AB1079,25,1513 115.995 (1m) (a) (intro.) In the 2021-22 school year, to a school board that was
14required to establish a bilingual-bicultural education program under s. 115.97 for
15the previous school year, the amounts determined by doing all of the following:
AB1079,65 16Section 65. 115.995 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1079,25,1917 115.995 (1m) (b) Subject to sub. (3), beginning in the 2022-23 school year, to
18a school board or the operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or
19(2x), an amount calculated as follows:
AB1079,25,2220 1. If, in the previous school year, there was at least one limited-English
21proficient pupil enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school,
22$10,000.
AB1079,26,223 2. If, in the previous school year, there were more than 20 limited-English
24proficient pupils enrolled in the school district or attending the charter school,

1subtract 20 from the total number of limited-English proficient pupils enrolled in the
2school district or attending the charter school.
AB1079,26,33 3. Multiply the difference determined under subd. 2. by $500.
AB1079,26,44 4. Add the product determined under subd. 3. to the amount under subd. 1.
AB1079,66 5Section 66. 115.995 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1079,26,106 115.995 (2m) Notwithstanding sub. (1m) (b), if a school board received a
7payment under sub. (1m) (a) in the 2021-22 school year, the state superintendent
8shall, subject to ss. 115.96 (1), 115.97 (6), and 115.993 (3) and upon receipt of the
9reports under s. 115.993 (1) and (2), from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc),
10pay to the school board the following amounts:
AB1079,26,1211 (a) Subject to sub. (3), in the 2022-23 school year, the greater of the following
12amounts:
AB1079,26,1313 1. The sum determined under sub. (1m) (b) 4. for the 2022-23 school year.
AB1079,26,1514 2. An amount equal to the payment the school board received under sub. (1m)
15(a) in the 2020-21 school year.
AB1079,26,1716 (b) Subject to sub. (3), in the 2023-24 school year, the greater of the following
17amounts:
AB1079,26,1818 1. The sum determined under sub. (1m) (b) 4. for the 2023-24 school year.
AB1079,26,1919 2. An amount calculated as follows:
AB1079,26,2120 a. Subtract the amount determined under subd. 1. from the amount the school
21board received under sub. (1m) (a) in the 2020-21 school year.
AB1079,26,2222 b. Multiply the difference determined under subd. 2. a. by 0.5.
AB1079,26,2423 c. Add the product determined under subd. 2. b. to the amount determined
24 under subd. 1.
AB1079,67 25Section 67. 115.995 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
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1115.995 (3) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cc) in any fiscal year is
2insufficient to pay the full amount of aid under sub. (1m) (b) or (2m), the state
3superintendent shall prorate the payments among the school boards and operators
4of charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x) entitled to receive the aid.
AB1079,68 5Section 68. 115.996 of the statutes is renumbered 115.996 (intro.) and
6amended to read:
AB1079,27,11 7115.996 Report to the legislature. (intro.) Annually, on or before December
831, the state superintendent shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of
9the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), on the status
10of bilingual-bicultural education programs established under this subchapter. The
11report shall include all of the following information:
AB1079,27,15 12(1) The number of pupils served in bilingual-bicultural education programs for
13each language group in each school district in which such programs are offered and
14the cost of the program per pupil for each school district, language group and
15program type.
AB1079,27,19 16(2) The department shall also provide the number of pupils in each school
17district and language group who as a result of participation in a bilingual-bicultural
18education program improved their English language ability to such an extent that
19the program is no longer necessary for such pupils.
AB1079,69 20Section 69. 115.996 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1079,27,2321 115.996 (3) The number of limited-English proficient pupils in each language
22group enrolled in each school district and attending each charter school established
23under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x).
AB1079,70 24Section 70. 118.134 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
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1118.134 (6) Regardless of whether or not an objection is made under sub. (1)
2or an order is issued under sub. (3), if a school board adopts a resolution to terminate
3the use of race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name that is associated with
4a federally recognized American Indian tribe or American Indians, in general, the
5state superintendent may award a grant to the school board for the costs associated
6with adopting and implementing a nickname, logo, mascot, or team name that is not
7race-based. The state superintendent may not award a grant under this subsection
8in an amount that exceeds the greater of $50,000 or a school board's actual costs to
9adopt and implement a nickname, logo, mascot, or team name. The state
10superintendent shall pay the awards under this subsection from the appropriation
11under s. 20.255 (2) (kg).
AB1079,71 12Section 71. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1079,28,2113 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) In the 2015-16 school year and in each school year
14thereafter, for a pupil attending a charter school established by or under a contract
15with an entity under par. (b) 1. a. to f., from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm),
16the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the
17sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph in the previous school year;
18the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the
19current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical
20aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive.
21The change in the statewide categorical aid per pupil shall be determined as follows:
AB1079,72 22Section 72. 118.40 (2r) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1079,73 23Section 73. 118.40 (2r) (fm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1079,29,324 118.40 (2r) (fm) 1. (intro.) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, in addition to
25the payment under par. (e) and subject to subd. 3., for a pupil attending summer

1school at a charter school established by or under a contract with an entity under par.
2(b) 1. a. to f., the department shall pay to the operator of the charter school, in the
3manner described in par. (e) 3m., an amount determined as follows:
AB1079,74 4Section 74. 118.40 (2r) (fm) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB1079,75 5Section 75. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1079,29,96 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. a. Determine the number of pupils residing in the school
7district for whom a payment is made under par. (e) to an operator of a charter school
8established under contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. e., eg., or f. to h. in that
9school year.
AB1079,76 10Section 76. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. bf. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1079,29,1311 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. bf. Identify the pupils residing in the school district for whom
12a payment is made under par. (fm) to an operator of a charter school established
13under contract with an entity under par. (b) 1. e. or f. to h. in that school year.
AB1079,77 14Section 77. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. c. to dn. of the statutes are repealed.
AB1079,78 15Section 78. 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. e. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1079,29,1716 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. e. Sum the amounts determined under subd. 1. b., and bn. ,
17d., and dn.
AB1079,79 18Section 79. 118.55 (7g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1079,30,519 118.55 (7g) Transportation. The parent or guardian of a pupil who is
20attending an institution of higher education or technical college under this section
21and is taking a course for high school credit may apply to the state superintendent
22for reimbursement of the cost of transporting the pupil between the high school or
23participating private school in which the pupil is enrolled and the institution of
24higher education or technical college that the pupil is attending if the pupil and the
25pupil's parent or guardian are unable to pay the cost of such transportation. The

1state superintendent shall determine the reimbursement amount and shall pay the
2amount from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cy) (cx). The state
3superintendent shall give preference under this subsection to those pupils who
4satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC
51758
(b) (1).
AB1079,80 6Section 80. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1079,30,197 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
866.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
9115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445,
10115.457, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12,
11118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164,
12118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and
13(10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.30 to 118.43,
14118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15)
15to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37),
16(37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a
171st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this
18chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred
19to an opportunity schools and partnership program.
AB1079,81 20Section 81. 121.07 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1079,30,2421 121.07 (2) (d) The number of pupils residing in the school district in the
22previous school year for whom a payment was made under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) to an
23operator of a charter school established under contract with an entity under s. 118.40
24(2r) (b) 1. e., eg., or f. to h. in the previous school year.
AB1079,82 25Section 82. 121.07 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1121.07 (2) (e) The number of pupils residing in the school district in the
2previous school year for whom a payment was made under s. 118.40 (2r) (f), 2019
3stats.,
in the previous school year.
AB1079,83 4Section 83. 121.07 (2) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin Act ....
5(this act), is repealed.
AB1079,84 6Section 84. 121.075 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1079,31,8 7121.075 Two-thirds funding of partial school revenues; appropriation
8amount in odd fiscal years.
(1) In this section:
AB1079,31,119 (a) “Partial school revenues" means the sum of state school aids, property taxes
10levied for school districts, and aid paid to school districts under ss. 79.095 (4) and
1179.096 (4), less all of the following:
AB1079,31,1412 1. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 2. due to a
13school board's increasing the services that it provides by adding responsibility for
14providing a service transferred to it from another school board.
AB1079,31,1515 2. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 3.
AB1079,31,1616 3. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (h).
AB1079,31,1717 4. The amount of any property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19).
AB1079,31,2018 5. An amount equal to the amount estimated to be paid under s. 119.23 (4) and
19(4m) multiplied by the sum of the applicable percentages specified in s. 121.08 (4) (b)
201. and 2.
AB1079,31,2221 6. The amount by which the property tax levy for debt service on debt that has
22been approved by a referendum exceeds $490,000,000.
AB1079,31,2323 (b) “State school aids" means all of the following:
AB1079,31,2524 1. The amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (b) and (2), other than s.
2520.255 (2) (aw), (az), (bb), (fm), (fp), (fq), (fr), (fs), (fu), (fv), (k), and (m).
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12. The amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (es).
AB1079,32,52 3. The amount, as determined by the secretary of administration, of the
3appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (s) allocated for payments to telecommunications
4providers under contracts with school districts and cooperative educational service
5agencies under s. 16.971 (13).
AB1079,32,10 6(2) By May 15, 2022, and annually by May 15 thereafter, the department, the
7department of administration, and the legislative fiscal bureau shall jointly certify
8to the joint committee on finance an estimate of the amount necessary to appropriate
9under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year to ensure that state school aids
10equal two-thirds of partial school revenues.
AB1079,32,13 11(3) By June 30, 2022, and biennially by June 30 thereafter, the joint committee
12on finance shall determine the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the
13following school year.
AB1079,85 14Section 85. 121.59 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1079,32,1615 121.59 (2) (intro.) Annually the department shall , subject to sub. (3), pay to
16each eligible school district the amount determined as follows:
AB1079,86 17Section 86. 121.59 (2m) (a) (intro.), 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered
18121.59 (2m) (intro.), (am) and (bm), and 121.59 (2m) (intro.) and (bm), as
19renumbered, are amended to read:
AB1079,32,2520 121.59 (2m) (intro.) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and in any school
21year thereafter, if a
If an eligible school district was eligible to receive aid under sub.
22(2) in the immediately preceding school year but is ineligible to receive aid in the
23current school year because the number under sub. (2) (d) is not a positive number,
24the state superintendent shall, subject to par. (b) sub. (3), pay to that eligible school
25district the amount determined as follows:
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1(bm) Multiply the amount under subd. 1. par. (am) by 0.5.
AB1079,87 2Section 87. 121.59 (2m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1079,88 3Section 88. 121.59 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1079,33,84 121.59 (3) Aid under this section shall be is paid from the appropriation under
5s. 20.255 (2) (cq). If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cq) is insufficient to pay
6the full amount of aid under subs. (2) and (2m), the state superintendent shall
7prorate the payments among the eligible school districts entitled to receive aid under
8this section.
AB1079,89 9Section 89. 121.90 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1079,33,1210 121.90 (1) (h) In determining a school district's revenue limit for the 2021-22,
112022-23, and 2023-24 school years, the number of pupils enrolled in the school
12district in the 2020-21 school year is the sum of the following:
AB1079,33,1313 1. The greater of the following:
AB1079,33,1414 a. Forty percent of the summer enrollment in the 2019-20 school year.
AB1079,33,1515 b. Forty percent of the summer enrollment in the 2020-21 school year.
AB1079,33,1616 2. The greater of the following:
AB1079,33,1817 a. The number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the 2019-20 school
18year, as determined without the exceptions provided in par. (dr).
AB1079,33,2019 b. The number of pupils enrolled in the school district in the 2020-21 school
20year, as determined without the exceptions provided in par. (dr).
AB1079,90 21Section 90. 121.905 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1079,34,222 121.905 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in this section, “revenue ceiling"
23means $9,100 in the 2017-18 school year, $9,400 in the 2018-19 school year, $9,500
24in the 2019-20 school year, $9,600 in the 2020-21 school year, $9,700 $10,250 in the

12021-22 school year, and $9,800 $10,500 in the 2022-23 school year and in any
2subsequent school year.
AB1079,91 3Section 91. 121.905 (1) (b) 1. to 3. of the statutes are repealed.
AB1079,92 4Section 92. 121.905 (1) (b) 6. and 7. of the statutes are repealed.
AB1079,93 5Section 93. 121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1079,34,86 121.905 (3) (c) 6. For the limit for each of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years,
7for the 2021-22 school year, and for any school year thereafter, make no adjustment
8to the result under par. (b).
AB1079,94 9Section 94. 121.905 (3) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1079,34,1110 121.905 (3) (c) 9. For the limit for the 2021-22 school year, add $200 to the
11result under par. (b).
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