115.367 (1m) Grant amount. Beginning in the 2023-24 school year and in each school year thereafter, the department shall award a grant under this section to each school board and operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dt), in an amount determined as follows:
(a) Add the total number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s. 115.437 (1), in school districts statewide to the total number of pupils attending charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) statewide in the current school year.
(b) Divide the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s. 115.437 (1), in the school district or attending the charter school in the current school year by the sum under par. (a).
(c) Multiply the quotient under par. (b) by the total amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (dt) for the current school year.
19,391Section 391. 115.367 (2) of the statutes is repealed. 19,392Section 392. 115.367 (3) of the statutes is repealed. 19,393Section 393. 115.45 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 115.45 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dr), the department shall award grants to eligible teams selected from the applicants under par. (a). Grant funds awarded under this section may be applied only towards allowable expenses. The department cannot award more than $5,000 to an eligible team more than $6,000 in a school year.
Section 394. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. of the statutes is amended to read: 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a. Add the amounts appropriated in the current fiscal year under s. 20.255 (2), except s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (aw), (az), (bb), (dj), (du), (fm), (fp), (fq), (fr), (fu), (k), and (m); and 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).
19,395Section 395. 119.46 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 119.46 (1) As part of the budget transmitted annually to the common council under s. 119.16 (8) (b), the board shall report the amount of money required for the ensuing school year to operate all public schools in the city under this chapter, including the schools transferred to the superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33 and to the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. II, to repair and keep in order school buildings and equipment, including school buildings and equipment transferred to the superintendent of schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33 and to the opportunity schools and partnership program under subch. II, to make material improvements to school property, and to purchase necessary additions to school sites. The report shall specify the amount of net proceeds from the sale or lease of city-owned property used for school purposes deposited in the immediately preceding school year into the school operations fund as specified under s. 119.60 (2m) (c) or (5) and the net proceeds from the sale of an eligible school building deposited in the immediately preceding school year into the school operations fund as specified under s. 119.61 (5). The amount included in the report for the purpose of supporting the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program under s. 119.23 shall be reduced by the amount of aid received by the board under s. 121.136 and by the amount specified in the notice received by the board under s. 121.137 (2). The common council shall levy and collect a tax upon all the property subject to taxation in the city, which shall be equal to the amount of money required by the board for the purposes set forth in this subsection, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected. Such taxes shall be in addition to all other taxes which the city is authorized to levy. The taxes so levied and collected, any other funds provided by law and placed at the disposal of the city for the same purposes, and the moneys deposited in the school operations fund under ss. 119.60 (1), (2m) (c), and (5) and 119.61 (5) shall constitute the school operations fund. 19,396Section 396. 121.136 of the statutes is repealed. 19,397Section 397. 121.58 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 121.58 (2) (a) 4. For each pupil so transported whose residence is more than 12 miles from the school attended, $300 per school year in the 2016-17 school year and $365 for the 2020-21 school year. The amount for each the 2021-22 school year and the 2022-23 school year thereafter is $375. The amount for each school year thereafter is $400.
19,399gSection 399g. 121.59 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: 121.59 (2m) (b) The sum of all payments under par. (a) may not exceed $200,000 in any fiscal year. If in any school year the amount to which school districts are entitled under par. (a) exceeds $200,000, the state superintendent shall prorate the payments among the eligible school districts. This paragraph cannot apply after June 2023.
Section 400. 121.90 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 121.90 (2) (am) 1. Aid under ss. 121.08, 121.09, and 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). 19,401gSection 401g. 121.90 (2) (bm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 121.90 (2) (bm) 3. For the school district operating under ch. 119, aid received under s. 121.136.
19,402Section 402. 121.905 (3) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read: 121.905 (3) (c) 9. For the limit for the 2023-24 school year and the 2024-25 school year , add $325 to the result under par. (b). 19,403Section 403. 121.91 (2m) (j) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 121.91 (2m) (j) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (i) and except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), a school district cannot increase its revenues for the 2020-21 school year, the 2023-24 school year , and the 2024-25 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows: 19,404Section 404. 121.91 (2m) (j) 2m. of the statutes is created to read: 121.91 (2m) (j) 2m. In the 2023-24 school year and the 2024-25 school year , add $146. 19,405Section 405. 121.91 (2m) (j) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 121.91 (2m) (j) 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. or 2m., whichever is applicable, by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.
19,406Section 406. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read: 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., and in calculating the limit for the 2023-24 school year and the 2024-25 school year, add $325 to the result under subd. 1. a. In the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years, the 2021-22 school year, the 2022-23 school year, the 2025-26 school year, and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under subd. 1. a.
19,407Section 407. 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read: 121.91 (2m) (s) 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., and in calculating the limit for the 2023-24 school year and the 2024-25 school year, add $325 to the result under subd. 1. a. In the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years, the 2021-22 school year, the 2022-23 school year, the 2025-26 school year, and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under subd. 1. a.
19,408Section 408. 121.91 (2m) (t) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: 121.91 (2m) (t) 1. (intro.) If 2 or more school districts are consolidated under s. 117.08 or 117.09, in the 2019-20 school year, the consolidated school district’s revenue limit shall be determined as provided under par. (im), in the 2020-21 school year, 2023-24 school year , or 2024-25 school year , the consolidated school district’s revenue limit shall be determined as provided under par. (j), and in each school year thereafter, the consolidated school district’s revenue limit shall be determined as provided under par. (i), except as follows: 19,409Section 409. 139.32 (5) of the statutes is amended to read: 139.32 (5) Manufacturers, bonded direct marketers, and distributors who are authorized by the department to purchase tax stamps shall receive a discount of 0.8 percent of the tax paid on stamp purchases of 1.25 percent of the tax paid.
19,416Section 416. 146.616 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 146.616 (1) (a) “Allied health professional” means any individual who is a health care provider other than a physician, registered nurse, dentist, pharmacist, chiropractor, or podiatrist and who provides diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, or direct patient care and support services to the patient.
19,417Section 417. 146.63 (5) of the statutes is amended to read: 146.63 (5) Term of grants. The department may not distribute a grant under sub. (2) (a) for a term that is more than 5 years to a rural hospital or group of rural hospitals for a term that is more than 3 years.
19,418Section 418. 146.69 of the statutes is created to read: 146.69 Grants for the Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin. The department shall award a grant in an amount of $150,000 per fiscal year to the Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin.
19,419Section 419. 146.69 of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed. 19,420Section 420. 165.85 (5y) of the statutes is created to read: 165.85 (5y) Law enforcement training fund. The moneys credited to the appropriation accounts under s. 20.455 (2) (ja) and (q) constitute the law enforcement training fund.
19,421Section 421. 165.937 of the statutes is created to read: 165.937 Grants for protection of elders. (1) The department of justice shall award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (fw) to organizations that promote the protection of elders.
(2) The department of justice shall provide funds from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (fw) to support a statewide elder abuse hotline for persons to anonymously provide tips regarding suspected elder abuse.
19,422Section 422. 165.95 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: 165.95 (2) The department of justice shall make grants to counties and to tribes to enable them to establish and operate programs, including suspended and deferred prosecution programs and programs based on principles of restorative justice, that provide alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for criminal offenders who abuse alcohol or other drugs. The department of justice shall make the grants from the appropriations under s. 20.455 (2) (ek), (em), (jd), (kn), and (kv). The department of justice shall collaborate with the department of corrections and the department of health services in establishing this grant program.
Section 423. 165.986 (7) of the statutes is repealed. 19,424Section 424. 165.989 of the statutes is repealed. 19,425Section 425. 196.025 (6) (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 196.025 (6) (title) Police and fire protection 911 fee.
19,426Section 426. 196.025 (6) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: 196.025 (6) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a communications provider shall collect from each subscriber a monthly fee of $0.75 on each communications service connection with an assigned telephone number, including a communication service provided via a voice over Internet protocol connection. If a communications provider provides multiple communications service connections to a subscriber, the fee required to be collected by the communications provider under this subdivision shall be a separate fee on each of the first 10 connections and one additional fee for each 10 additional connections per billed account. A communications provider may list the fee separately from other charges on a subscriber’s bill, and if a communications provider does so, the communications provider shall identify the fee as “police and fire protection 911 fee,” or, if the communications provider combines the fee with a charge imposed under s. 256.35 (3), the communications provider shall identify the combined fee and charge as “charge for funding countywide 911 systems plus police and fire protection 911 fee.” Any partial payment of a fee by a subscriber shall first be applied to any amount the subscriber owes the communications provider for communications service.
19,427Section 427. 196.025 (6) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 196.025 (6) (b) 2. A communications provider that offers a prepaid wireless telecommunications plan, or a retailer that offers such a plan on behalf of a communications provider, shall collect from each subscriber or purchaser a fee equal to $0.38 on each retail transaction for such a plan that occurs in this state. A communications provider or retailer may state the amount of the fee separately on a bill for the retail transaction, and if a communications provider or retailer does so, the communications provider or retailer shall identify the fee as “police and fire protection 911 fee.”
19,428Section 428. 196.025 (6) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: 196.025 (6) (c) 3. The commission and department shall deposit all fees remitted under subds. 1. and 2. into the police and fire protection 911 fund.
19,429Section 429. 196.218 (5) (a) 12. of the statutes is repealed. Section 430. 230.08 (2) (e) 8. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: 230.08 (2) (e) 8. Natural resources — 9.
19,431Section 431. 230.08 (2) (fr) of the statutes is created to read: 230.08 (2) (fr) The director and staff of the legislative human resources office.
19,432Section 432. 234.18 (3) of the statutes is created to read: 234.18 (3) On the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the amount specified in sub. (1), including the increase specified in sub. (2), is increased by $200,000,000.
19,433Section 433. 238.08 of the statutes is renumbered 238.08 (intro.) and amended to read: 238.08 Records of the corporation. (intro.) All records of the corporation are open to the public as provided in s. 19.35 (1) except those records relating to pending the following:
(1) Pending grants, loans, or economic development projects that, in the opinion of the corporation, must remain confidential to protect the competitive nature of the grant, loan, or project.
19,434Section 434. 238.08 (2) of the statutes is created to read: 238.08 (2) Confidential tax information received from the department of revenue under s. 71.78.
19,435Section 435. 238.14 of the statutes is repealed. Section 436. 238.157 of the statutes is created to read: 238.157 Vibrant spaces grant program; prohibition. The corporation is prohibited from expending any moneys from the appropriation under s. 20.192 (1) (a) or (r) for a vibrant spaces grant program as constituted under the corporation’s policies and procedures on May 1, 2023, or any similar program.
19,437Section 437. 238.40 of the statutes is created to read: 238.40 Data centers. (1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) “Eligible data center costs” means expenditures made after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], for the development, acquisition, construction, renovation, expansion, replacement, or repair and the operation of a qualified data center in this state, including costs of tangible personal property and property under s. 77.52 (1) (c), as specified in s. 77.54 (70), land, buildings, site improvements, modular data centers, computer data center equipment acquisition and permitting, lease payments, site characterization and assessment, engineering, and design used at a qualified data center in this state.
(b) “Qualified data center” means one or more buildings or an array of connected buildings owned, leased, or operated by the same business entity, as defined in s. 13.62 (5), or its affiliate and for which all of the following apply:
1. The buildings are rehabilitated or constructed to house a group of networked server computers in one physical location or multiple locations in order to centralize the processing, storage, management, retrieval, communication, or dissemination of data and information.
2. The buildings create a minimum qualified investment in this state of any of the following amounts within 5 years from the date on which the corporation certifies the data center as eligible to claim the exemption under s. 77.54 (70):
a. For buildings located in a county having a population greater than 100,000, $150,000,000.
b. For buildings located in a county having a population greater than 50,000 and not more than 100,000, $100,000,000.
c. For buildings in a county having a population of not more than 50,000, $50,000,000.
d. For buildings located in more than one county, the amount provided under subd. 2. a., b., or c. for the most populous county in which the buildings are located.
(c) “Qualified investment” means the aggregate, non-duplicative eligible data center costs expended at a qualified data center by an owner, operator, or tenant, or an affiliate of an owner, operator, or tenant, of the qualified data center.
(2) Certification. (a) The corporation shall certify a qualified data center for purposes of the sales and use tax exemption under s. 77.54 (70). The certification shall include a description of the geographic location or locations and buildings of the qualified data center and an identification of the business entity specified in sub. (1) (b). The corporation shall contract with that business entity and shall, upon request, amend the certification and contract to include one or more additional locations and buildings of the qualified data center.
(b) If the corporation certifies a qualified data center for purposes of the sales and use tax exemption under s. 77.54 (70) and the data center fails to satisfy sub. (1) (b) 2., the corporation shall revoke the certification. The contract between the corporation and the business entity shall include recapture provisions. The corporation may grant an extension of time within which the qualified data center may avoid revocation by satisfying the applicable qualified investment requirement under sub. (1) (b) 2.
