Amendment AA7-SB70

2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 7, TO SENATE BILL 70

June 29, 2023 - Offered by Representatives Shelton, Bare, Joers, Andraca, C. Anderson, Vining, Madison, Clancy, Haywood, Subeck, Sinicki, J. Anderson, Hong, Neubauer, Emerson, Jacobson, Ohnstad, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Conley, Snodgrass, Cabrera, Drake, Baldeh, Considine, Moore Omokunde, Billings, Goyke, Stubbs, Myers, Ortiz-Velez, Riemer and Shankland.

SB70-AA7,1,2 At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by senate substitute amendment 2, as follows:

SB70-AA7,1,4 1. Page 58, line 16: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $1,425,300 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $2,921,800.

SB70-AA7,1,7 2. Page 59, line 2: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $5,000,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $5,000,000 for the purpose of the nurse educator program.

SB70-AA7,1,9 3. Page 59, line 19: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $3,094,800 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $6,344,300.

SB70-AA7,1,11 4. Page 59, line 21: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $1,148,600 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $2,354,700.

SB70-AA7,2,2 5. Page 60, line 20: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $24,100 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $49,400.

SB70-AA7,2,13 6. Page 65, line 3: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $330,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $428,700 to increase the authorized FTE positions by 4.0 GPR positions as follows: one school administration consultant to assist with the implementation of the school financial data tool and calculating state general aids and revenue limits; one school administration consultant to support the parental education options team; one education consultant whose responsibilities include providing school districts with grant writing workshops and supporting new programs; and one information technology management consultant in the Division of Libraries and Technology to develop and implement a comprehensive cybersecurity plan for critical infrastructure, data, systems, and user accounts.

SB70-AA7,2,19 7. Page 65, line 3: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $74,900 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $96,200 to increase the authorized FTE positions by 1.0 GPR position to establish an agency equity officer responsible for collaborating with the chief equity officer in the department of administration and with other agency equity officers to identify opportunities to advance equity in government operations.

SB70-AA7,2,22 8. Page 65, line 8: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $41,100 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $41,100 to increase funding for agency supplies and services.

SB70-AA7,3,3 9. Page 65, line 22: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $48,700 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $48,700 to increase funding for agency supplies and services.

SB70-AA7,3,5 10. Page 66, line 4: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $322,500 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $381,500.

SB70-AA7,3,7 11. Page 66, line 6: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $580,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $580,000.

SB70-AA7,3,8 12. Page 67, line 14: delete lines 12 to 14 and substitute: - See PDF for table

SB70-AA7,3,11 13. Page 69, line 14: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $491,388,600 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $517,890,000.

SB70-AA7,3,13 14. Page 69, line 16: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $1,592,800 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $5,936,800.

SB70-AA7,3,15 15. Page 70, line 8: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $4,326,800 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $4,663,000.

SB70-AA7,3,17 16. Page 70, line 14: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $4,560,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $4,560,000.

SB70-AA7,3,18 17. Page 70, line 22: delete lines 22 and 23.

SB70-AA7,3,19 18. Page 71, line 5: delete lines 5 and 6.

SB70-AA7,3,20 19. Page 72, line 18: after that line insert: - See PDF for table

SB70-AA7,4,2 20. Page 73, line 2: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $742,500 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $742,500.

SB70-AA7,4,4 21. Page 73, line 19: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $1,000,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $2,000,000.

SB70-AA7,4,6 22. Page 74, line 6: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $5,000,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $5,000,000.

SB70-AA7,4,12 23. Page 74, line 13: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $250,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $250,000 to provide the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with funding to broaden the Institute's support for, and further technical contributions to, the state's forest and paper industries and for the Institute's ongoing operations.

SB70-AA7,4,17 24. Page 74, line 13: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $15,940,900 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $15,940,900 to increase the authorized FTE positions for the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System by 188.80 GPR positions to perform functions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

SB70-AA7,4,20 25. Page 74, line 13: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $22,100,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $44,300,000 for the purpose of general program operations.

SB70-AA7,5,4 26. Page 74, line 13: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $24,500,000 for the purpose of expanding the tuition promise initiative to all institutions in the University of Wisconsin System outside of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

SB70-AA7,5,5 27. Page 74, line 16: after that line insert: - See PDF for table

SB70-AA7,5,6 28. Page 74, line 16: after that line insert: - See PDF for table

SB70-AA7,5,7 29. Page 74, line 16: after that line insert: - See PDF for table

SB70-AA7,5,8 30. Page 75, line 2: after that line insert: - See PDF for table

SB70-AA7,5,9 31. Page 75, line 10: after that line insert: - See PDF for table

SB70-AA7,5,10 32. Page 284, line 13: delete “(13);" and substitute “(13) and (22n) to (24n);".

SB70-AA7,5,12 33. Page 340, line 20: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 341, line 18.

SB70-AA7,5,13 34. Page 343, line 10: delete that line.

SB70-AA7,6,2 35. Page 344, line 7: delete the material beginning with that line and ending on page 346, line 5, and substitute:

SB70-AA7,6,3 “ Section 1. 121.905 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA7,6,11 121.905 (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 in the 2021-22 school year, and $9,800 in the 2022-23 school year , $10,450 in the 2023-24 school year, $11,200 in the 2024-25 school year, and in the 2025-26 school year and any subsequent school year the amount under this paragraph 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.

SB70-AA7,2 Section 2. 121.905 (1) (b) 7. of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-AA7,3 Section 3. 121.905 (1) (b) 8. of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act 11, is repealed.

SB70-AA7,4 Section 4. 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA7,6,18 121.905 (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 the 2022-23 school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under par. (b).

SB70-AA7,5 Section 5. 121.905 (3) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA7,6,21 121.905 (3) (c) 9. For the limit for the 2023-24 school year, add $350 to the result under par. (b).

SB70-AA7,6 Section 6. 121.905 (3) (c) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA7,6,24 121.905 (3) (c) 10. For the limit for the 2024-25 school year, add $650 to the result under par. (b).

SB70-AA7,7 Section 7. 121.905 (3) (c) 11. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA7,7,3 121.905 (3) (c) 11. For the limit for the 2025-26 school year and any school year thereafter, add the result under s. 121.91 (2m) (L) 2. to the result under par. (b).

SB70-AA7,8 Section 8. 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA7,7,8 121.91 (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, the 2021-22 school year, or the 2022-23 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

SB70-AA7,9 Section 9. 121.91 (2m) (im) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA7,7,12 121.91 (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:

SB70-AA7,10 Section 10. 121.91 (2m) (j) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA7,7,16 121.91 (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:

SB70-AA7,11 Section 11. 121.91 (2m) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA7,7,20 121.91 (2m) (k) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2023-24 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

SB70-AA7,7,24 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.

SB70-AA7,7,25 2. Add $350 to the result under subd. 1.

SB70-AA7,8,2 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.

SB70-AA7,12 Section 12. 121.91 (2m) (km) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA7,8,6 121.91 (2m) (km) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2024-25 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

SB70-AA7,8,10 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.

SB70-AA7,8,11 2. Add $650 to the result under subd. 1.

SB70-AA7,8,13 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.

SB70-AA7,13 Section 13. 121.91 (2m) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-AA7,8,17 121.91 (2m) (L) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2025-26 school year or for any school year thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

SB70-AA7,8,21 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.

SB70-AA7,8,24 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.

SB70-AA7,8,25 3. Add the result under subd. 1. to the result under subd. 2.

SB70-AA7,9,2 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.

SB70-AA7,14 Section 14. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA7,9,7 121.91 (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):

SB70-AA7,15 Section 15. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA7,9,19 121.91 (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 2023-24 school year, add $350 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in calculating the limit for the 2024-25 school year, add $650 to the result under subd. 1. a.

SB70-AA7,16 Section 16. 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA7,9,24 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. (intro.) If a school district is created under s. 117.105, the following adjustments to the calculations under pars. (i) (k) to (j) (L) apply for the 2 school years beginning on the July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization:

SB70-AA7,17 Section 17. 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA7,10,8 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. a. For the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization the number of pupils in the previous school year shall be used under pars. (i) (k) 1., (im) (km) 1., and (j) (L) 1. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the 3 previous school years, and for the school year beginning on the 2nd July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization the average of the number of pupils in the 2 previous school years shall be used under pars. (i) (k) 1., (im) (km) 1., and (j) (L) 1. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the 3 previous school years.

SB70-AA7,18 Section 18. 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-AA7,10,14 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. b. For the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization the average of the number of pupils in the current and the previous school years shall be used under pars. (i) 2. (km) 3. and (j) 3 (L) 4. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the current and the 2 preceding school years.

SB70-AA7,19 Section 19. 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: