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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
November 30, 2017 - Introduced by Senators Marklein, Testin, Moulton and
Tiffany, cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Krug, Ballweg, Bernier,
E. Brooks, Edming, Jacque, Kulp, Petryk, Pronschinske, Ripp, Spiros,
Tranel, Tusler and VanderMeer. Referred to Joint Committee on Finance.
SB597,1,4 1An Act to repeal 115.436 (2) (c); to renumber and amend 115.436 (3) (a); to
2amend
115.436 (2) (intro.) and 115.436 (3) (am); and to create 115.436 (2) (b),
3115.436 (3) (a) 1. and 115.436 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes; relating to: sparsity aid
4and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill makes certain additional school districts eligible for sparsity aid.
Under current law, a school district is eligible for sparsity aid in the amount of $300
per pupil if the school district's membership in the previous school year did not
exceed 745 pupils and if the membership divided by the school district's area in
square miles is less than ten. Also under current law, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin
Act 59
, the biennial budget bill, a school district that was eligible to receive sparsity
aid in the previous school year but that is not eligible to receive sparsity aid in the
current school year may receive up to 50 percent of the aid the school district received
in the previous school year.
This bill increases the per pupil payment to $400 beginning in the 2018-19
school year. Also under this bill, a school district with the same density of pupils per
square miles and with a membership in the previous school year of more than 745
students but no more than 1,000 students is eligible for sparsity aid in the amount
of $100 per pupil.
Finally, this bill eliminates, after the 2017-18 school year, the ability of a school
district that is no longer eligible for sparsity aid to receive up to 50 percent of the
sparsity aid the school district received in the previous school year.

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:
SB597,1 1Section 1. 115.436 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB597,2,52 115.436 (2) (intro.) A school district is eligible for sparsity aid under this section
3if it the school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school
4district's area in square miles is less than 10 and if the school district
satisfies all one
5of the following criteria:
SB597,2 6Section 2. 115.436 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB597,2,87 115.436 (2) (b) The school district's membership in the previous school year was
8greater than 745 but no more than 1,000.
SB597,3 9Section 3. 115.436 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB597,4 10Section 4. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59,
11is renumbered 115.436 (3) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
SB597,2,1712 115.436 (3) (a) (intro.) Beginning in In the 2009-10 2017-18 school year, from
13the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall
14pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid $300 multiplied by the
15membership in the previous school year. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, from
16the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall
17do the following:
SB597,5 18Section 5. 115.436 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
SB597,2,2119 115.436 (3) (a) 1. Pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub.
20(2) (a) $400 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school
21year.
SB597,6
1Section 6. 115.436 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB597,3,42 115.436 (3) (a) 2. Pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid under sub.
3(2) (b) $100 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school
4year.
SB597,7 5Section 7. 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act
659
, is amended to read:
SB597,3,127 115.436 (3) (am) Beginning in In the 2017-18 school year, from the
8appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall, subject to par. (b), pay
9to each school district that received aid under this section in the previous 2016-17
10school year but does not satisfy the requirement under sub. (2) (a) in the current
112017-18 school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under
12par. (a) in the previous school year.
SB597,8 13Section 8. Fiscal changes.
SB597,3,1714 (1) In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation
15to the department of public instruction under section 20.255 (2) (ae) of the statutes,
16the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 is increased by $9,669,800 to increase
17funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
SB597,3,1818 (End)
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