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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 6,
TO SENATE BILL 21
July 8, 2015 - Offered by Representatives Pope, Hebl, Bowen and Sargent.
SB21-AA6,1,21 At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by senate substitute
2amendment 1, as follows:
SB21-AA6,1,3 31. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
SB21-AA6,1,5 4" Section 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
5insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF - See PDF for table PDF
SB21-AA6,2 6Section 2. 20.255 (2) (aj) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA6,1,87 20.255 (2) (aj) Hold harmless aid. A sum sufficient for hold harmless aid to
8school districts under s. 121.10.
SB21-AA6,3 9Section 3. 20.255 (2) (cd) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA6,2,2
120.255 (2) (cd) Bilingual-bicultural education grants. The amounts in the
2schedule for bilingual-bicultural education grants under s. 115.957.
SB21-AA6,4 3Section 4. 20.255 (2) (dh) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA6,2,54 20.255 (2) (dh) Violence prevention and reduction grants. The amounts in the
5schedule for grants to school districts under s. 115.369.
SB21-AA6,5 6Section 5. 49.45 (23) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA6,2,147 49.45 (23) (a) The department shall request a waiver from the secretary of the
8federal department of health and human services to permit the department to
9conduct a demonstration project to provide health care coverage to adults who are
10under the age of 65, who have family incomes not to exceed 100 133 percent of the
11poverty line before application of the 5 percent income disregard under 42 CFR
12435.603 (d)
, except as provided in s. 49.471 (4g), and who are not otherwise eligible
13for medical assistance under this subchapter, the Badger Care health care program
14under s. 49.665, or Medicare under 42 USC 1395 et seq.
SB21-AA6,6 15Section 6. 49.471 (1) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA6,2,1716 49.471 (1) (cr) "Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage" means a
17federal medical assistance percentage described under 42 USC 1396d (y) or (z).
SB21-AA6,7 18Section 7. 49.471 (4) (a) 4. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA6,2,2119 49.471 (4) (a) 4. b. The Except as provided in sub. (4g), the individual's family
20income does not exceed 100 133 percent of the poverty line before application of the
215 percent income disregard under 42 CFR 435.603 (d)
.
SB21-AA6,8 22Section 8. 49.471 (4g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA6,3,523 49.471 (4g) Medicaid expansion; federal medical assistance percentage. (a)
24For services provided to individuals described under sub. (4) (a) 4. and s. 49.45 (23),
25the department shall comply with all federal requirements to qualify for the highest

1available enhanced federal medical assistance percentage. The department shall
2submit any amendment to the state medical assistance plan, request for a waiver of
3federal Medicaid law, or other approval required by the federal government to
4provide services to the individuals described under sub. (4) (a) 4. and s. 49.45 (23) and
5qualify for the highest available enhanced federal medical assistance percentage.
SB21-AA6,3,166 (b) If the department does not qualify for an enhanced federal medical
7assistance percentage, or if the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage
8obtained by the department is lower than printed in federal law as of July 1, 2013,
9for individuals eligible under sub. (4) (a) 4. or s. 49.45 (23), the department shall
10submit to the joint committee on finance a fiscal analysis comparing the cost to
11maintain coverage for adults who are not pregnant and not elderly at up to 133
12percent of the poverty line to the cost of limiting eligibility to those adults with family
13incomes up to 100 percent of the poverty line. The department may reduce income
14eligibility for adults who are not pregnant and not elderly from up to 133 percent of
15the poverty line to up to 100 percent of the poverty line only if this reduction in income
16eligibility levels is approved by the joint committee on finance.
SB21-AA6,2124de 17Section 2124de. 71.05 (6) (b) 49. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA6,3,2118 71.05 (6) (b) 49. a. Subject to the definitions provided in subd. 49. b. to g. and
19the limitations specified in subd. 49. h. to j. for taxable years beginning after
20December 31, 2013, and before January 1, 2015, tuition expenses that are paid by
21a claimant for tuition for a pupil to attend an eligible institution.
SB21-AA6,9 22Section 9. 79.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA6,4,223 79.10 (4) School levy tax credit. Except as provided in sub. (5m), the amount
24appropriated under s. 20.835 (3) (b) shall be distributed to municipalities in

1proportion to their share of the sum of average school tax levies for all municipalities.
2No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2015.
SB21-AA6,10 3Section 10. 79.10 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA6,4,94 79.10 (5m) First dollar credit. Each municipality shall receive, from the
5appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), an amount determined by multiplying the
6school tax rate by the estimated fair market value, not exceeding the value
7determined under sub. (11) (d), of every parcel of real property with improvements
8that is located in the municipality. No municipality shall receive a payment under
9this subsection after 2015.
SB21-AA6,11 10Section 11. 79.15 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA6,4,14 1179.15 Improvements credit. The total amount paid each year to
12municipalities from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (3) (b) for the
13payments under s. 79.10 (5m) is $75,000,000 in 2009, $145,000,000 in 2010, and
14$150,000,000 beginning in 2011 and in each year thereafter ending in 2015.
SB21-AA6,12 15Section 12. 115.369 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA6,4,18 16115.369 Violence prevention and reduction grants. (1) The department
17shall award grants to school districts on a competitive basis to develop and
18implement programs to prevent and reduce violence in schools.
SB21-AA6,4,21 19(2) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
20section, including rules that specify the criteria for receiving a grant under this
21section.
SB21-AA6,13 22Section 13. 115.957 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA6,5,2 23115.957 Bilingual-bicultural education grants. (1) A school board may
24apply to the department for a grant to provide services to limited-English proficient

1pupils attending public school in the school district for whom the school board is not
2required to provide a bilingual-bicultural education program under s. 115.97.
SB21-AA6,5,7 3(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cd), the department shall award
4grants under sub. (1) in an amount up to $100 multiplied by the number of
5limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the school district for whom the school
6board is not required to provide a bilingual-bicultural education program under s.
7115.97.
SB21-AA6,5,11 8(3) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cd) in any fiscal year is insufficient
9to pay the full amount of grants awarded under this section, the department shall
10prorate the grant amounts provided to school districts entitled to grants in that fiscal
11year.
SB21-AA6,5,13 12(4) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
13section.
SB21-AA6,14 14Section 14. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA6,5,2415 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
1666.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
17115.345, 115.363, 115.365 (3), 115.369, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001 to
18118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14,
19118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19,
20118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.255,
21118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53,
22118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to
23(g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.21
24(3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and board.
SB21-AA6,15 25Section 15. 121.004 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1121.004 (7) (a) "Pupils enrolled" is the total number of pupils, as expressed by
2official enrollments, in all schools of the school district, except as provided in pars.
3(b) to (f) (g). If such total contains a fraction, it shall be expressed as the nearest whole
4number. The same method shall be used in computing the number of pupils enrolled
5for resident pupils, nonresident pupils or both.
SB21-AA6,16 6Section 16. 121.004 (7) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA6,6,97 121.004 (7) (g) A pupil who is eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under
842 USC 1758 (b) shall be counted as the number specified in this subsection for the
9pupil plus an additional 30 percent of that number.
SB21-AA6,17 10Section 17. 121.07 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA6,6,1411 121.07 (6) (d) The "secondary ceiling cost per member" in the 2001-02 2015-16
12school year and in each school year thereafter is an amount determined by dividing
13the state total shared cost in the previous school year by the state total membership
14in the previous school year and multiplying the result by 0.90.
SB21-AA6,18 15Section 18. 121.10 of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA6,6,17 16121.10 Hold harmless aid. (1) In this section, "state aid" means the sum of
17the following:
SB21-AA6,6,1918 (a) The payments made to a school district under ss. 121.08 and 121.105 and
19subch. VI.
SB21-AA6,6,2120 (b) The payments that would be made to a school district under s. 121.136 if
21payments were made under s. 121.136.
SB21-AA6,6,2322 (c) The amount that would be received by a school district under s. 79.10 (4) and
23(5m) if payments were made to municipalities under s. 79.10 (4) and (5m).
SB21-AA6,7,3 24(2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in the 2016-17 school year, if the amount
25a school district would receive in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the current

1school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) is less than the
2amount the school district would have received in state aid in the current school year,
3the department shall pay to the school district the amount equal to the difference.
SB21-AA6,7,94 (b) If the amount a school district from which territory was detached to create
5a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in equalization aid under s.
6121.08 in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of
7the reorganization is less than the amount determined as follows, the department
8shall pay to the school district the difference between the former amount and the
9amount determined as follows:
SB21-AA6,7,1110 1. Divide the school district's membership in the preceding school year by the
11school district's membership in the 2nd preceding school year.
SB21-AA6,7,1412 2. Multiply the amount of state aid that would have been received by the school
13district in the preceding school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current
14school year, by the quotient under subd. 1.
SB21-AA6,7,20 15(3) In the school year in which a school district consolidation takes effect under
16s. 117.08 or 117.09 and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, if the consolidated
17school district's equalization aid is less than the aggregate state aid for which the
18consolidating school districts would have been eligible in the school year prior to the
19school year in which the consolidation takes effect, the department shall pay the
20difference to the consolidated school district.
SB21-AA6,7,22 21(4) Additional aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under
22s. 20.255 (2) (aj). No aid may be paid under this section after the 2016-17 school year.
SB21-AA6,19 23Section 19. 121.105 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA6,8,524 121.105 (2) (am) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a school district would
25receive less in state aid in the current school year before any adjustment is made

1under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to 85% 90 percent of the amount of state
2aid that it received in the previous school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in
3the current school year, its state aid for the current school year shall be increased to
4an amount equal to 85% 90 percent of the state aid received in the previous school
5year.
SB21-AA6,20 6Section 20. 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA6,8,137 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) If a school district from which territory was detached
8to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in state aid in the school
9year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization
10less than 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows, its state aid in the school
11year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization
12shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount determined as
13follows:
SB21-AA6,21 14Section 21. 121.105 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA6,8,1615 121.105 (5) A school district's state aid in any school year may not be less than
16an amount equal to $3,000 multiplied by the school district's membership.
SB21-AA6,22 17Section 22. 121.136 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-AA6,8,1818 121.136 (3) No aid may be paid under this section after June 30, 2015.
SB21-AA6,23 19Section 23. 121.90 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-AA6,8,2220 121.90 (2) (am) 1. Aid under ss. 121.08, 121.09, 121.10, 121.105, and 121.136
21and subch. VI, as calculated for the current school year on October 15 under s. 121.15
22(4) and including adjustments made under s. 121.15 (4).
SB21-AA6,24 23Section 24. 121.905 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1121.905 (1) In this section, "revenue ceiling" means $9,000 $9,400 in the
22011-12 school year and in the 2012-13 2015-16 school year and $9,100 $9,700 in
3the 2013-14 2016-17 school year and in any subsequent school year.
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