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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

2021 Assembly BILL 1042

February 17, 2022 - Introduced by Representatives Pope, Considine, Shelton, Spreitzer, Hebl, Emerson, Vruwink, B. Meyers, Milroy, Anderson, Sinicki, Hintz, Cabrera and Subeck, cosponsored by Senators Bewley, Erpenbach, Larson, Roys, Ringhand, Agard, Smith, Pfaff and Carpenter. Referred to Committee on Education.

AB1042,1,4 An Act to amend 118.60 (4d) (b) 1. (intro.) and 121.91 (4) (n) 1.; and to create 118.60 (4e) of the statutes; relating to: state aid to the resident school district of a pupil attending a private school under the Racine or statewide parental choice program.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits the Department of Public Instruction from making certain reductions in state aid paid to a school district until the electors of the school district have approved the reduction in state aid by a referendum vote. Current law requires DPI to reduce the state aid paid to a school district in a school year by the amount paid in that school year to a private school participating in the Racine or statewide parental choice program for each pupil who resides in that school district but who attends a private school under the Racine or statewide parental choice program.

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:

AB1042,1 Section 1. 118.60 (4d) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1042,2,3 118.60 (4d) (b) 1. (intro.) Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, subject to sub. (4e) and s. 121.085 (1), the department shall decrease a school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 by an amount calculated as follows:

AB1042,2 Section 2. 118.60 (4e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1042,2,5 118.60 (4e) (a) In this subsection:

AB1042,2,7 1. “Circulator" has the meaning given for “qualified circulator" under s. 5.02 (16g).

AB1042,2,8 2. “Commission” means the elections commission.

AB1042,2,14 (b) Beginning with state aid paid in the 2023-24 school year, the department may not decrease a school district's state aid payment as provided under sub. (4d) (b) until the school district qualifies as provided under this subsection. A school district qualifies under this subsection when a petition to have the school district's state aid reduced is certified as provided under par. (c) and approved at a referendum as provided under par. (e).