Amendment AA10-AB751

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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 10, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 751

February 9, 2016 - Offered by Representative Pope.

AB751-AA10,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB751-AA10,1,6 1. Page 1, line 8: after "program" insert "; counting low-income pupils for state school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general school aid; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; per pupil aid; school district revenue limits; the first dollar and school levy property tax credits; and making an appropriation".

AB751-AA10,1,7 2. Page 2, line 1: before that line insert:

AB751-AA10,1,8 " Section 1a. 20.255 (2) (ac) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB751-AA10,2,2 20.255 (2) (ac) General equalization aids. The amounts in the schedule A sum sufficient for the payment of educational aids under ss. 121.08, 121.09, 121.095, 121.105, 121.137 and subch. VI of ch. 121 equal to the amount determined by the joint committee on finance under s. 121.15 (3m) (c) in the 2016-17 fiscal year and biennially thereafter, and equal to the amount determined by law in the 2017-18 fiscal year and biennially thereafter.

AB751-AA10,1b Section 1b. 20.255 (2) (aq) of the statutes is repealed.

AB751-AA10,1c Section 1c. 20.255 (2) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB751-AA10,2,6 20.255 (2) (bg) Hold harmless aid. A sum sufficient for hold harmless aid to school districts under s. 121.10.

AB751-AA10,1d Section 1d. 79.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB751-AA10,2,11 79.10 (4) School levy tax credit. Except as provided in sub. (5m), the amount appropriated under s. 20.835 (3) (b) shall be distributed to municipalities in proportion to their share of the sum of average school tax levies for all municipalities. No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2017.

AB751-AA10,1e Section 1e. 79.10 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB751-AA10,2,18 79.10 (5m) First dollar credit. Each municipality shall receive, from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), an amount determined by multiplying the school tax rate by the estimated fair market value, not exceeding the value determined under sub. (11) (d), of every parcel of real property with improvements that is located in the municipality. No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2017.

AB751-AA10,1f Section 1f. 79.14 of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB751-AA10,3,2 79.14 School levy tax credit. The appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), for the payments under s. 79.10 (4), is $319,305,000 in 1994, 1995, and 1996; $469,305,000 beginning in 1997 and ending in 2006; $593,050,000 in 2007; $672,400,000 in 2008; $747,400,000 in 2009; $732,550,000 in 2010, 2011, and 2012; $747,400,000 in 2013, 2014, and 2015; and $853,000,000 in 2016 and in each year thereafter 2017.

AB751-AA10,1g Section 1g. 79.15 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB751-AA10,3,8 79.15 Improvements credit. The total amount paid each year to municipalities from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (3) (b) for the payments under s. 79.10 (5m) is $75,000,000 in 2009, $145,000,000 in 2010, and $150,000,000 in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and in each year thereafter 2017.

AB751-AA10,1h Section 1h. 115.437 of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is repealed.".

AB751-AA10,3,11 3. Page 7, line 15: after that line insert:

AB751-AA10,3,12 " Section 19c. 121.004 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB751-AA10,3,17 121.004 (7) (a) "Pupils enrolled" is the total number of pupils, as expressed by official enrollments, in all schools of the school district, except as provided in pars. (b) to (f) (g). If such total contains a fraction, it shall be expressed as the nearest whole number. The same method shall be used in computing the number of pupils enrolled for resident pupils, nonresident pupils or both.

AB751-AA10,19d Section 19d. 121.004 (7) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB751-AA10,3,21 121.004 (7) (g) A pupil who satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) shall be counted as the number specified in this subsection for the pupil plus an additional 30 percent of that number.

AB751-AA10,19e Section 19e. 121.07 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB751-AA10,4,2 121.07 (6) (d) The "secondary ceiling cost per member" in the 2001-02 2016-17 school year and in each school year thereafter is an amount determined by dividing the state total shared cost in the previous school year by the state total membership in the previous school year and multiplying the result by 0.90.

AB751-AA10,19f Section 19f. 121.10 of the statutes is created to read:

AB751-AA10,4,5 121.10 Hold harmless aid. (1) In this section, "state aid" means the sum of the following:

AB751-AA10,4,7 (a) The payments made to a school district under ss. 121.08 and 121.105 and subch. VI.

AB751-AA10,4,9 (b) The payments that would be made to a school district under s. 121.136 if s. 121.136 were still applicable.

AB751-AA10,4,11 (c) The amount that would be received by a school district under s. 79.10 (4) and (5m) if s. 79.10 (4) and (5m) were still applicable.

AB751-AA10,4,16 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in the 2016-17 school year, if a school district would receive less in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the current school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than it would have received in state aid in the current school year, the department shall pay to the school district the amount equal to the difference.

AB751-AA10,4,22 (b) If a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization less than the amount determined as follows, the department shall pay to the school district the difference between the former amount and the amount determined as follows:

AB751-AA10,4,24 1. Divide the school district's membership in the preceding school year by the school district's membership in the 2nd preceding school year.

AB751-AA10,5,3 2. Multiply the amount of state aid that would have been received by the school district in the preceding school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current school year, by the quotient under subd. 1.

AB751-AA10,5,9 (3) In the school year in which a school district consolidation takes effect under s. 117.08 or 117.09 and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, if the consolidated school district's equalization aid is less than the aggregate state aid to which the consolidating school districts would have been eligible in the school year prior to the school year in which the consolidation takes effect, the department shall pay the difference to the consolidated school district.

AB751-AA10,5,11 (4) Additional aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bg). No aid may be paid under this section after the 2016-17 school year.

AB751-AA10,19g Section 19g. 121.105 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB751-AA10,5,19 121.105 (2) (am) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a school district would receive less in state aid in the current school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to 85% 90 percent of the amount of state aid that it received in the previous school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current school year, its state aid for the current school year shall be increased to an amount equal to 85% 90 percent of the state aid received in the previous school year.

AB751-AA10,19h Section 19h. 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB751-AA10,6,2 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) If a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in state aid in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization less than 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows, its state aid in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows:

AB751-AA10,19j Section 19j. 121.105 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB751-AA10,6,5 121.105 (5) A school district's state aid in any school year may not be less than an amount equal to $3,000 multiplied by the school district's membership.

AB751-AA10,19k Section 19k. 121.136 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB751-AA10,6,7 121.136 (3) No aid may be paid under this section after June 30, 2016.

AB751-AA10,19L Section 19L. 121.15 (1m) (a) (intro.) and 3. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 121.15 (1m) (a) and amended to read:

AB751-AA10,6,14 121.15 (1m) (a) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (1g), a portion of state aid to school districts shall be distributed as follows: Beginning beginning in the 1999-2000 2015-16 school year, annually the state shall pay to school districts, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), $75,000,000 $972,400,000 on the 4th Monday in July of the following school year.

AB751-AA10,19m Section 19m. 121.15 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB751-AA10,6,16 121.15 (3m) (a) In this subsection:

AB751-AA10,6,19 1. "Partial school revenues" means the sum of state school aids, property taxes levied for school districts, and aid paid to school districts under s. 79.095 (4), less all of the following:

AB751-AA10,6,22 a. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 2. due to a school board's increasing the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another school board.

AB751-AA10,6,23 b. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 3.

AB751-AA10,6,24 c. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (h).