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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 305
June 9, 2023 - Introduced by Representative VOS, cosponsored by Senators
STROEBEL, HUTTON and JAGLER. Referred to Committee on Education.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to amend 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. b., 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.), 118.60 (4)
(bg) 3., 118.60 (4) (bg) 5. a., 118.60 (4) (bg) 5. b., 119.23 (4) (bg) 3., 119.23 (4) (bg)
5. a. and 119.23 (4) (bg) 5. b.; and to create 121.905 (1) (b) 8. of the statutes;
relating to: increasing the per pupil payments in parental choice programs
and the Special Needs Scholarship program and the per pupil payments made
to independent charter schools and increasing the revenue ceiling for school
districts.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law generally limits the total amount of revenue per pupil that a school
district may receive from general school aids and property taxes in a school year. This
limit is known as a school district's revenue limit. Current law provides a minimum
per pupil revenue limit for school districts, known as the “revenue ceiling.” Under
current law, the revenue ceiling is $10,000 in the 2020-21 school year and each school
year thereafter. This bill increases the revenue ceiling to $11,000 for the 2023-24
school year and each school year thereafter.
Under current law, the per pupil payment amounts under the Milwaukee
Parental Choice Program, the Racine Parental Choice Program, the Wisconsin
Parental Choice Program, and the Special Needs Scholarship Program and the per
pupil payment amount paid to independent charter schools (collectively “per pupil
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payments”) are adjusted annually. The annual adjustment adds to the per pupil
payment amount received for the previous school year an amount equal to the sum
of any per member revenue limit increase that applies to school districts in the
current school year and any per member increase in categorical aids between the
current school year and the previous school year. Beginning in the 2024-25 school
year, the annual adjustment described above also includes the change in the revenue
ceiling, if positive, except for the annual adjustment for a payment under a parental
choice program for a pupil enrolled in kindergarten to grade 8, which includes 90
percent of the change in the revenue ceiling, if positive.
Additionally, in the 2023-24 school year, this bill adds the following amounts
to the per pupil adjustment formula:
1. For the per pupil payment amount under the MPCP, RPCP, and WPCP for
pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten to eight, 10 percent of the revenue ceiling for
the 2023-24 school year.
2. For the per pupil payment amount under the MPCP, RPCP, and WPCP for
pupils enrolled in grades nine to 12, 26.8 percent of the revenue ceiling for the
2023-24 school year.
3. For the per pupil payment amount paid to independent charter schools, 15.7
percent of the revenue ceiling for the 2023-24 school year.
4. For the per pupil payment amount under the SNSP, 14.5 percent of the
revenue ceiling for the 2023-24 school year.
Because the per pupil adjustment formula includes the amount received in the
previous school year, the amounts added in the 2023-24 school year will be included
in the per pupil amounts for the 2024-25 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:
SECTION 1. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. b. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year and subject to
subd. 3., the sum of the scholarship amount under this subdivision for the previous
school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91
(2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of
statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current
school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in the 2023-24
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school year, 14.5 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that
school year.
SECTION 2. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin
Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. b. Beginning in the 2018-19 school year and subject to
subd. 3., the sum of the scholarship amount under this subdivision for the previous
school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91
(2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the revenue ceiling,
as defined in s. 121.905 (1), between the previous school year and current school year,
if positive; the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between
the previous school year and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40
(2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in the 2023-24 school year, 14.5 percent of the revenue
ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year.
SECTION 3. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) In the 2015-16 school year and in each school year
thereafter, for a pupil attending a charter school established by or under a contract
with an entity under par. (b) 1., from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the
department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the
sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph in the previous school year;
the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the
current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical
aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, if positive;
and in the 2023-24 school year, 15.7 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s.
121.905 (1), for that school year. The change in the statewide categorical aid per
pupil shall be determined as follows:
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SECTION 4. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2023
Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) In the 2015-16 school year and in each school year
thereafter, for a pupil attending a charter school established by or under a contract
with an entity under par. (b) 1., from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fm), the
department shall pay to the operator of the charter school an amount equal to the
sum of the amount paid per pupil under this paragraph in the previous school year;
the amount of the per pupil revenue limit adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the
current school year, if positive; and the change in the revenue ceiling, as defined in
s. 121.905 (1), between the previous school year and current school year, if positive;
the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous
school year and the current school year, if positive; and in the 2023-24 school year,
15.7 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year.
The change in the statewide categorical aid per pupil shall be determined as follows:
SECTION 5. 118.60 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.60 (4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16 school year and in each school year thereafter,
upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's enrollment in
the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 5., the state
superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf
of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fr), an
amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent
paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in
which the pupil is enrolled; in the 2023-24 school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a
grade from kindergarten to 8, 10 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s.
121.905 (1), for that school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment
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under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the
amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and
the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in
the 2023-24 school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12, 26.8 percent
of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year.
SECTION 6. 118.60 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act
.... (this act), is amended to read:
118.60 (4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16 school year and in each school year thereafter,
upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's enrollment in
the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 5., the state
superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf
of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fr), an
amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent
paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in
which the pupil is enrolled; in the 2023-24 school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a
grade from kindergarten to 8, 10 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s.
121.905 (1), for that school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment
under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and 90 percent of the
change in the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), between the previous
school year and current school year, if positive, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from
kindergarten to 8, or if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12, the change in the
revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), between the previous school year and
current school year, if positive; the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid
per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as
determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in the 2023-24 school year,
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if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12, 26.8 percent of the revenue ceiling, as
defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year.
SECTION 7. 118.60 (4) (bg) 5. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.60 (4) (bg) 5. a. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program
who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between kindergarten to 8 by the
sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private
school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil
is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for
the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide
categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school
year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in the 2023-24 school
year, 10 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school
year.
SECTION 8. 118.60 (4) (bg) 5. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin
Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
118.60 (4) (bg) 5. a. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program
who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between kindergarten to 8 by the
sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private
school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil
is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for
the current school year, if positive; and 90 percent of the change in the revenue
ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), between the previous school year and current
school year, if positive; the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per
pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as determined
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under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in the 2023-24 school year, 10 percent of
the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year.
SECTION 9. 118.60 (4) (bg) 5. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.60 (4) (bg) 5. b. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program
who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between 9 to 12 by the sum of the
maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under
this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled;
the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current
school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per
pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as determined
under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in the 2023-24 school year, 26.8 percent
of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year.
SECTION 10. 118.60 (4) (bg) 5. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin
Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
118.60 (4) (bg) 5. b. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program
who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between 9 to 12 by the sum of the
maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under
this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled;
the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current
school year, if positive; and the change in the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905
(1), between the previous school year and current school year, if positive; the change
in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year
and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and
in the 2023-24 school year, 26.8 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s.
121.905 (1), for that school year.
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SECTION 11. 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
119.23 (4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16 school year and in each school year thereafter,
upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's enrollment in
the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 5., the state
superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf
of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fu), an
amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent
paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in
which the pupil is enrolled; in the 2023-24 school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a
grade from kindergarten to 8, 10 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s.
121.905 (1), for that school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment
under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and the change in the
amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and
the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in
the 2023-24 school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12, 26.8 percent
of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year.
SECTION 12. 119.23 (4) (bg) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act
.... (this act), is amended to read:
119.23 (4) (bg) 3. In the 2015-16 school year and in each school year thereafter,
upon receipt from the pupil's parent or guardian of proof of the pupil's enrollment in
the private school during a school term, except as provided in subd. 5., the state
superintendent shall pay to the private school in which the pupil is enrolled on behalf
of the pupil's parent or guardian, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (fu), an
amount equal to the sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent
paid a private school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in
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which the pupil is enrolled; in the 2023-24 school year, if the pupil is enrolled in a
grade from kindergarten to 8, 10 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s.
121.905 (1), for that school year; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment
under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current school year, if positive; and 90 percent of the
change in the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), between the previous
school year and current school year, if positive, if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from
kindergarten to 8, or if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12, the change in the
revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), between the previous school year and
current school year, if positive; the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid
per pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as
determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in the 2023-24 school year,
if the pupil is enrolled in a grade from 9 to 12, 26.8 percent of the revenue ceiling, as
defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year.
SECTION 13. 119.23 (4) (bg) 5. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
119.23 (4) (bg) 5. a. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program
who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between kindergarten to 8 by the
sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private
school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil
is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for
the current school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide
categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year and the current school
year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in the 2023-24 school
year, 10 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school
year.
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SECTION 14. 119.23 (4) (bg) 5. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin
Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
119.23 (4) (bg) 5. a. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program
who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between kindergarten to 8 by the
sum of the maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private
school under this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil
is enrolled; the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for
the current school year, if positive; and 90 percent of the change in the revenue
ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), between the previous school year and current
school year, if positive; the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per
pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as determined
under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in the 2023-24 school year, 10 percent of
the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year.
SECTION 15. 119.23 (4) (bg) 5. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
119.23 (4) (bg) 5. b. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program
who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between 9 to 12 by the sum of the
maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under
this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled;
the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current
school year, if positive; and the change in the amount of statewide categorical aid per
pupil between the previous school year and the current school year, as determined
under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and in the 2023-24 school year, 26.8 percent
of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905 (1), for that school year.
SECTION 16. 119.23 (4) (bg) 5. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin
Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
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119.23 (4) (bg) 5. b. Multiply the number of pupils participating in the program
who are enrolled in the private school in any grade between 9 to 12 by the sum of the
maximum amount per pupil the state superintendent paid a private school under
this section in the previous school year for the grade in which the pupil is enrolled;
the amount of the per pupil revenue adjustment under s. 121.91 (2m) for the current
school year, if positive; and the change in the revenue ceiling, as defined in s. 121.905
(1), between the previous school year and current school year, if positive; the change
in the amount of statewide categorical aid per pupil between the previous school year
and the current school year, as determined under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p., if positive; and
in the 2023-24 school year, 26.8 percent of the revenue ceiling, as defined in s.
121.905 (1), for that school year.
SECTION 17. 121.905 (1) (b) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
121.905 (1) (b) 8. Notwithstanding subd. 7., “revenue ceiling” means the
amount under subd. 7. plus $1,000.
SECTION 9334.0Initial applicability; Public Instruction.
(1) REVENUE CEILING. The treatment of s. 121.905 (1) (b) 8. first applies to the
revenue ceiling in the 2023-24 school year.
SECTION 9434.0Effective dates; Public Instruction.
(1) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT FORMULA. The treatment of ss. 115.7915 (4m) (a) 2. b.
(by SECTION 2), 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. (intro.) (by SECTION 4), 118.60 (4) (bg) 3. (by SECTION
6), 118.60 (4) (bg) 5. a. (by SECTION 8), 118.60 (4) (bg) 5. b. (by SECTION 10), 119.23 (4)
(bg) 3. (by SECTION 12), 119.23 (4) (bg) 5. a. (by SECTION 14) and 119.23 (4) (bg) 5. b.
(by SECTION 16) takes effect on July 1, 2024.
(END)
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