25.17 (1) (kd) Normal school fund (s. 24.80), but subject to the terms of delegation under s. 24.61 (2) (c);
SECTION 8. 25.17 (1) (xLc) of the statutes is created to read:
25.17 (1) (xLc) University fund (s. 24.81), but subject to the terms of delegation under s. 24.61 (2) (c);
SECTION 9. 25.17 (1) (zm) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.17 (1) (zm) All other funds of the state or of any state department or institution, except funds which under article X of the constitution are controlled and invested by the board of commissioners of public lands, funds which are required by specific provision of law to be controlled and invested by any other authority, and moneys in the University of Wisconsin trust funds, and in the trust funds of the state universities.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Statz, BB0140 - BCPL timberland investment authority
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
STATE GOVERNMENT
State finance
Under current law, the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL) may invest moneys in the common school fund, the normal school fund, the university fund, and the agricultural college fund in certain specified investments. These include bonds or notes of the United States; bonds issued by this state or the UW Hospitals and Clinics Authority; and bonds issued by a town, village, city, county, or school district or certain other special districts in the state.
This bill authorizes BCPL to invest moneys in the purchase of land in this state, but establishes certain conditions on the purchase of this land for investment purposes. First, the land must be within any applicable consolidation area approved by BCPL; second, the total acreage of public lands managed by BCPL must not exceed the total acreage of public lands managed by BCPL on the bill's effective date; third, the moneys must be derived from the sale of public lands in the future; and finally, BCPL must determine that the purchase of the land will improve timberland management, address forest fragmentation, or increase public access to the land. The bill also provides that, if the land at the time of purchase was subject to assessment or levy of a real property tax, BCPL must make annual payments in lieu of property taxes to the appropriate local governmental unit in an amount equal to 74 cents per acre. Finally, the bill does not affect BCPL's current authority to sell or exchange lands, but does provide that resale of public lands may be by sealed bid or at public auction.
For further information see the state 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:
SECTION 1. 20.507 (1) (kd) of the statutes is created to read:
20.507 (1) (kd) Payments in lieu of property taxes. All moneys transferred from the appropriate trust funds, as defined in s. 24.60 (5), to make the payments required under s. 24.62 (3).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 24.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
24.06 Plat of lands. The board may subdivide any parcel of public lands into smaller parcels or village lots, with streets and alleys if necessary, whenever it believes a larger net price can be obtained by selling the land in such smaller parcels or lots. A survey and plat of such subdivision, verified by its maker as true and correct, shall be returned and recorded in the office of the board, and the parcels or lots designated thereon shall be appraised before they are offered for sale. Such subdivision shall be ordered, the proceedings therefor governed and such appraisal made in substantial accord with s. 24.08. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the board from selling any parcel of public lands as a whole parcel.
SECTION 3. 24.11 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
24.11 (1) (c) Unless otherwise required by law to be deposited into a fund other than any of the trust funds, as defined in s. 24.60 (5), all moneys received from the sale of public lands that occurs on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], shall be credited to the appropriate trust fund, except that any such moneys deposited in the normal school fund shall be credited to the account established under s. 24.605 in the normal school fund.
SECTION 4. 24.32 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
24.32 (1) Unless such resale be prevented by payment as hereinbefore provided by s. 24.29, such lands shall may be offered for sale by sealed bid or at public auction to the highest bidder, in the manner and upon the terms provided, for original sales, and if not then sold shall be subject to private entry thereafter.
SECTION 5. 24.605 of the statutes is created to read:
24.605 Accounts in normal school fund for deposit of proceeds from sale of lands. The board shall establish in the normal school fund an account to which are credited the proceeds from the sale of any public lands that are required by law to be deposited in the normal school fund. Moneys credited to the account may only be used to invest in land under s. 24.61 (2) (a) 10. and for the payment of expenses necessarily related to investing in land under s. 24.61 (2) (a) 10.
SECTION 6. 24.61 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
24.61 (2) (a) 10. Land in this state, but subject to the condition established under par. (cm).
SECTION 7. 24.61 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
24.61 (2) (cm) Investments in land in this state. The board may not invest moneys in the purchase of any land under par. (a) 10. unless all of the following occur:
1. The land is within any applicable consolidation area approved by the board.
2. The total acreage of public lands managed by the board does not exceed the total acreage of public lands managed by the board on the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date].
3. The board determines that the purchase of the land will improve timberland management, address forest fragmentation, or increase public access to the land.
4. The moneys are derived from the sale of public lands on or after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date].
SECTION 8. 24.62 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
24.62 (3) If any land purchased under s. 24.61 (2) (a) 10. was at the time of purchase subject to assessment or levy of a real property tax, the board shall make annual payments in lieu of property taxes to the appropriate local governmental unit in an amount equal to 74 cents per acre. The payments shall be made from the appropriation under s. 20.507 (1) (kd).
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rogers, BB0147 - School breakfast program reimbursement rate
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: school breakfast programs.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
Under current law, the state reimburses school boards and private schools 10 cents for each breakfast served under the School Breakfast Program. This bill raises the reimbursement rate to 15 cents.
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:
SECTION 1. 115.341 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.341 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cm), the state superintendent shall reimburse each school board 10 15 cents for each breakfast served at a school that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable, and shall reimburse each governing body of a private school 10 15 cents for each breakfast served at the private school that meets the requirements of 7 CFR 220.8 or 220.8a, whichever is applicable.
SECTION 9337. Initial applicability; public instruction.
(1) SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS. The treatment of section 115.341 (1) of the statutes first applies to breakfasts served during the 2004-05 school year.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rogers, BB0152 - Special education aid remibursement for school counselors
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: making the salaries of licensed school counselors who provide services to pupils in special education programs eligible for state aid.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Primary and secondary education
Current law authorizes the employment of teachers, school social workers, school psychologists, and coordinators of special education, who are licensed by DPI, for a special education program operated by a school board, cooperative educational service agency, county children with disabilities education board, or independent charter school. The salaries of these employees are eligible for reimbursement by the state through special education aid.
Beginning in the 2006-07 fiscal year, this bill allows the employment of licensed school counselors for special education programs and provides that the cost of their salaries is eligible for reimbursement through special education aid.
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:
SECTION 1. 115.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.88 (1) PERSONNEL. A school board, board of control of a cooperative educational service agency or, upon authorization of the county board, a county children with disabilities education board may employ, for a special education program, either full- or part-time licensed teachers, licensed coordinators of special education, licensed school social workers, licensed school psychologists, licensed school counselors, paraprofessionals, licensed consulting teachers to work with any teacher of regular education programs who has a child with a disability in a class and any other personnel approved by the department. The board may contract with private or public agencies for physical or occupational therapy services on the basis of demonstrated need.
SECTION 2. 115.88 (1m) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.88 (1m) (am) If the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) operates a special education program and the state superintendent is satisfied that the operator of the charter school is complying with 20 USC 1400 to 1491o, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of the operator of the charter school a sum equal to the amount that the operator of the charter school expended during the previous school year for salaries of full-time or part-time licensed teachers, licensed coordinators of special education, licensed school social workers, licensed school psychologists, licensed school counselors, paraprofessionals, licensed consulting teachers to work with any teacher of regular education programs who has a child with a disability in a class and any other personnel, as determined by the state superintendent. Certified costs under this paragraph are eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b). The state superintendent may audit costs under this paragraph and adjust reimbursement to cover only actual, eligible costs.
SECTION 9337. Initial applicability; public instruction.
(1) SPECIAL EDUCATION AID FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS. The treatment of section 115.88 (1) and (1m) (am) of the statutes first applies to state aid distributed in the 2006-07 school year.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rogers, BB0155 - Transportation aid reimbursement rate
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Primary and secondary education
This bill increases the reimbursement rates for school district pupil transportation.
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:
SECTION 1. 121.58 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.58 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
121.58 (2) (a) (intro.) A school district which provides transportation to and from a school under ss. 121.54 (1) to (3), (5) and (6) and 121.57, and the nonresident school district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51 or 121.84 (4) which elects to provide transportation under s. 121.54 (10), shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $30 per school year per following rates:
1. For each pupil so transported whose residence is at least 2 miles and not more than 5 miles from the school attended, $45 per school year per $30 per school year in the 2005-06 school year and $40 per school year thereafter.
2. For each pupil so transported whose residence is at least more than 5 miles and not more than 8 miles from the school attended, $60 per school year per $45 per school year in the 2005-06 school year and $65 per school year thereafter.
