PI 15.03 (5) The school board shall include a levy amount no greater than the maximum levy amount specified in the resolution under sub. (3) (c) when establishing its tax levies under s. 120.12 (3), Stats. SECTION 5. PI 15.03 (6) is amended to read:
PI 15.03 (6) The school board shall incur the expenditure authorized in its resolution under sub. (3) (c) in an amount no less than the levy amount included under sub. (5).
SECTION 6. PI 15.04 (2) is amended to read:
PI 15.04 (2) The department shall adjust the school district’s revenue limit to include the levy amount specified in the resolution under s. PI 15.03 (3) (c)(5). SECTION 7. PI 15 Appendix A is repealed.
SECTION 8. STATEMENT OF EMERGENCY
The Department of Public Instruction finds an emergency exists and that a rule is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public welfare. A statement of the facts constituting the emergency is:
The prohibition on school boards from considering a resolution to utilize the revenue limit exemption for energy efficiencies, as provided by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, will become effective on December 31, 2017, and an emergency rule is needed to administer these changes in advance of the required November 1, 2018, date for school boards to set their tax levies for the 2018-19 school year. The emergency rules will conform current processes to changes in statute for the electorate to vote on a tax for the purposes set forth in s. 120.10 (6) to (11), Stats., and for school boards to determine if the tax voted on at the annual meeting is sufficient to operate and maintain the schools for the next year. The rules will assist school boards to properly approve the 2018-19 budget and set the Fall 2018 property tax levy before November 1, 2018. SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE:
The proposed rules contained in this order shall take effect on the first day of the month commencing after the date of publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register, as provided in s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats. Dated this _____ day of ____________, 2018
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Tony Evers, PhD
State Superintendent
