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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
September 18, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives Hutton, Duchow, Gundrum,
Horlacher, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Murphy, Mursau,
Novak, Petryk, Quinn, Schraa, Spiros, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Dittrich and
Skowronski, cosponsored by Senators Olsen,
Marklein and L. Taylor.
Referred to Committee on Education.
AB461,1,4
1An Act to repeal 121.15 (1) (a) 1. and 121.15 (1) (a) 2. to 5.;
to renumber 121.15
2(1) (a) 6.;
to renumber and amend 121.15 (1) (a); and
to create 121.15 (1) (a)
32. to 6. of the statutes;
relating to: the timing of equalization aid payments to
4school districts.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Public Instruction pays equalization aid
to school districts for each school year in the following four installments: 15 percent
in September, 25 percent in December, 25 percent in March, and 35 percent in June.
This bill increases the percentage of equalization aid distributed in September by 2
points each school year, and decreases the percentage of equalization aid distributed
in June by 2 points each school year, until the 2023-24 school year, at which time the
amount of equalization aid distributed in both September and June will be 25
percent. The result is that equalization aid will be paid to school districts in four
equal installments beginning in the 2023-24 school year.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB461,1
1Section
1. 121.15 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.15 (1) (a) 1. and
2amended to read:
AB461,2,63
121.15
(1) (a) 1.
Each In the 2018-19 school year, each school district shall
4receive 15 percent of its total aid entitlement in September, 25 percent of its total aid
5entitlement in December, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in March
, and 35
6percent of its total aid entitlement in June.
AB461,2
7Section
2. 121.15 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act
8.... (this act), is repealed.
AB461,3
9Section
3. 121.15 (1) (a) 2. to 6. of the statutes are created to read:
AB461,2,1310
121.15
(1) (a) 2. In the 2019-20 school year, each school district shall receive
1117 percent of its total aid entitlement in September, 25 percent of its total aid
12entitlement in December, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in March, and 33
13percent of its total aid entitlement in June.
AB461,2,1714
3. In the 2020-21 school year, each school district shall receive 19 percent of
15its total aid entitlement in September, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in
16December, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in March, and 31 percent of its total
17aid entitlement in June.
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4. In the 2021-22 school year, each school district shall receive 21 percent of
19its total aid entitlement in September, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in
20December, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in March, and 29 percent of its total
21aid entitlement in June.
AB461,2,2522
5. In the 2022-23 school year, each school district shall receive 23 percent of
23its total aid entitlement in September, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in
24December, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in March, and 27 percent of its total
25aid entitlement in June.
AB461,3,4
16. In the 2023-24 school year and each school year thereafter, each school
2district shall receive 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in September, 25 percent
3of its total aid entitlement in December, 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in
4March, and 25 percent of its total aid entitlement in June.
AB461,4
5Section
4. 121.15 (1) (a) 2. to 5. of the statutes, as created by 2019 Wisconsin
6Act .... (this act), are repealed.
AB461,5
7Section
5. 121.15 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes, as created by 2019 Wisconsin Act
8.... (this act), is renumbered 121.15 (1) (a).
AB461,6
9Section
6.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
10except as follows:
AB461,3,1211
(1)
The renumbering of s. 121.15 (1) (a) 6. and the repeal of s. 121.15 (1) (a) 1.
12to 5. take effect on July 1, 2024.
