Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB873 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 873
5	5	January 2, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives SORTWELL, ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE,
6	6	DONOVAN, GOEBEN, MELOTIK, MURSAU, STEFFEN and EDMING, cosponsored by
7	7	Senator BALLWEG. Referred to Committee on Education.
8	8	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
9	9	AN ACT to create 20.255 (3) (cm) and 115.421 of the statutes; relating to:
10	10	reimbursing teachers for classroom supplies, granting rule-making authority,
11	11	and making an appropriation.
12	12	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
13	13	This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction, beginning in the
14	14	2025-26 school year, to annually reimburse individuals who teach full-time in public
15	15	schools or private schools for up to $250 in eligible supplies, as determined by DPI
16	16	by rule, that the individual purchased to use in a classroom during the school year.
17	17	Under the bill, to be reimbursed for eligible supplies, a teacher must submit to DPI
18	18	a receipt signed by the teacher and the principal of the school where the teacher
19	19	teaches full-time. The bill authorizes DPI to audit reimbursements made under the
20	20	bill.
21	21	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
22	22	an appendix to this bill.
23	23	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
24	24	enact as follows:
25	25	SECTION 1. 20.255 (3) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
26	26	20.255 (3) (cm) Classroom supplies; reimbursements. A sum sufficient to make
27	27	payments to teachers under s. 115.421.
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35	35	SECTION 2 ASSEMBLY BILL 873
36	36	SECTION 2. 115.421 of the statutes is created to read:
37	37	115.421 Classroom supplies; reimbursements. (1) In this section,
38	38	“teacher” means an individual who teaches full-time in a public school, including a
39	39	charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or a private school. “Teacher”
40	40	does not include a paraprofessional, substitute teacher, or administrator.
41	41	(2) Annually, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (cm), beginning in the
42	42	2025-26 school year, the department shall reimburse a teacher for eligible supplies,
43	43	as determined by the department by rule, that the teacher purchased for use in the
44	44	classroom during the school year. Eligible supplies do not include curricula or
45	45	electronic devices. The department may not reimburse a teacher for more than $250
46	46	for any school year.
47	47	(3) To receive a reimbursement under sub. (2), a teacher shall submit to the
48	48	department a receipt for the eligible supply that is signed by the teacher and the
49	49	principal of the school at which the teacher teaches full-time.
50	50	(4) The department may audit payments made to reimbursement recipients
51	51	under this section, as the department determines to be necessary.
52	52	(5) The department may promulgate rules to implement and administer this
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54	54	SECTION 3.0Effective date.
55	55	(1) This act takes effect on July 15, 2025.
56	56	(END)
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