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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
January 2, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Armstrong, Behnke,
Donovan, Goeben, Melotik, Mursau, Steffen and Edming, cosponsored by
Senator Ballweg. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB873,1,3
1An Act to create 20.255 (3) (cm) and 115.421 of the statutes;
relating to:
2reimbursing teachers for classroom supplies, granting rule-making authority,
3and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction, beginning in the
2025-26 school year, to annually reimburse individuals who teach full-time in public
schools or private schools for up to $250 in eligible supplies, as determined by DPI
by rule, that the individual purchased to use in a classroom during the school year.
Under the bill, to be reimbursed for eligible supplies, a teacher must submit to DPI
a receipt signed by the teacher and the principal of the school where the teacher
teaches full-time. The bill authorizes DPI to audit reimbursements made under the
bill.
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:
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4Section
1. 20.255 (3) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.255
(3) (cm)
Classroom supplies; reimbursements. A sum sufficient to make
6payments to teachers under s. 115.421.
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1Section
2. 115.421 of the statutes is created to read:
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2115.421 Classroom supplies; reimbursements. (1) In this section,
3“teacher” means an individual who teaches full-time in a public school, including a
4charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or a private school. “Teacher”
5does not include a paraprofessional, substitute teacher, or administrator.
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6(2) Annually, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (cm), beginning in the
72025-26 school year, the department shall reimburse a teacher for eligible supplies,
8as determined by the department by rule, that the teacher purchased for use in the
9classroom during the school year. Eligible supplies do not include curricula or
10electronic devices. The department may not reimburse a teacher for more than $250
11for any school year.
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12(3) To receive a reimbursement under sub. (2), a teacher shall submit to the
13department a receipt for the eligible supply that is signed by the teacher and the
14principal of the school at which the teacher teaches full-time.
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15(4) The department may audit payments made to reimbursement recipients
16under this section, as the department determines to be necessary.
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17(5) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
18section.
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19Section
3.
Effective date.
AB873,2,2020
(1)
This act takes effect on July 15, 2025.
