be paid under this section after June 30, 2020.

AB56-SA3,1707 Section 1707. 121.137 of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1708 Section 1708. 121.15 (1m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,136,2 121.15 (1m) (a) 3. Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year and ending in the 2018-19 school year, annually the state shall pay to school districts, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), $75,000,000 on the 4th Monday in July of the following school year.

AB56-SA3,1709 Section 1709. 121.15 (1m) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,136,6 121.15 (1m) (a) 4. Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, annually the state shall pay to school districts, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), $1,090,000,000 on the 4th Monday in July of the following school year.

AB56-SA3,1710 Section 1710. 121.15 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,136,8 121.15 (3m) (a) In this subsection:

AB56-SA3,136,11 1. “Partial school revenues" means the sum of state school aids, property taxes levied for school districts, and aid paid to school districts under s. 79.095 (4), less all of the following:

AB56-SA3,136,14 a. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 2. due to a school board's increasing the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another school board.

AB56-SA3,136,15 b. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 3.

AB56-SA3,136,16 c. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (h).

AB56-SA3,136,17 d. The amount of any property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19).

AB56-SA3,136,20 e. An amount equal to the amount estimated to be paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) multiplied by the sum of the applicable percentages specified in s. 121.08 (4) (b) 1. and 2.

AB56-SA3,136,22 f. The amount by which the property tax levy for debt service on debt that has been approved by a referendum exceeds $490,000,000.

AB56-SA3,137,4 2. “State school aids" means the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (b) and (2), other than s. 20.255 (2) (az), (bb), (fm), (fp), (fq), (fr), (fu), (fv), (k), and (m), the amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (es), and the amount, as determined by the secretary of administration, of the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (s) allocated for payments to telecommunications providers under contracts with school districts and cooperative educational service agencies under s. 16.971 (13), and to make information technology infrastructure grants under s. 16.9945.

AB56-SA3,137,9 (b) By May 15, 2021, and annually by May 15 thereafter, the department, the department of administration, and the legislative fiscal bureau shall jointly certify to the joint committee on finance an estimate of the amount necessary to appropriate under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year to ensure that state school aids equal two-thirds of partial school revenues.

AB56-SA3,137,12 (c) By June 30, 2020, and biennially by June 30 thereafter, the joint committee on finance shall determine the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year.

AB56-SA3,1711 Section 1711. 121.41 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,137,21 121.41 Driver education programs ; fees. A school board, operator of a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), cooperative educational service agency, or the technical college system board may establish and collect reasonable fees for any driver education program or part of a program which is neither required for nor credited toward graduation. The school board, operator of a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), cooperative educational service agency, or the technical college system board may waive any fee established under this subsection for any indigent pupil.

AB56-SA3,1712 Section 1712. 121.42 of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,137,23 121.42 Driver education programs; state aid. (1) In this section:

AB56-SA3,138,3 (a) “Driver education program” means an instructional program in driver education approved by the department and operated by a qualified driver education provider.

AB56-SA3,138,6 (b) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who met the income eligibility standard for a free or reduced-price lunch in the federal school lunch program under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) in the previous school year.

AB56-SA3,138,9 (c) “Qualified driver education provider” means a school board, the operator of a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or a cooperative educational service agency.

AB56-SA3,138,13 (2) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cv) and subject to sub. (4), the department shall pay to each qualified driver education provider the amount determined under sub. (3) if all of the following apply:

AB56-SA3,138,17 (a) The qualified driver education provider demonstrates to the department that for eligible pupils the qualified driver education provider reduced the fees the qualified driver education provider otherwise charges pupils to enroll in and complete the driver education program.

AB56-SA3,138,21 (b) By October 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the qualified driver education provider reports to the department the number of eligible pupils who enrolled in and successfully completed a driver education program operated by qualified driver education in the previous school year.

AB56-SA3,138,24 (3) The department shall calculate the amount paid to a qualified driver education provider under sub. (2) by multiplying the number of eligible pupils reported under sub. (2) (b) by the lesser of the following:

AB56-SA3,138,25 (a) Two hundred dollars.

AB56-SA3,139,2 (b) The amount by which the qualified driver education provider reduced fees under sub. (2) (a) in the previous school year.

AB56-SA3,139,5 (4) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cv) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under sub. (2), the department shall prorate the aid payments among the entitled qualified driver education providers.

AB56-SA3,139,7 (5) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB56-SA3,1713 Section 1713. 121.58 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,139,11 121.58 (2) (a) 4. For each pupil so transported whose residence is more than 12 miles from the school attended, $300 $365 per school year in the 2016-17 2018-19 school year and $365 $375 per school year thereafter.

AB56-SA3,1714 Section 1714. 121.58 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,140,3 121.58 (4) State aid for summer class transportation. Annually on or before October 1 of the year in which transportation is provided under s. 118.50 (3) (b) or 121.54 (4), or under s. 121.54 (10) if the transportation is provided by the nonresident school district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51 or 121.84 (4), the school district clerk shall file with the department a report, containing such information as the department requires, on transportation provided by the school board to and from summer classes. Upon receipt of such report and if the summer classes meet the requirements of s. 121.14 (1) (a) 1. or 2., state aid shall be paid for such transportation. A school district which that provides such transportation shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $10 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is at least 2 miles and not more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, and $20 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended , if the pupil is transported 30 days or more. The state aid shall be reduced proportionately if the pupil is transported less than 30 days.

AB56-SA3,1715 Section 1715. 121.59 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,140,6 121.59 (2) (intro.) Annually the department shall , subject to sub. (3), pay to each eligible school district the amount determined as follows:

AB56-SA3,1716 Section 1716. 121.59 (2m) (a) (intro.), 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 121.59 (2m) (intro.), (am) and (bm), and 121.59 (2m) (intro.) and (bm), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB56-SA3,140,15 121.59 (2m) (intro.) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and in any school year thereafter, if a If an eligible school district was eligible to receive aid under sub. (2) in the immediately preceding school year but is ineligible to receive aid in the current school year because the number under sub. (2) (d) is not a positive number, the state superintendent shall, subject to par. (b) sub. (3), pay to that eligible school district the amount determined as follows:

AB56-SA3,140,16 (bm) Multiply the amount under subd. 1. par. (am) by 0.5.

AB56-SA3,1717 Section 1717. 121.59 (2m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1718 Section 1718. 121.59 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,140,23 121.59 (3) Aid under this section shall be is paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cq). If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cq) is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under subs. (2) and (2m), the state superintendent shall prorate the payments among the eligible school districts entitled to receive aid under this section.

AB56-SA3,1719 Section 1719. 121.84 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,141,5 121.84 (4) (b) If a pupil attends school in a school district outside the pupil's school district of residence under par. (a), s. 118.51 (12) (b), (14), (16), and (17) apply to the pupil as if the pupil were attending school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.51. If the pupil is rejected as a result of s. 118.51 (12) (b), s. 118.51 (9) applies.

AB56-SA3,1720 Section 1720. 121.90 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,141,9 121.90 (2) (am) 1. Aid under ss. 121.08, 121.09, 121.10, 121.105, and 121.136 and subch. VI, as calculated for the current school year on October 15 under s. 121.15 (4) and including adjustments made under s. 121.15 (4).

AB56-SA3,1721 Section 1721. 121.90 (2) (am) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1722 Section 1722. 121.905 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.905 (1) and amended to read:

AB56-SA3,141,17 121.905 (1) Except as provided in par. (b), in In this section, “revenue ceiling" means $9,100 in the 2017-18 school year, $9,400 in the 2018-19 school year, $9,500 $9,700 in the 2019-20 school year, $9,600 and $10,000 in the 2020-21 school year , $9,700 in the 2021-22 school year, and $9,800 in the 2022-23 school year and in any subsequent each school year thereafter.

AB56-SA3,1723 Section 1723. 121.905 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB56-SA3,1724 Section 1724. 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,141,22 121.905 (3) (c) 6. For the limit for the 2015-16 , 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school year or any school year thereafter years, make no adjustment to the result under par. (b).

AB56-SA3,1725 Section 1725. 121.905 (3) (c) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,141,25 121.905 (3) (c) 7. For the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $200 to the result under par. (b).

AB56-SA3,1726 Section 1726. 121.905 (3) (c) 8. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,142,3 121.905 (3) (c) 8. For the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $204 to the result under par. (b).

AB56-SA3,1727 Section 1727. 121.905 (3) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,142,6 121.905 (3) (c) 9. For the limit for the 2021-22 school year and any school year thereafter, add the result under s. 121.91 (2m) (k) 2. to the result under par. (b).

AB56-SA3,1728 Section 1728. 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB56-SA3,142,11 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school year or for any school year thereafter years to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB56-SA3,1729 Section 1729. 121.91 (2m) (im) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,142,15 121.91 (2m) (im) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2019-20 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB56-SA3,142,19 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

AB56-SA3,142,20 2. Add $200 to the result under subd. 1.

AB56-SA3,142,22 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.

AB56-SA3,1730 Section 1730. 121.91 (2m) (j) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,143,3 121.91 (2m) (j) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2020-21 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB56-SA3,143,7 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

AB56-SA3,143,8 2. Add $204 to the result under subd. 1.

AB56-SA3,143,10 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.

AB56-SA3,1731 Section 1731. 121.91 (2m) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

AB56-SA3,143,14 121.91 (2m) (k) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2021-22 school year or for any school year thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB56-SA3,143,18 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

AB56-SA3,143,21 2. Multiply the amount of the revenue increase per pupil allowed under this subsection for the previous school year by the sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal.