AB1079: Bill Text

AB1079,32,16 121.59 (2) (intro.) Annually the department shall , subject to sub. (3), pay to each eligible school district the amount determined as follows:

AB1079,86 Section 86. 121.59 (2m) (a) (intro.), 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 121.59 (2m) (intro.), (am) and (bm), and 121.59 (2m) (intro.) and (bm), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB1079,32,25 121.59 (2m) (intro.) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and in any school year thereafter, if a If an eligible school district was eligible to receive aid under sub. (2) in the immediately preceding school year but is ineligible to receive aid in the current school year because the number under sub. (2) (d) is not a positive number, the state superintendent shall, subject to par. (b) sub. (3), pay to that eligible school district the amount determined as follows:

AB1079,33,1 (bm) Multiply the amount under subd. 1. par. (am) by 0.5.

AB1079,87 Section 87. 121.59 (2m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1079,88 Section 88. 121.59 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,33,8 121.59 (3) Aid under this section shall be is paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cq). If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cq) is insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under subs. (2) and (2m), the state superintendent shall prorate the payments among the eligible school districts entitled to receive aid under this section.

AB1079,89 Section 89. 121.90 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,33,12 121.90 (1) (h) In determining a school district's revenue limit for the 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 school years, the number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the 2020-21 school year is the sum of the following:

AB1079,33,13 1. The greater of the following:

AB1079,33,14 a. Forty percent of the summer enrollment in the 2019-20 school year.

AB1079,33,15 b. Forty percent of the summer enrollment in the 2020-21 school year.

AB1079,33,16 2. The greater of the following:

AB1079,33,18 a. The number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the 2019-20 school year, as determined without the exceptions provided in par. (dr).

AB1079,33,20 b. The number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the 2020-21 school year, as determined without the exceptions provided in par. (dr).

AB1079,90 Section 90. 121.905 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,34,2 121.905 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in this section, “revenue ceiling" means $9,100 in the 2017-18 school year, $9,400 in the 2018-19 school year, $9,500 in the 2019-20 school year, $9,600 in the 2020-21 school year, $9,700 $10,250 in the 2021-22 school year, and $9,800 $10,500 in the 2022-23 school year and in any subsequent school year.

AB1079,91 Section 91. 121.905 (1) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are repealed.

AB1079,92 Section 92. 121.905 (1) (b) 6. and 7. of the statutes are repealed.

AB1079,93 Section 93. 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,34,8 121.905 (3) (c) 6. For the limit for each of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years, for the 2021-22 school year, and for any school year thereafter, make no adjustment to the result under par. (b).

AB1079,94 Section 94. 121.905 (3) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,34,11 121.905 (3) (c) 9. For the limit for the 2021-22 school year, add $200 to the result under par. (b).

AB1079,95 Section 95. 121.905 (3) (c) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,34,14 121.905 (3) (c) 10. For the limit for the 2022-23 school year, add $204 to the result under par. (b).

AB1079,96 Section 96. 121.905 (3) (c) 11. of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,34,17 121.905 (3) (c) 11. For the limit for the 2023-24 school year and any school year thereafter, add the result under s. 121.91 (2m) (L) 2. to the result under par. (b).

AB1079,97 Section 97. 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,34,22 121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for any of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school year or for any school year thereafter years to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB1079,98 Section 98. 121.91 (2m) (im) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,35,3 121.91 (2m) (im) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (i) and except Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), a school district cannot increase its revenues for the 2019-20 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB1079,99 Section 99. 121.91 (2m) (j) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,35,7 121.91 (2m) (j) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (i) and except Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), a school district cannot increase its revenues for the 2020-21 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB1079,100 Section 100. 121.91 (2m) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,35,11 121.91 (2m) (k) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2021-22 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB1079,35,15 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

AB1079,35,16 2. Add $200 to the result under subd. 1.

AB1079,35,18 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.

AB1079,101 Section 101. 121.91 (2m) (km) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,35,22 121.91 (2m) (km) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2022-23 school year to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB1079,36,2 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

AB1079,36,3 2. Add $204 to the result under subd. 1.

AB1079,36,5 3. Multiply the result under subd. 2. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current school year and the 2 preceding school years.

AB1079,102 Section 102. 121.91 (2m) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1079,36,9 121.91 (2m) (L) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district may increase its revenues for the 2023-24 school year or for any school year thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB1079,36,13 1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years.

AB1079,36,16 2. Multiply the amount of the revenue increase per pupil allowed under this subsection for the previous school year by the sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal.

AB1079,36,17 3. Add the result under subd. 1. to the result under subd. 2.

AB1079,36,19 4. Multiply the result under subd. 3. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current and the 2 preceding school years.

AB1079,103 Section 103. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,36,24 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) Notwithstanding pars. (i) (k) to (j) (L), if a school district is created under s. 117.105, its revenue limit under this section for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization shall be determined as follows except as provided under subs. (3) and (4):

AB1079,104 Section 104. 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,37,11 121.91 (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 2013-14 school year and the 2014-15 school year, add $75 to the result under subd. 1. a., in calculating the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $175 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in calculating the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $179 to the result under subd. 1. a. In the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years, the 2021-22 school year, and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment the 2021-22 school year, add $200 to the result under subd. 1. a., in calculating the limit for the 2022-23 school year, add $204 to the result under subd. 1. a.

AB1079,105 Section 105. 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,37,16 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. (intro.) If a school district is created under s. 117.105, the following adjustments to the calculations under pars. (i) (k) to (j) (L) apply for the 2 school years beginning on the July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization:

AB1079,106 Section 106. 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,37,25 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. a. For the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization the number of pupils in the previous school year shall be used under pars. (i) (k) 1., (im) (km) 1. and (j) (L) 1. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the 3 previous school years, and for the school year beginning on the 2nd July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization the average of the number of pupils in the 2 previous school years shall be used under pars. (i) (k) 1., (im) (km) 1. and (j) (L) 1. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the 3 previous school years.

AB1079,107 Section 107. 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,38,6 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. b. For the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization the average of the number of pupils in the current and the previous school years shall be used under pars. (i) 2. (km) 3. and (j) 3 (L) 4. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the current and the 2 preceding school years.

AB1079,108 Section 108. 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,38,12 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. (intro.) Notwithstanding pars. (i) (k) to (j) (L), if territory is detached from a school district to create a new school district under s. 117.105, the revenue limit under this section of the school district from which territory is detached for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization shall be determined as follows except as provided in subs. (3) and (4):

AB1079,109 Section 109. 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,38,24 121.91 (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 2013-14 school year and the 2014-15 school year, add $75 to the result under subd. 1. a., in calculating the limit for the 2019-20 school year, add $175 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in calculating the limit for the 2020-21 school year, add $179 to the result under subd. 1. a. In the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years, the 2021-22 school year, and any school year thereafter, make no adjustment the 2021-22 school year, add $200 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in calculating the limit for the 2022-23 school year, add $204 to the result under subd. 1. a.

AB1079,110 Section 110. 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,39,5 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. (intro.) If territory is detached from a school district to create a new school district under s. 117.105, the following adjustments to the calculations under pars. (i) (k) to (j) (L) apply to the school district from which territory is detached for the 2 school years beginning on the July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization:

AB1079,111 Section 111. 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,39,14 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. a. For the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization, the number of pupils in the previous school year shall be used under pars. (i) (k) 1., (im) (km) 1., and (j) (L) 1. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the 3 previous school years; and for the school year beginning on the 2nd July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization, the average of the number of pupils in the 2 previous school years shall be used under pars. (i) (k) 1., (im) (km) 1., and (j) (L) 1. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the 3 previous school years.

AB1079,112 Section 112. 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,39,20 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. b. For the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization the average of the number of pupils in the current and the previous school year shall be used under pars. (i) 2. (km.) 3. and (j) 3 (L) 4. instead of the average of the number of pupils in the current and the 2 preceding school years.

AB1079,113 Section 113. 121.91 (2m) (t) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1079,40,3 121.91 (2m) (t) 1. (intro.) If 2 or more school districts are consolidated under s. 117.08 or 117.09, in the 2019-20 2021-22 school year, the consolidated school district's revenue limit shall be determined as provided under par. (im) (k), in the 2020-21 2022-23 school year, the consolidated school district's revenue limit shall be determined as provided under par. (j) (km), and in each school year thereafter, the consolidated school district's revenue limit shall be determined as provided under par. (i) (L), except as follows:

AB1079,114 Section 114. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB1079,40,12 (1) Per pupil aid; additional aid for economically disadvantaged pupils. Notwithstanding s. 115.437 (2) (a) 2., in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, for purposes of the calculation under s. 115.437 (2) (a) 2., the department of public instruction shall multiply the number of pupils enrolled in a school district by the school district's rate of economically disadvantaged pupils, as defined in s. 115.437 (1) (d), in the 2019-20 school year instead of by the school district's rate of economically disadvantaged pupils, as defined in s. 115.437 (1) (d), in the previous school year.

AB1079,40,16 (2) Special adjustment aid in the 2021-22 school year. Notwithstanding s. 121.105 (2), in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, the department of public instruction shall calculate the aid adjustment under s. 121.105 using 90 percent instead of 85 percent in s. 121.105 (2) (am) 1. and 2.

AB1079,115 Section 115. Fiscal changes.

AB1079,40,24 (1) Academic and career planning. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (1) (em), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $339,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (1) (em), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $716,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1079,41,7 (2) Mental health and school climate training programs and grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (1) (ep), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $80,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (1) (ep), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $80,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1079,41,14 (3) General equalization aids. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $615,010,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $502,010,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1079,41,21 (4) Sparsity aid. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $6,773,600 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $6,869,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1079,42,3 (5) Aids for special education and school age parents programs. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (b), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $278,879,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (b), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $345,276,300 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1079,42,7 (6) Additional special education aid. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (bd), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $5,719,500 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1079,42,12 (7) Special education transition readiness grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (bg), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $1,500,000 for the purpose of competitive grants for special education workforce transition support services.

AB1079,42,19 (8) Bilingual-bicultural education aids. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $9,745,500 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (cc), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $18,287,200 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1079,43,2 (9) Reimbursement for school breakfast programs. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (cm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $2,459,500 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (cm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $2,559,500 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1079,43,9 (10) High cost transportation aid. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (cq), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $2,000,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (cq), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $2,000,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1079,43,17 (11) Aid for transportation; open enrollment and early college credit programs. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (cy), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $191,500 for the purpose of aid for transporting pupils in the full-time open enrollment program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (cy), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $305,200 for the purpose of aid for transporting pupils in the full-time open enrollment program.

AB1079,43,24 (12) Aid for school mental health programs. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (da), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $16,500,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (da), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $18,000,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1079,44,7 (13) UW System; general program operations. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $58,000,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $93,500,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB1079,116 Section 116. Initial applicability.