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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
January 30, 1997 - Introduced by Senators Jauch, Grobschmidt, Clausing,
Breske, Moen, Risser, Plache and Darling, cosponsored by Representatives
Hanson, Black, Seratti, Linton, Boyle, Murat, R. Young, Reynolds and
Plale. Referred to Committee on Education.
SB50,1,2
1An Act to create 121.91 (4) (f) of the statutes;
relating to: increasing a school
2district's revenue limit for certain technology-related expenditures.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law limits the increase in the total amount of revenue that a school
district may receive from general school aids and property taxes in a school year to
$206 per pupil. Several exceptions exist. For example, if a school district increases
the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service
transferred to it from another governmental unit, its revenue limit is increased by
the cost of that service.
This bill increases a school district's revenue limit in any school year by the
amount spent by the school district in the previous school year for one or more of the
following purposes:
1. Training teachers, librarians and other staff members in the use and
integration of technology for education.
2. Purchasing or upgrading technology, including computer hardware and
software, distance education equipment and other equipment, materials or
resources related to the project, and wiring within a school or library building or to
connect schools in the same school district if such wiring is directly related to the
project.
3. Integrating educational technology and distance education into the
curriculum.
4. Using technology to enhance administrative efficiencies.
5. Offering educational opportunities for residents of various communities
through distance education or educational technology.
For further information see the state and local 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:
SB50, s. 1
1Section
1. 121.91 (4) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB50,2,52
121.91
(4) (f) The limit otherwise applicable to a school district's revenue under
3sub. (2m) in any school year is increased by an amount equal to the amount spent by
4the school district in the previous school year for any of the purposes specified in s.
516.992 (5) (a).
SB50,2,87
(1) This act first applies to the calculation of a school district's revenue limit
8in the first school year beginning after the effective date of this subsection.
