AB68: Bill Text

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.

AB68,2193 Section 2193. 121.905 (1) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are repealed.

AB68,2194 Section 2194. 121.905 (1) (b) 6. and 7. of the statutes are repealed.

AB68,2195 Section 2195. 121.905 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1196,15 121.905 (3) (a) 1. Except as provided under subds. 2. and 3., calculate 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 s. 121.91 (4) (c), and the costs of the county children with disabilities education board program, as defined in s. 121.135 (2) (a) 2., in the previous year, for pupils who were school district residents or nonresidents who attended 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 in the previous school year that included the school district in its program under s. 115.817 (2).

AB68,2196 Section 2196. 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1196,19 121.905 (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).

AB68,2197 Section 2197. 121.905 (3) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1196,22 121.905 (3) (c) 9. For the limit for the 2021-22 school year, add $200 to the result under par. (b).

AB68,2198 Section 2198. 121.905 (3) (c) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1196,25 121.905 (3) (c) 10. For the limit for the 2022-23 school year, add $204 to the result under par. (b).

AB68,2199 Section 2199. 121.905 (3) (c) 11. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1197,3 121.905 (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).

AB68,2200 Section 2200. 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1197,8 121.91 (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 to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB68,2201 Section 2201. 121.91 (2m) (im) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1197,12 121.91 (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:

AB68,2202 Section 2202. 121.91 (2m) (j) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1197,16 121.91 (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:

AB68,2203 Section 2203. 121.91 (2m) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1197,20 121.91 (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:

AB68,1197,24 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.

AB68,1197,25 2. Add $200 to the result under subd. 1.

AB68,1198,2 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.

AB68,2204 Section 2204. 121.91 (2m) (km) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1198,6 121.91 (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:

AB68,1198,10 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.

AB68,1198,11 2. Add $204 to the result under subd. 1.

AB68,1198,13 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.

AB68,2205 Section 2205. 121.91 (2m) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68,1198,17 121.91 (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:

AB68,1198,21 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.

AB68,1198,24 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.

AB68,1198,25 3. Add the result under subd. 1. to the result under subd. 2.

AB68,1199,2 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.

AB68,2206 Section 2206. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1199,7 121.91 (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):

AB68,2207 Section 2207. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1199,19 121.91 (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 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.

AB68,2208 Section 2208. 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1199,24 121.91 (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:

AB68,2209 Section 2209. 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1200,8 121.91 (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.

AB68,2210 Section 2210. 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1200,14 121.91 (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.

AB68,2211 Section 2211. 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68,1200,20 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. (intro.) Notwithstanding pars. (i) (k) to (j) (L), if territory is detached from a school district to create a new school district under s. 117.105, the revenue limit under this section of the school district from which territory is detached for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization shall be determined as follows except as provided in subs. (3) and (4):

AB68,2212 Section 2212. 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read: