AB1079: Bill Text

AB1079,72 Section 72. 118.40 (2r) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1079,73 Section 73. 118.40 (2r) (fm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,29,3 118.40 (2r) (fm) 1. (intro.) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, in addition to the payment under par. (e) and subject to subd. 3., for a pupil attending summer school at a charter school established by or under a contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. a. to f., the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school, in the manner described in par. (e) 3m., an amount determined as follows:

AB1079,74 Section 74. 118.40 (2r) (fm) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB1079,75 Section 75. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,29,9 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. a. Determine the number of pupils residing in the school district for whom a payment is made under par. (e) to an operator of a charter school established under contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. e., eg., or f. to h. in that school year.

AB1079,76 Section 76. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. bf. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,29,13 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. bf. Identify the pupils residing in the school district for whom a payment is made under par. (fm) to an operator of a charter school established under contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. e. or f. to h. in that school year.

AB1079,77 Section 77. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. c. to dn. of the statutes are repealed.

AB1079,78 Section 78. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,29,17 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. e. Sum the amounts determined under subd. 1. b., and bn. , d., and dn.

AB1079,79 Section 79. 118.55 (7g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,30,5 118.55 (7g) Transportation. The parent or guardian of a pupil who is attending an institution of higher education or technical college under this section and is taking a course for high school credit may apply to the state superintendent for reimbursement of the cost of transporting the pupil between the high school or participating private school in which the pupil is enrolled and the institution of higher education or technical college that the pupil is attending if the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian are unable to pay the cost of such transportation. The state superintendent shall determine the reimbursement amount and shall pay the amount from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cy) (cx). The state superintendent shall give preference under this subsection to those pupils who satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).

AB1079,80 Section 80. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,30,19 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 115.457, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program.

AB1079,81 Section 81. 121.07 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,30,24 121.07 (2) (d) The number of pupils residing in the school district in the previous school year for whom a payment was made under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) to an operator of a charter school established under contract with an entity under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. e., eg., or f. to h. in the previous school year.

AB1079,82 Section 82. 121.07 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,31,3 121.07 (2) (e) The number of pupils residing in the school district in the previous school year for whom a payment was made under s. 118.40 (2r) (f), 2019 stats., in the previous school year.

AB1079,83 Section 83. 121.07 (2) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB1079,84 Section 84. 121.075 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,31,8 121.075 Two-thirds funding of partial school revenues; appropriation amount in odd fiscal years. (1) In this section:

AB1079,31,11 (a) “Partial school revenues" means the sum of state school aids, property taxes levied for school districts, and aid paid to school districts under ss. 79.095 (4) and 79.096 (4), less all of the following:

AB1079,31,14 1. 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.

AB1079,31,15 2. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 3.

AB1079,31,16 3. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (h).

AB1079,31,17 4. The amount of any property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19).

AB1079,31,20 5. 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.

AB1079,31,22 6. The amount by which the property tax levy for debt service on debt that has been approved by a referendum exceeds $490,000,000.

AB1079,31,23 (b) “State school aids" means all of the following:

AB1079,31,25 1. The amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (b) and (2), other than s. 20.255 (2) (aw), (az), (bb), (fm), (fp), (fq), (fr), (fs), (fu), (fv), (k), and (m).

AB1079,32,1 2. The amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (es).

AB1079,32,5 3. 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).

AB1079,32,10 (2) By May 15, 2022, 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.

AB1079,32,13 (3) By June 30, 2022, 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.

AB1079,85 Section 85. 121.59 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,32,16 121.59 (2) (intro.) Annually the department shall , subject to sub. (3), pay to each eligible school district the amount determined as follows:

AB1079,86 Section 86. 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:

AB1079,32,25 121.59 (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:

AB1079,33,1 (bm) Multiply the amount under subd. 1. par. (am) by 0.5.

AB1079,87 Section 87. 121.59 (2m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1079,88 Section 88. 121.59 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,33,8 121.59 (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.

AB1079,89 Section 89. 121.90 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,33,12 121.90 (1) (h) In determining a school district's revenue limit for the 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 school years, the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the 2020-21 school year is the sum of the following:

AB1079,33,13 1. The greater of the following:

AB1079,33,14 a. Forty percent of the summer enrollment in the 2019-20 school year.

AB1079,33,15 b. Forty percent of the summer enrollment in the 2020-21 school year.

AB1079,33,16 2. The greater of the following:

AB1079,33,18 a. The number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the 2019-20 school year, as determined without the exceptions provided in par. (dr).

AB1079,33,20 b. The number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the 2020-21 school year, as determined without the exceptions provided in par. (dr).

AB1079,90 Section 90. 121.905 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,34,2 121.905 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in this section, “revenue ceiling" means $9,100 in the 2017-18 school year, $9,400 in the 2018-19 school year, $9,500 in the 2019-20 school year, $9,600 in the 2020-21 school year, $9,700 $10,250 in the 2021-22 school year, and $9,800 $10,500 in the 2022-23 school year and in any subsequent school year.

AB1079,91 Section 91. 121.905 (1) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are repealed.

AB1079,92 Section 92. 121.905 (1) (b) 6. and 7. of the statutes are repealed.

AB1079,93 Section 93. 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,34,8 121.905 (3) (c) 6. For the limit for each of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years, for the 2021-22 school year, and for any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under par. (b).

AB1079,94 Section 94. 121.905 (3) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,34,11 121.905 (3) (c) 9. For the limit for the 2021-22 school year, add $200 to the result under par. (b).

AB1079,95 Section 95. 121.905 (3) (c) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,34,14 121.905 (3) (c) 10. For the limit for the 2022-23 school year, add $204 to the result under par. (b).

AB1079,96 Section 96. 121.905 (3) (c) 11. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,34,17 121.905 (3) (c) 11. For the limit for the 2023-24 school year and any school year thereafter, add the result under s. 121.91 (2m) (L) 2. to the result under par. (b).

AB1079,97 Section 97. 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,34,22 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for any of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school year or for any school year thereafter years to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB1079,98 Section 98. 121.91 (2m) (im) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,35,3 121.91 (2m) (im) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (i) and except Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), a school district cannot increase its revenues for the 2019-20 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB1079,99 Section 99. 121.91 (2m) (j) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,35,7 121.91 (2m) (j) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (i) and except Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), a school district cannot increase its revenues for the 2020-21 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB1079,100 Section 100. 121.91 (2m) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,35,11 121.91 (2m) (k) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2021-22 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB1079,35,15 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.

AB1079,35,16 2. Add $200 to the result under subd. 1.

AB1079,35,18 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.

AB1079,101 Section 101. 121.91 (2m) (km) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,35,22 121.91 (2m) (km) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2022-23 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB1079,36,2 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.

AB1079,36,3 2. Add $204 to the result under subd. 1.

AB1079,36,5 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.

AB1079,102 Section 102. 121.91 (2m) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,36,9 121.91 (2m) (L) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2023-24 school year or for any school year thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB1079,36,13 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.

AB1079,36,16 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.

AB1079,36,17 3. Add the result under subd. 1. to the result under subd. 2.

AB1079,36,19 4. Multiply the result under subd. 3. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current and the 2 preceding school years.

AB1079,103 Section 103. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,36,24 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) Notwithstanding pars. (i) (k) to (j) (L), if a school district is created under s. 117.105, its revenue limit under this section for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization shall be determined as follows except as provided under subs. (3) and (4):

AB1079,104 Section 104. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,37,11 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. Add an amount equal to the amount of revenue increase per pupil allowed under this subsection for the previous school year multiplied by the sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal to the result under subd. 1. a., except that in calculating the limit for the 2013-14 school year and the 2014-15 school year, add $75 to the result under subd. 1. a., in calculating the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $175 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in calculating the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $179 to the result under subd. 1. a. In the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years, the 2021-22 school year, and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment the 2021-22 school year, add $200 to the result under subd. 1. a., in calculating the limit for the 2022-23 school year, add $204 to the result under subd. 1. a.