SB280: Bill Text

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Senate BILL 280

October 16, 2001 - Introduced by Senators Plache, Burke, Jauch, Risser, Wirch, Moore, Erpenbach, Grobschmidt and Breske, cosponsored by Representatives Ladwig, Jeskewitz, Sinicki, Bock, La Fave, Shilling, J. Lehman, Ott, Staskunas, Gronemus, Boyle, Turner, Krawczyk, Black, Pocan, Ryba, Gunderson, Miller, Plouff, Kreuser and Berceau. Referred to Committee on Education.

SB280,1,3 An Act to create 121.91 (4) (i) of the statutes; relating to: increasing a school district's revenue limit by a portion of the school district's handicapped education costs.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law generally limits the increase in the total amount of revenue that a school district may receive from general school aids and property taxes in a school year to the amount of revenue increase allowed per pupil in the previous school year increased by the percentage change in the consumer price index. Several exceptions are provided. For example, if a school district increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental unit, its revenue limit is increased by the cost of that service.

Currently, a school district is eligible to receive categorical state aid for its handicapped education costs. If funding is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid, payments are prorated.

This bill provides that, if payments are prorated, a school district's revenue limit is increased by an amount equal to the difference between the amount that the school district is eligible to receive and the amount that the school district actually receives.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB280, s. 1 Section 1. 121.91 (4) (i) of the statutes is created to read:

SB280,2,7 121.91 (4) (i) The limit otherwise applicable to a school district's revenue under sub. (2m) in any school year is increased by an amount equal to the difference between the amount of state aid that a school district is eligible to receive in the current school year under ss. 115.88 and 118.255 and the amount of state aid that the school district receives in the current school year under those sections, as determined by the state superintendent.

SB280, s. 2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

SB280,2,10 (1) This act first applies to the calculation of a school district's revenue limit for the school year beginning after the effective date of this subsection.

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