AB68: Bill Text

AB68,1185,23 120.13 (2) (g) Every self-insured plan under par. (b) shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.728, 632.729, 632.746 (1) and (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (4) to (6), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (9) (8) to (17), 632.896, and 767.513 (4).

AB68,2163 Section 2163 . 120.13 (2) (g) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 2162, is amended to read:

AB68,1186,5 120.13 (2) (g) Every self-insured plan under par. (b) shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.728, 632.729, 632.746 (1) and (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.862, 632.867, 632.87 (4) to (6), 632.871, 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (8) to (17), 632.896, and 767.513 (4).

AB68,2164 Section 2164. 120.18 (1) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1186,21 120.18 (1) (gm) Payroll and related benefit costs for all school district employees in the previous school year. Payroll costs Costs for represented employees shall be based upon the costs of wages of any collective bargaining agreements covering such employees for the previous school year. If, as of the time specified by the department for filing the report, the school district has not entered into a collective bargaining agreement for any portion of the previous school year with the recognized or certified representative of any of its employees, increased costs of wages reflected in the report shall be equal to the maximum wage expenditure that is subject to collective bargaining under s. 111.70 (4) (mb) 2. for the employees limited to the lower of the school district's offer or the representative's offer. The school district shall amend the annual report to reflect any change in such costs as a result of any collective bargaining agreement entered into between the date of filing the report and October 1. Any such amendment shall be concurred in by the certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 certifying the school district audit.

AB68,2165 Section 2165. 120.18 (1) (o) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2166 Section 2166. 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1187,2 121.004 (7) (c) 1. a. A pupil enrolled in a 5-year-old kindergarten program that requires full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days a week, but not on any day of the week that pupils enrolled in other grades in the school do not attend school, for an entire school term shall be counted as one pupil.

AB68,2167 Section 2167. 121.004 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1187,6 121.004 (7) (c) 2. In subd. 1. a. and b., “full-day" means the length of the school day for pupils in the first grade of the school district operating the 4-year-old or 5-year-old kindergarten program.

AB68,2168 Section 2168. 121.004 (7) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1187,14 121.004 (7) (cm) A pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program, including a 4-year-old kindergarten program being phased in under s. 118.14 (3) (b), that provides the required number of hours of direct pupil instruction under s. 121.02 (1) (f) but requires less than full-day attendance by the pupil for 5 days a week shall be counted as 0.6 pupil if the program annually provides at least 87.5 additional hours of outreach activities. In this paragraph, “full-day” has the meaning given in par. (c) 2.

AB68,2169 Section 2169. 121.02 (1) (L) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1187,21 121.02 (1) (L) 4. Beginning September 1, 1991 2022, as part of the social studies curriculum, include instruction in the history, culture and, tribal sovereignty , and contemporary and historical significant events of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least twice once in the elementary grades kindergarten to 2, once in grades 3 to 5, and at least once twice in the high school grades 6 to 8.

AB68,2170 Section 2170 . 121.02 (1) (L) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1188,3 121.02 (1) (L) 4m. Beginning September 1, 2022, as part of the high school curriculum, include instruction in the culture, tribal sovereignty, and contemporary and historical significant events of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in this state at least once in each of the high school grades. In at least one high school grade, the school board shall include the instruction required under this subdivision in the social studies curriculum.

AB68,2171 Section 2171. 121.07 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1188,7 121.07 (2) Membership. (intro.) For the purposes of ss. 121.08, 121.09, 121.095, and 121.105, and 121.137, a school district's membership is the sum of all of the following:

AB68,2172 Section 2172. 121.07 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1188,12 121.07 (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.

AB68,2173 Section 2173. 121.07 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1188,16 121.07 (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.

AB68,2174 Section 2174. 121.07 (2) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB68,2175 Section 2175. 121.075 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1188,21 121.075 Two-thirds funding of partial school revenues; appropriation amount in odd fiscal years. (1) In this section:

AB68,1188,24 (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:

AB68,1189,3 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.

AB68,1189,4 2. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 3.

AB68,1189,5 3. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (h).

AB68,1189,6 4. The amount of any property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19).

AB68,1189,8 5. An amount equal to the amount estimated to be paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) multiplied by the applicable percentage in s. 121.08 (4) (b).

AB68,1189,10 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.

AB68,1189,11 (b) “State school aids" means all of the following:

AB68,1189,13 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).

AB68,1189,14 2. The amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (es).

AB68,1189,18 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).

AB68,1189,19 4. The amount appropriated under s. 20.437 (2) (eh).

AB68,1189,24 (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.

AB68,1190,3 (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.

AB68,2176 Section 2176. 121.08 (4) (b) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 121.08 (4) (b) and amended to read:

AB68,1190,15 121.08 (4) (b) The amount of state aid that the school district operating under ch. 119 is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) shall also be reduced by the amount calculated as follows: 1. Multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the 2009-10 school year by 41.6 percent, and multiply by multiplying the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the 2010-11 to 2012-13 school years by 38.4 percent. Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the current school year by a percentage determined by subtracting 3.2 percentage points from the percentage that was applied under this subdivision paragraph in the previous school year. This subdivision paragraph does not apply after the 2024-25 school year.

AB68,2177 Section 2177. 121.08 (4) (b) 2. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.

AB68,2178 Section 2178. 121.135 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1191,3 121.135 (2) (a) 1. “Additional general aid" means the amount determined by calculating the percentage of a school district's shared costs that would be paid under s. 121.08 if its membership included each pupil who is a resident of the school district or is attending the school district under s. 118.51 and solely enrolled in a special education program provided by a the county children with disabilities education board that includes the school district in its program under s. 115.817 (2) and the school district's shared costs were increased by the costs of the county children with disabilities education board program for all pupils participating in the county children with disabilities education board program who are residents of the school district or attending the school district under s. 118.51, and multiplying the costs of the county children with disabilities education board program by that percentage.

AB68,2179 Section 2179. 121.137 of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2180 Section 2180. 121.15 (1m) (a) (intro.) and 3. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 121.15 (1m) (a) and amended to read:

AB68,1191,12 121.15 (1m) (a) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (1g), a portion of state aid to school districts shall be distributed as follows: 3. Beginning beginning in the 1999-2000 school year and ending in the 2020-21 school year, annually the state shall pay distribute a portion of state aid to school districts by paying to school districts, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), $75,000,000 on the 4th Monday in July of the following school year.

AB68,2181 Section 2181. 121.41 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1191,21 121.41 Driver education programs; fees. A school board, operator of a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), cooperative educational service agency, or the technical college system board may establish and collect reasonable fees for any driver education program or part of a program which is neither required for nor credited toward graduation. The school board, operator of a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), cooperative educational service agency, or the technical college system board may waive any fee established under this subsection for any indigent pupil.

AB68,2182 Section 2182. 121.42 of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1191,23 121.42 Driver education programs; state aid. (1) In this section:

AB68,1192,3 (a) “Driver education program” means an instructional program in driver education approved by the department and operated by a qualified driver education provider or driver school.

AB68,1192,4 (b) “Driver school” has the meaning given in s. 343.60 (1).

AB68,1192,7 (c) “Eligible pupil” means a pupil who met the income eligibility standard for a free or reduced-price lunch in the federal school lunch program under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) in the previous school year.

AB68,1192,10 (d) “Qualified driver education provider” means a school board, the operator of a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or a cooperative educational service agency.

AB68,1192,13 (2) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, the department shall pay to each qualified driver education provider and driver school the amount determined under sub. (3) if all of the following apply:

AB68,1192,18 (a) The qualified driver education provider or driver school demonstrates to the department that for eligible pupils the qualified driver education provider or driver school waived at least 50 percent of the fees the qualified driver education provider or driver school otherwise charges pupils to enroll in and complete the driver education program.

AB68,1192,20 (b) By October 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the qualified driver education provider or driver school reports to the department all of the following:

AB68,1192,23 1. The number of eligible pupils who enrolled in and successfully completed a driver education program operated by the qualified driver education provider or driver school in the previous school year.

AB68,1193,3 2. The amount the qualified driver education provider or driver school charged a pupil who was not an eligible pupil to enroll in and complete the driver education program in the previous school year.

AB68,1193,8 (3) The department shall calculate the amount paid to a qualified driver education provider or driver school under sub. (2) by multiplying the number of eligible pupils the qualified driver education provider or driver school reported under sub. (2) (b) 1. by 50 percent of the amount the qualified driver education provider or driver school reported under sub. (2) (b) 2.

AB68,1193,10 (4) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.

AB68,2183 Section 2183. 121.58 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1193,14 121.58 (2) (a) 4. For each pupil so transported whose residence is more than 12 miles from the school attended, $300 $365 per school year in the 2016-17 2020-21 school year and $365 $375 per school year thereafter.

AB68,2184 Section 2184. 121.58 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1194,6 121.58 (4) State aid for summer class transportation. Annually on or before October 1 of the year in which transportation is provided under s. 118.50 (3) (b) or 121.54 (4), or under s. 121.54 (10) if the transportation is provided by the nonresident school district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51 or 121.84 (4), the school district clerk shall file with the department a report, containing such information as the department requires, on transportation provided by the school board to and from summer classes. Upon receipt of such report and if the summer classes meet the requirements of s. 121.14 (1) (a) 1. or 2., state aid shall be paid for such transportation. A school district which that provides such transportation shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $10 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is at least 2 miles and not more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, and $20 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, if the pupil is transported 30 days or more. The state aid shall be reduced proportionately if the pupil is transported less than 30 days.

AB68,2185 Section 2185. 121.59 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1194,9 121.59 (2) (intro.) Annually the department shall , subject to sub. (3), pay to each eligible school district the amount determined as follows:

AB68,2186 Section 2186. 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:

AB68,1194,18 121.59 (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:

AB68,1194,19 (bm) Multiply the amount under subd. 1. par. (am) by 0.5.

AB68,2187 Section 2187. 121.59 (2m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2188 Section 2188. 121.59 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1195,2 121.59 (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.

AB68,2189 Section 2189. 121.84 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1195,8 121.84 (4) (b) If a pupil attends school in a school district outside the pupil's school district of residence under par. (a), s. 118.51 (12) (b), (14), (16), and (17) apply to the pupil as if the pupil were attending school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.51. If the pupil is rejected as a result of s. 118.51 (12) (b), s. 118.51 (9) applies.

AB68,2190 Section 2190 . 121.90 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1195,12 121.90 (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:

AB68,1195,13 1. The greater of the following:

AB68,1195,14 a. Forty percent of the summer enrollment in the 2019-20 school year.

AB68,1195,15 b. Forty percent of the summer enrollment in the 2020-21 school year.

AB68,1195,16 2. The greater of the following:

AB68,1195,18 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).

AB68,1195,20 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).

AB68,2191 Section 2191. 121.90 (2) (am) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB68,2192 Section 2192. 121.905 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1196,2 121.905 (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.