Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB782 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 782
5	5	December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives J. ANDERSON, CLANCY, DRAKE,
6	6	JACOBSON, JOERS, MOORE OMOKUNDE, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SHELTON, SINICKI and
7	7	MADISON, cosponsored by Senators LARSON, HESSELBEIN and TAYLOR. Referred
8	8	to Committee on Education.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	AN ACT to renumber 121.02 (1) (h); to amend 121.91 (7); and to create 118.40
11	11	(2r) (d) 3., 118.40 (2x) (d) 3., 118.60 (2) (a) 10., 119.23 (2) (a) 10., 121.02 (1) (h)
12	12	2. and 121.91 (4) (m) of the statutes; relating to: requiring public schools and
13	13	private schools participating in a parental choice program to employ a full-time
14	14	librarian and a school district revenue limit adjustment for the cost of
15	15	employing full-time librarians.
16	16	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
17	17	Under this bill, each school board must employ a licensed instructional library
18	18	media specialist on a full-time basis for each school in the school district; each
19	19	independent charter school must employ a licensed instructional library media
20	20	specialist on a full-time basis; and each private school participating in a parental
21	21	choice program must employ a licensed instructional library media specialist, or an
22	22	individual with a degree in library science or an equivalent degree, on a full-time
23	23	basis.
24	24	In addition, the bill creates a school district revenue limit adjustment for the
25	25	costs of a school board to comply with this requirement. Current law generally limits
26	26	the total amount of revenue per pupil that a school district may receive from general
27	27	school aids and property taxes in a school year to the amount of revenue allowed per
28	28	pupil in the previous school year plus a per pupil increase, if any, as provided by law.
29	29	However, current law also includes several adjustments to the general revenue limit.
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38	38	For example, if a school district increases the services that it provides by adding
39	39	responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental
40	40	unit, the school district's revenue limit is increased by the cost of that service.
41	41	The bill creates a school district revenue limit adjustment for the amount a
42	42	school district spent during the previous school year to employ a full-time librarian
43	43	in any school in the district that did not already have a full-time librarian.
44	44	Specifically, under the bill, a school board must state in a resolution for the revenue
45	45	limit adjustment the extent to which the school board was already in compliance with
46	46	the requirement to employ a full-time librarian for each school in the school district.
47	47	If the school board adopts the resolution, the school district's revenue limit is
48	48	increased by the amount the school board spent in the previous school year to reach
49	49	full compliance with that requirement.
50	50	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
51	51	printed as an appendix to this bill.
52	52	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
53	53	enact as follows:
54	54	SECTION 1. 118.40 (2r) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
55	55	118.40 (2r) (d) 3. Ensure that all charter schools under this subsection employ
56	56	a licensed instructional library media specialist on a full-time basis.
57	57	SECTION 2. 118.40 (2x) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
58	58	118.40 (2x) (d) 3. Ensure that all charter schools established under this
59	59	subsection employ a licensed instructional library media specialist on a full-time
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61	61	SECTION 3. 118.60 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
62	62	118.60 (2) (a) 10. The private school employs a licensed instructional library
63	63	media specialist, or an individual with a degree in library science or an equivalent
64	64	degree, on a full-time basis.
65	65	SECTION 4. 119.23 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
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82	82	119.23 (2) (a) 10. The private school employs a licensed instructional library
83	83	media specialist, or an individual with a degree in library science or an equivalent
84	84	degree, on a full-time basis.
85	85	SECTION 5. 121.02 (1) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 121.02 (1) (h) 1.
86	86	SECTION 6. 121.02 (1) (h) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
87	87	121.02 (1) (h) 2. Employ one licensed instructional library media specialist on
88	88	a full-time basis for each school in the school district.
89	89	SECTION 7. 121.91 (4) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
90	90	121.91 (4) (m) 1. If a school board adopts a resolution to do so, and states in the
91	91	resolution the extent to which the school board was already compliant with s. 121.02
92	92	(1) (h) 2. on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], the limit
93	93	otherwise applicable to the school district under sub. (2m) in any school year is
94	94	increased by the amount spent by the school district in the previous school year to
95	95	reach full compliance with s. 121.02 (1) (h) 2.
96	96	2. Any additional revenue received by a school district under this paragraph
97	97	shall not be included in the base for determining the school district's limit under sub.
98	98	(2m) for the following school year.
99	99	SECTION 8. 121.91 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
100	100	121.91 (7) Except as provided in subs. (4) (f) 2. and (n) (m) to (qe) and (8), if an
101	101	excess revenue is approved under sub. (3) for a recurring purpose or allowed under
102	102	sub. (4), the excess revenue shall be included in the base for determining the limit
103	103	for the next school year for purposes of this section. If an excess revenue is approved
104	104	under sub. (3) for a nonrecurring purpose, the excess revenue shall not be included
105	105	in the base for determining the limit for the next school year for purposes of this
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134	134	SECTION 9.0Initial applicability.
135	135	(1) The treatment of s. 121.91 (4) (m) and (7) first applies to the calculation of
136	136	a school district's revenue limit for the school year beginning after the effective date
137	137	of this subsection.
138	138	SECTION 10.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
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140	140	(1) The treatment of ss. 118.40 (2r) (d) 3. and (2x) (d) 3., 118.60 (2) (a) 10., and
141	141	119.23 (2) (a) 10., the renumbering of s. 121.02 (1) (h), and the creation of s. 121.02
142	142	(1) (h) 2. take effect on the first day of the school year beginning after publication.
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