AB677: Bill Text

AB677,14,21 121.58 (6) (title) Appropriation prorated; proration, distribution of balance.

AB677, s. 35 Section 35 . 121.58 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 121.58 (6) (a).

AB677, s. 36 Section 36 . 121.58 (6) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB677,15,4 121.58 (6) (b) If there is a balance in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cr) in any fiscal year after the department has paid the full amount of approved claims under this section and s. 121.575, the department shall distribute the balance to those school districts entitled to state aid under this section, with each school district receiving a percentage of the balance equal to its percentage of the total approved claims.

AB677, s. 37 Section 37. 121.90 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB677,15,12 121.90 (1) (intro.) "Number of pupils enrolled" means the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September, including pupils identified in s. 121.05 (1) (a) 1. to 11. and 13., and the number of pupils attending the Challenge Academy program under s. 321.03 (1) (c) in the previous spring session, except that "number of pupils enrolled" excludes the number of pupils attending public school under s. 118.145 (4) and the additional count of pupils described in s. 121.004 (7) (g) and except as follows:

AB677, s. 38 Section 38. 121.90 (2) (am) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB677, s. 39 Section 39. 121.905 (3) (c) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:

AB677,15,17 121.905 (3) (c) 4. For the limit for the 2012-13 school year, add $50 $200 to the result under par. (b).

AB677, s. 40 Section 40. 121.905 (3) (c) 5. of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:

AB677,15,22 121.905 (3) (c) 5. For the limit for the 2013-14 school year and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment add the result under s. 121.91 (2m) (i) 1g. to the result under par. (b).

AB677, s. 41 Section 41. 121.91 (2m) (h) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:

AB677,15,25 121.91 (2m) (h) 3. Add $50 $200 to the result under subd. 1.

AB677, s. 42 Section 42. 121.91 (2m) (i) 1g. and 1r. of the statutes are created to read:

AB677,16,7 121.91 (2m) (i) 1g. Multiply the percentage increase in the average total personal income in this state between the 5 years beginning with the 7th previous calendar year and the 5 years beginning with 6th previous calendar year by the secondary cost ceiling per member used to distribute state aid in the current school year. In this subdivision, "average total personal income" means the average total personal income as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

AB677,16,8 1r. Add the result under subd. 1. to the result under subd. 1g.

AB677, s. 43 Section 43. 121.91 (2m) (i) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:

AB677,16,12 121.91 (2m) (i) 2. Multiply the result under subd. 1. 1r. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current and the 2 preceding school years.

AB677, s. 44 Section 44. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:

AB677,16,22 121.91 (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 2011-12 school year, multiply the result under subd. 1. a. by 0.945, in calculating the limit for the 2012-13 school year, add $50 $200 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in calculating the limit for the 2013-14 school year and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment add the result under par. (i) 1g. to the result under subd. 1. a.

AB677, s. 45 Section 45. 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:

AB677,17,8 121.91 (2m) (s) 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 2011-12 school year, multiply the result under subd. 1. a. by 0.945, in calculating the limit for the 2012-13 school year, add $50 $200 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in calculating the limit for the 2013-14 school year and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment add the result under par. (i) 1g. to the result under subd. 1. a.

AB677, s. 46 Section 46. 2007 Wisconsin Act 20, section 9137 (3k) is renumbered 117.40 of the statutes and amended to read:

AB677,17,21 117.40 Grants for school district efficiency and consolidation studies. (1) A consortium of 2 or more school districts may apply to the department of public instruction for a grant to conduct a school district consolidation feasibility study ways for the school districts to improve efficiency and reduce costs by working cooperatively or to study the feasibility of consolidating the school districts. The consortium shall submit a plan identifying the school districts engaged in the study, the issues the study will address, and how the grant funds will be expended. A school district may not be a member of more than one consortium. The department shall ensure that a consortium awarded a grant to study ways to improve efficiency and reduce costs allocates an amount to the study equal to 20 percent of the amount of the grant.

AB677,18,2 (2) In the 2008-09 school year, the The department of public instruction shall award grants to consortia from the appropriation under section s. 20.255 (2) (bs) of the statutes, as created by this act. The department may not award more than $10,000 to any consortium in the same school year nor award more than one grant to any consortium in the same school year.

AB677,18,5 (3) The department of public instruction shall give priority to applications that demonstrate prior attempts to address the underlying issues associated with management and operation of the school districts' programs.

AB677,18,7 (4) A consortium awarded a grant under paragraph (b) sub. (2) shall submit the results of the study to the department of public instruction.

AB677, s. 47 Section 47. 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, section 9137 (3r) is repealed.

AB677, s. 48 Section 48. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB677,18,14 (1) Grant allocations. Of the moneys appropriated to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (2) (bs) of the statutes, as affected by this act, in the 2012-13 fiscal year, the department of public instruction shall allocate $100,000 for studies on ways to improve efficiency and $50,000 for consolidation feasibility studies.

AB677,18,19 (2) Payments to charter and choice schools. Notwithstanding sections 118.40 (2r) (e) 1m. and 3m., 118.60 (4), and 119.23 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, the department shall reduce each payment made to a charter school or to a private school under those sections in the 2012-13 fiscal year by 3.5 percent.

AB677,18,24 (3) Secondary guarantee. Notwithstanding section 121.07 (7) (b) of the statutes, for the purpose of setting the secondary guaranteed valuation per member in the 2012-13 school year, the department of public instruction shall treat the appropriation under section 20.255 (2) (ac) of the statutes as if an additional $897,400,000 were appropriated in the 2012-13 fiscal year.

AB677, s. 49 Section 49. Fiscal changes.

AB677,19,1 (1) Funding for grants.

AB677,19,6 (a) In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (2) (cr) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2011, the dollar amount is decreased by $150,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this paragraph takes effect for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

AB677,19,11 (b) In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (2) (bs) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2011, the dollar amount is increased by $150,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this paragraph takes effect for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB677,19,16 (2) High poverty aid. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (2) (bb) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2011, the dollar amount is decreased by $16,830,000 for the second fiscal of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to decrease funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

AB677,19,23 (3) Special education aid. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2011, the dollar amount is increased by $20,000,000 for the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect and the dollar amount is increased by $20,000,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to increase funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

AB677,20,5 (4) Transportation aid. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (2) (cr) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2011, the dollar amount is increased by $2,633,700 for the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect and the dollar amount is increased by $2,633,700 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to increase funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.

AB677, s. 50 Section 50 . Initial applicability.

AB677,20,10 (1) Transportation aid. The renumbering and amendment of section 121.58 (6) of the statutes, the amendment of section 121.58 (6) (title) of the statutes, and the creation of section 121.58 (6) (b) of the statutes first applies to transportation aid paid during the 2011-12 school year.

AB677,20,13 (2) Transportation contracts. The treatment of section 121.55 (3) (b) of the statutes first applies to contracts entered into under section 121.55 (3) of the statutes, as affected by this act, on the effective date of this subsection.

AB677,20,17 (3) State aid. The treatment of sections 20.255 (2) (ac), 119.46 (1), 121.004 (7) (a) and (g), 121.07 (6) (d), 121.08 (4) (b) and (br), 121.105 (4), 121.137, and 121.90 (1) (intro.) and (2) (am) 4. of the statutes first applies to the distribution of school aid in, and the calculation of revenue limits for, the 2012-13 school year.

AB677,20,20 (4) Delayed payment. The treatment of section 121.15 (1m) (a) 3. of the statutes first applies to the payment made under section 121.15 (1m) (a) 3. of the statutes on the 4th Monday in July 2013.

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