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AB56-SA3,147,82 121.91 (2m) (t) 1. (intro.) If 2 or more school districts are consolidated under
3s. 117.08 or 117.09, except as follows, in the 2013-14 school year and the 2014-15
42019-20 school year, the consolidated school district's revenue limit shall be
5determined as provided under par. (hm), and (im), in the 2015-16 2020-21 school
6year, the consolidated school district's revenue limit shall be determined as provided
7under par. (j),
and in each school year thereafter, the consolidated school district's
8revenue limit shall be determined as provided under par. (i) (k), except as follows:
AB56-SA3,1743 9Section 1743. 121.91 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,148,210 121.91 (3) (a) 1. If a school board wishes to exceed the limit under sub. (2m)
11otherwise applicable to the school district in any school year, it shall promptly adopt
12a resolution supporting inclusion in the final school district budget of an amount
13equal to the proposed excess revenue. The resolution shall specify whether the
14proposed excess revenue is for a recurring or nonrecurring purpose, or, if the
15proposed excess revenue is for both recurring and nonrecurring purposes, the
16amount of the proposed excess revenue for each purpose. The resolution shall be filed
17as provided in s. 8.37. Within 10 days after adopting the resolution, the school board
18shall notify the department that it will schedule a referendum for the purpose of
19submitting the resolution to the electors of the school district for approval or rejection
20and shall submit a copy of the resolution to the department. Except as provided in
21subd. 2., the school board shall schedule the referendum to be held at the next
22regularly scheduled spring primary or election or partisan primary or general
23election, provided such election is to be held not sooner than 70 days after the filing
24of the resolution of the school board. A school board may proceed under this
25subdivision and under s. 67.05 (6a) 2. a. no more than 2 times in any calendar year.


1The school district clerk shall certify the results of the referendum to the department
2within 10 days after the referendum is held.
AB56-SA3,1744 3Section 1744. 121.91 (4) (om) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56-SA3,148,184 121.91 (4) (om) 1. Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, if a school board adopts
5a resolution to do so, the limit otherwise applicable to a school district under sub.
6(2m) in any school year is increased by the amount spent by the school district in that
7school year on a project, including the payment of debt service on a bond or note
8issued or a state trust fund loan obtained to finance the project, to remediate lead
9contamination in drinking water in the school district. In this paragraph, the
10amount spent by the school district includes costs incurred by the school district to
11test for the presence of lead in drinking water, to provide safe drinking water to
12affected school buildings during remediation, and, if necessary, to replace lead pipe
13water service lines to school buildings in the school district. The term of a bond or
14note issued or state trust fund loan obtained to finance the project under this
15subdivision may not exceed 20 years. If a school board issues a bond or note or obtains
16a state trust fund loan to finance a project described in this subdivision, a resolution
17adopted by a school board under this subdivision is valid for each school year in which
18the school board pays debt service on the bond, note, or state trust fund loan.
AB56-SA3,148,2119 2. Any additional revenue received by a school district under this paragraph
20shall not be included in the base for determining the school district's limit under sub.
21(2m) for the following school year.
AB56-SA3,1745 22Section 1745. 121.91 (4) (p) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,149,223 121.91 (4) (p) 1. The limit otherwise applicable to a school district under sub.
24(2m) in any school year is increased by the amount of any reduction to that school
25district's state aid payment made under s. 118.51 (16) (b) 2. and (c) or (17) (c) 2. or

1(cm) 2.
in the previous school year for a pupil who was not included in the calculation
2of the number of pupils enrolled in that school district in the previous school year.”.
AB56-SA3,149,3 352. Page 428, line 18: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,149,4 4 Section 1769. 146.89 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,149,105 146.89 (1) (d) 2. A private school, as defined in s. 115.001 (3r), that participates
6in the choice program under s. 118.60 or the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
7under s. 119.23 or that, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3)
8(c), is responsible for the operation and general management of a school transferred
9to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch.
10115, or subch. II of ch. 119
.
AB56-SA3,1770 11Section 1770. 146.89 (1) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,149,1412 146.89 (1) (g) 1. A public elementary school , including an elementary school
13transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33,
14subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119
.”.
AB56-SA3,149,15 1553. Page 429, line 3: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,149,16 16 Section 1785. 165.28 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (intro.).
AB56-SA3,1786 17Section 1786. 165.28 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (1) and amended
18to read:
AB56-SA3,149,2419 115.94 (1) In conjunction with the department of public instruction justice,
20create model practices for school safety. The department of public instruction justice
21shall provide any resources or staff requested by the office to create the model
22practices. The office shall also consult the Wisconsin School Safety Coordinators
23Association and the Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools Training and Technical
24Assistance Center when creating the model practices.
AB56-SA3,1787
1Section 1787. 165.28 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.94 (2).
AB56-SA3,1788 2Section 1788. 165.28 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 165.25 (20) and
3amended to read:
AB56-SA3,150,94 165.25 (20) Training on school safety. Offer, or contract with another party
5to offer, training to school staff on school safety. Training subjects may include
6trauma informed care and how adverse childhood experiences have an impact on a
7child's development and increase needs for counseling or support. If a school receives
8under s. 165.88 115.945 (2) (b) a grant for the training under this subsection, the
9office department may charge a fee for the training.
AB56-SA3,1792 10Section 1792. 165.88 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (title).
AB56-SA3,1793 11Section 1793. 165.88 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated,
12renumbered 115.945 (1) and amended to read:
AB56-SA3,150,1513 115.945 (1) Definitions Definition. In this section : (a) “Independent,
14“independent
charter school” means a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r)
15or (2x).
AB56-SA3,1794 16Section 1794. 165.88 (1) (b), (c) and (d) of the statutes are repealed.
AB56-SA3,1795 17Section 1795. 165.88 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (2), and
18115.945 (2) (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB56-SA3,150,2319 115.945 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 20.255 (2) (f), the
20department of justice shall award grants for expenditures related to improving
21school safety. The department shall accept applications for a grant under this
22subsection from school boards, operators of independent charter schools, governing
23bodies of private schools, and tribal schools.
AB56-SA3,151,824 (b) The department of justice, in consultation with the department of public
25instruction
justice, shall develop a plan for use in awarding grants under this

1subsection. The department of justice shall include in the plan a description of what
2types of expenditures are eligible to be funded by grant proceeds. Eligible
3expenditures shall include expenditures to comply with the model practices created
4in s. 165.28 115.94 (1); expenditures for training under s. 165.28 (3) 165.25 (20);
5expenditures for safety-related upgrades to school buildings, equipment, and
6facilities; and expenditures necessary to comply with s. 118.07 (4) (cf).
7Notwithstanding s. 227.10 (1), the plan need not be promulgated as rules under ch.
8227.
AB56-SA3,1796 9Section 1796. 165.88 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (3).
AB56-SA3,1797 10Section 1797. 165.88 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 115.945 (4) and
11amended to read:
AB56-SA3,151,1412 115.945 (4) Report. The department of justice shall submit an annual report
13to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the
14grants awarded under sub. (2) and the expenditures made with the grant moneys.”.
AB56-SA3,151,15 1554. Page 431, line 12: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,151,16 16 Section 1855. 230.08 (2) (wc) of the statutes is repealed.”.
AB56-SA3,151,17 1754m. Page 454, line 2: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,151,18 18 Section 2013d. 343.50 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,152,219 343.50 (1) (c) 1. The department may issue a receipt to any applicant for an
20identification card, and shall issue a receipt to an applicant requesting an
21identification card under sub. (5) (a) 3., which receipt shall constitute a temporary
22identification card while the application is being processed and shall be valid for a
23period not to exceed 60 180 days. If the application for an identification card is

1processed under the exception specified in s. 343.165 (7) or (8), the receipt shall
2include the marking specified in sub. (3) (b).”.
AB56-SA3,152,3 355. Page 459, line 11: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,152,4 4 Section 2179. 938.49 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56-SA3,152,105 938.49 (2) (b) Notify the juvenile's last school district or, if the juvenile was last
6enrolled in a private school participating in the program under s. 118.60 or in the
7program under s. 119.23 or, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002
8(3) (c), in a school under the operation and general management of the governing
9body of a private school
, the private school or the governing body of a private school,
10in writing of its obligation under s. 118.125 (4).”.
AB56-SA3,152,11 1156. Page 492, line 22: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,152,12 12“(1 ) Transfer of office of school safety.
AB56-SA3,152,1613 (a) Tangible personal property. On the effective date of this paragraph, all
14tangible personal property of the department of justice that is primarily related to
15the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of
16public instruction, is transferred to the department of public instruction.
AB56-SA3,152,2317 (b) Contracts. All contracts entered into by the department of justice in effect
18on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the duties of the
19office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public
20instruction, remain in effect and are transferred to the department of public
21instruction. The department of public instruction shall carry out any obligations
22under those contracts unless modified or rescinded by the department of public
23instruction to the extent allowed under the contract.
AB56-SA3,153,9
1(c) Rules and orders. All rules promulgated by the department of justice in
2effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to the duties
3of the office of school safety, as determined by the state superintendent of public
4instruction, remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended
5or repealed by the department of public instruction. All orders issued by the
6department of justice in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are
7primarily related to the duties of the office of school safety, as determined by the state
8superintendent of public instruction, remain in effect until their specified expiration
9dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of public instruction.” .
AB56-SA3,153,10 1057. Page 494, line 7: delete lines 7 to 25 and substitute:
AB56-SA3,153,11 11“(1) Secondary guarantee.
AB56-SA3,153,1512 (a) Notwithstanding s. 121.07 (7) (b), for the purpose of setting the secondary
13guaranteed valuation per member in the 2019-2020 school year, the department of
14public instruction shall treat the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) as if
15$75,000,000 were appropriated in the 2018-19 fiscal year.
AB56-SA3,153,1916 (b) Notwithstanding s. 121.07 (7) (b), for the purpose of setting the secondary
17guaranteed valuation per member in the 2020-21 school year, the department of
18public instruction shall treat the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) as if an
19additional $1,090,000,000 were appropriated in the 2020-21 fiscal year.
AB56-SA3,154,420 (2) After-school program grants; emergency rules. The department of public
21instruction may promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24 to implement and
22administer s. 115.446. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules
23promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until July 1, 2020, or the date on
24which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24

1(1) (a) and (3), the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating
2a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation
3of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding
4of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
AB56-SA3,154,165 (3) Special needs scholarship payments based on actual costs; 2019-20 school
6year.
If before the effective date of this subsection, the department of public
7instruction made a scholarship payment to a private school for a child with a
8disability the amount of which is based on a financial statement submitted to the
9department under s. 115.7915 (4c), 2017 stats., the department of public instruction
10shall consider the amount paid to the private school as an installment payment of
11the amount for the 2019-20 school year under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 4. The department
12of public instruction shall adjust the remaining installment payments under s.
13115.7915 (4m) (b) to ensure that the private school receives the total scholarship
14amount for the 2019-20 school year under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 4. for the child with
15a disability for whom the private school submitted a financial statement under s.
16115.7915 (4c), 2017 stats., in the 2018-19 school year.”.
AB56-SA3,154,17 1758. Page 498, line 8: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,154,21 18“(2i) Student success and attainment. From the appropriation under s. 20.285
19(1) (a), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall allocate
20$20,000,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 to advance
21student success and attainment.”.
AB56-SA3,154,22 2259. Page 499, line 21: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,154,23 23(1p) Student loan refinancing study committee.
AB56-SA3,155,4
1(a) There is created the student loan refinancing study committee to study the
2creation and administration of a bonding authority for the refinancing of student
3loans in this state in order to ease the burden of student loan debt for this state's
4residents.
AB56-SA3,155,6 5(b) The student loan refinancing study committee shall consist of the following
6members:
AB56-SA3,155,7 71. The secretary of financial institutions.
AB56-SA3,155,8 82. The state treasurer.
AB56-SA3,155,9 93. The executive secretary of the higher educational aids board.
AB56-SA3,155,13 10(c) No later than October 1, 2020, the student loan refinancing study committee
11shall submit to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature,
12for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), a report
13that includes all of the following:
AB56-SA3,155,15 141. Recommendations regarding the corporate and legal structure of the
15refinancing entity, including governance.
AB56-SA3,155,19 162. A profile of the loan portfolio, projected start-up and operational costs,
17estimated staffing needs, underwriting requirements, and other information
18pertinent to the creation of a refinancing entity that can offer interest rate savings
19to this state's student loan debtors.
AB56-SA3,155,22 203. An assessment of the feasibility of and options for offering protections to
21borrowers refinancing student debt through the refinancing entity that are similar
22to the protections under federal student loan programs.
AB56-SA3,155,25 23(d) The department of financial institutions shall pay the administrative
24expenses of the student loan refinancing study committee, not exceeding a total of
25$50,000, from the appropriation account under s. 20.144 (1) (g).
AB56-SA3,156,2
1(e) The student loan refinancing study committee terminates upon the
2submission of the report under par. (c).”.
AB56-SA3,156,3 360. Page 504, line 23: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,156,6 4“(1c) WRS teacher annuitants. This act first applies to participants under the
5Wisconsin Retirement System who terminate employment on the effective date of
6this subsection.”.
AB56-SA3,156,7 761. Page 505, line 12: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,156,10 8“(1) Minority teacher loan program; sunset. The treatment of s. 39.40 (5) first
9applies to loan applications received by the higher educational aids board on the
10effective date of this subsection.”.
AB56-SA3,156,11 1162. Page 506, line 4: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,156,16 12“(1) State aid. The treatment of ss. 20.255 (2) (ac), 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. and 2.,
13121.07 (6) (d), and 121.105 (1), (2) (am) 1. and 2. (intro.), and (5), the renumbering
14and amendment of s. 121.07 (8), and the creation of s. 121.07 (8) (a) and (b) first apply
15to the distribution of school aid in, and the calculation of revenue limits for, the
162020-21 school year.
AB56-SA3,156,1917 (2) High-cost transportation aid. The treatment of s. 121.59 (2) (intro.), (2m)
18(a) (intro.), 1., and 2. and (b), and (3) first applies to aid paid in the 2019-20 school
19year.
AB56-SA3,156,2120 (3) State aid for summer class transportation. The treatment of s. 121.58 (4)
21first applies to state aid for transportation paid in the 2019-20 school year.
AB56-SA3,157,222 (4) Parental choice programs; program caps. The treatment of ss. 118.60 (3)
23(am) and (ar) (intro.) and 5. and 119.23 (3) (ar), the renumbering and amendment of
24s. 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. and 4., and the creation of s. 118.60 (3) (ar) 3. a. and b. and 4. a.

1and b. first apply to an application to attend in a private school under s. 118.60 or
2119.23 in the 2020-21 school year.
AB56-SA3,157,73 (5) Parental choice programs; transferring applicants between programs.
4The treatment of ss. 118.60 (4v) (b), (c), and (d) and 119.23 (4v) (b), (c), (d), and (e) first
5applies to counting pupils for the pupil participation limits under s. 118.60 (2) (be)
6and the program caps under ss. 118.60 (2) (bh) 2. a. and b. and 119.23 (2) (b) for the
72020-21 school year.
AB56-SA3,157,118 (6) Grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure.
9The renumbering and amendment of s. 115.42 (1) and (2) (c) and the creation of s.
10115.42 (1c) and (2) (c) 1. b. and 2. first apply to grants awarded in the 2019-20 school
11year.
AB56-SA3,157,1312 (7) Summer school grant program. The treatment of s. 115.447 (2) (intro.) first
13applies to the 2019-20 school year.
AB56-SA3,157,1514 (8) Additional special education aid. The treatment of ss. 20.255 (2) (bd) and
15115.881 (2) and (3) first applies to aid paid in the 2019-20 school year.”.
AB56-SA3,157,16 1663. Page 507, line 12: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,157,19 17“(1i) Dentist loan assistance program. The treatment of s. 36.60 (2) (a) 2. and
18(4m) (intro.) first applies to dentists whose applications for the program under s.
1936.60 are received on the effective date of this subsection.”.
AB56-SA3,157,20 2064. Page 509, line 10: after that line insert:
AB56-SA3,158,2 21“(1) Office of school safety transfer. The treatment of ss. 15.253 (3), 20.455
22(2) (f) and (im), 20.923 (4) (c) 6., 115.28 (15) (a) and (b), 118.017 (1) (a), 119.04 (1) (by
23Section 1639 ), 165.28 (intro.), (1), (2), and (3), 165.88 (title), (1) (intro.), (a), (b), (c),
24and (d), (2), (3), and (4), and 230.08 (2) (wc), and subch. VIII (title) of ch. 115, the

1renumbering of subch. VII (title) of ch. 115, the creation of subch. VII (title) of ch. 115,
2and Section 9127 (1 ) of this act take effect on January 1, 2020.”.
AB56-SA3,158,4 365. Page 509, line 22: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
4with page 510, line 4, and substitute:
AB56-SA3,158,6 5“(1) Wisconsin reading corps. The treatment of s. 20.255 (3) (fr) takes effect
6on July 1, 2019.
AB56-SA3,158,87 (2) Sparsity aid. The treatment of s. 115.436 (2) (intro.), (b), and (c) and (3) (ac),
8(ag), and (b) takes effect on July 1, 2020.
AB56-SA3,158,109 (3) Personal electronic computing devices; grant program. The repeal of ss.
1020.255 (2) (aw) and 115.438 takes effect on July 1, 2020.
AB56-SA3,158,1211 (4) School performance improvement grants. The treatment of s. 20.255 (2)
12(dg) and the repeal of s. 115.387 take effect on July 1, 2020.
AB56-SA3,158,1413 (5) Supplemental special education aid. The treatment of ss. 20.255 (2) (be),
14115.881 (4), and 115.883 takes effect on July 1, 2020.
AB56-SA3,158,1615 (6) Teacher licensure in certain private schools. The treatment of s. 118.19
16(1), (1b), (1c) (b) (intro.), and (3) (b) takes effect on July 1, 2022.”.
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