AB571: Bill Text

AB571,27,12 121.09 (2r) If after July 26, 2003, and before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], the state board of assessors, the tax appeals commission, or a court makes a final redetermination on the assessment of telephone company property subject to taxation under s. 70.112 (4) and subch. IV of ch. 76 that is lower than the previous assessment, the school board of the school district in which the property is located may, within 4 years after the redetermination, file the redetermination with the state superintendent, requesting an adjustment in state aid to the school district. If the state superintendent determines that the redetermination is final and that it has been filed within the 4-year period, the state shall pay to the school district in the subsequent fiscal year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), an amount equal to the difference between the state aid computed under s. 121.08 for the school year commencing after the year subject to the valuation recertification, using the school district's equalized valuation as originally certified, and the state aid computed under s. 121.08 for that school year using the school district's equalized valuation as recertified under s. 70.57 (2).

AB571, s. 62 Section 62. 121.095 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,27,16 121.095 (1) (intro.) Annually the department shall reduce each school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 121.085, or other state aid payments, if necessary, by an amount calculated as follows:

AB571, s. 63 Section 63. 121.095 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,27,23 121.095 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) (t), annually the department of public instruction shall pay to the department of military affairs an amount equal to the sum of the reductions under sub. (1). The department of public instruction shall ensure that the aid adjustment under sub. (1) does not affect the amount determined to be received by a school district as state aid under s. 121.08 121.085 or for any other purpose.

AB571, s. 64 Section 64. 121.105 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB571,27,25 121.105 (2) (c) This subsection does not apply after the 2003-04 school year.

AB571, s. 65 Section 65. 121.105 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,28,7 121.105 (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, the consolidated school district's state aid shall be an amount that is not less than the aggregate state aid received by the consolidating school districts in the school year prior to the school year in which the consolidation takes effect. The additional state aid shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) (t).

AB571, s. 66 Section 66. 121.135 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB571,28,10 121.135 (4) The department may not make any payments under this section after June 30, 2004.

AB571, s. 67 Section 67. 121.15 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 121.15 (1) and amended to read:

AB571,28,16 121.15 (1) Except as provided under sub. (1g), state State aid under s. 121.08 121.085 shall be paid to school districts according to the following distribution schedule: in 4 equal installments. The department shall determine the payment schedule.

AB571, s. 68 Section 68. 121.15 (1) (a) to (e) of the statutes are repealed.

AB571, s. 69 Section 69. 121.15 (1g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB571, s. 70 Section 70. 121.15 (1m) (a) (intro.) and 3. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 121.15 (1m) (a) and amended to read:

AB571,28,25 121.15 (1m) (a) Notwithstanding subs. sub. (1) and (1g), a portion of state aid to school districts shall be distributed as follows:, annually the state shall pay to school districts, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), $75,000,000 on the 4th Monday in July of the following school year. No payment may be made under this subdivision after July 2004.

AB571, s. 71 Section 71. 121.15 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,29,5 121.15 (1m) (b) The percentages payments under subs. sub. (1) (a) and (1g) (a) shall be reduced proportionally to reflect the payments made under par. (a). School districts shall treat the payments made in July under par. (a) as if they had been received in the previous school year.

AB571, s. 72 Section 72. 121.23 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,29,7 121.23 (title) Payment of aids in school School district labor disputes.

AB571, s. 73 Section 73. 121.23 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 121.23.

AB571, s. 74 Section 74. 121.23 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB571, s. 75 Section 75. 121.85 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,29,13 121.85 (6) (a) 1. Divide the state aid received in the current school year under s. 121.08 121.085 by the membership used to compute state aid to the school district for the current in the previous school year.

AB571, s. 76 Section 76. 121.85 (6) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,29,16 121.85 (6) (e) Sources of aid payments. State aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) (t).

AB571, s. 77 Section 77. 121.85 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,30,3 121.85 (6m) Use of aid for lease or loan payments. If the board of directors of the school district operating under ch. 119 leases buildings or sites from the redevelopment authority of the city or borrows money from the redevelopment authority of the city under s. 119.16 (3) (c), it may use intradistrict transfer aid under sub. (6) to make lease payments or repay the loan. If the board of school directors decides to use the aid to make lease payments or repay the loan, it may request the department to remit the intradistrict transfer aid under sub. (6) to the redevelopment authority of the city of Milwaukee in an annual amount agreed to by the board of school directors and the department, and the department shall ensure that the aid remittance does not affect the amount determined to be received by the board of school directors as state aid under s. 121.08 121.085 for any other purpose.

AB571, s. 78 Section 78. 121.85 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,30,11 121.85 (8) Transferred pupils. Pupils transferring schools under this section shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as resident pupils and shall have the responsibilities, privileges, and rights of resident pupils in the school district or attendance area. Subject to this subsection, a pupil transferring schools under either sub. (3) (a) or (b) has the right to complete his or her education at the elementary, middle, or high school to which he or she transfers so long as full funding therefor is available under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) (t).

AB571, s. 79 Section 79. 121.85 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,30,16 121.85 (9) (c) The obligation under par. (a) to organize planning councils shall apply only with regard to school terms for which full pupil transfer aids are appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) (t) and planning council assistance funds are appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (a).

AB571, s. 80 Section 80. 121.86 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,30,20 121.86 (2) (a) 1. Divide the state aid received in the current school year under s. 121.08 121.085 by the membership used to compute state aid to the school district for the current in the previous school year.

AB571, s. 81 Section 81. 121.90 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,31,2 121.90 (2) (intro.) "State aid" means aid under ss. 121.08 121.085, 121.086, 121.09 and 121.105 and subch. VI, as calculated for the current school year on October 15 under s. 121.15 (4) and including adjustments made under s. 121.15 (4), and amounts under s. 79.095 (4) for the current school year, except that "state aid" excludes all of the following:

AB571, s. 82 Section 82. 121.91 (2m) (e) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB571,31,7 121.91 (2m) (e) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), no school district may increase its revenues for the 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, or 2003-04 school year or for any school year thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:

AB571, s. 83 Section 83. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB571,31,13 (1) Petitions for arbitration. The employment relations commission may not accept any petition for arbitration filed under section 111.70 (4) (cm) 6. of the statutes, in any collective bargaining unit concerning a labor dispute about which the commission has, prior to the effective date of this subsection, already accepted a petition for arbitration filed under section 111.70 (4) (cm) 6. of the statutes.

AB571,31,22 (2) School building projects board. Of the initial members of the school building projects board appointed under section 15.375 (1) of the statutes, as created by this act, the terms of one member appointed by the state superintendent of public instruction and of one member appointed by the governor shall expire on May 1, 2005; the terms of one member appointed by the state superintendent of public instruction and of one member appointed by the governor shall expire on May 1, 2006; and the terms of one member appointed by the state superintendent of public instruction and of one member appointed by the governor shall expire on May 1, 2007.

AB571,32,2 (3) Transfer to public school aid fund. On July 1, 2004, $5,300,000,000 or the amount appropriated under section 20.255 (2) (ac) of the statutes in the 2003-04 fiscal year, whichever is greater, is transferred from the general fund to the public school aid fund.

AB571, s. 84 Section 84. Initial applicability.

AB571,32,7 (1) The treatment of section 111.70 (1) (b), (dm), (fm), and (nc), (4) (cm) 5., 5s., 6. a. and am., 7., 7g., 7r. (intro.), 8m. a., b. and c., 8p., and 8s., (cn), and (d) 2. a. of the statutes first applies to petitions for arbitration filed under section 111.70 (4) (cm) 6. of the statutes, as affected by this act, on the effective date of this subsection.

AB571,32,9 (2) The creation of section 67.03 (1) (c) of the statutes first applies to municipal obligations issued on the effective date of this subsection.

AB571, s. 85 Section 85. Effective dates. This act takes effect on July 1, 2004, except as follows:

AB571,32,14 (1) The treatment of sections 77.52 (1) and (2) (intro.) and 77.53 (1) of the statutes and the creation of section 25.90 of the statutes take effect on January 1, 2004.

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