Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 900
5	5	January 4, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives SCHUTT, MAXEY, ALLEN, BEHNKE,
6	6	BODDEN, BRANDTJEN, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, EDMING, GOEBEN, HURD, MAGNAFICI,
7	7	MELOTIK, MICHALSKI, MOSES, NEDWESKI, PENTERMAN, RETTINGER, RODRIGUEZ,
8	8	ROZAR, SCHMIDT, TUSLER, WICHGERS, WITTKE and MURPHY, cosponsored by
9	9	Senators JAGLER, HUTTON, FEYEN, CABRAL-GUEVARA, KAPENGA, KNODL, NASS,
10	10	QUINN, STAFSHOLT, STROEBEL, TESTIN, TOMCZYK and WANGGAARD. Referred to
11	11	Committee on Education.
12	12	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
13	13	AN ACT to repeal 121.08 (4) (b) 1. and 3.; to consolidate, renumber and amend
14	14	121.08 (4) (b) (intro.) and 2.; to amend 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. a., c., d., df. and dh.,
15	15	118.60 (4d) (a), 118.60 (4d) (b) 1. a., b., c. and d., 121.07 (2) (b), 121.07 (2) (c) and
16	16	121.137 (2); and to create 115.7915 (1) (am) of the statutes; relating to:
17	17	reductions to state aid paid to school districts for payments made under
18	18	parental choice programs and the Special Needs Scholarship Program.
19	19	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
20	20	This bill ends reductions to state aid paid to school districts for per pupil
21	21	payments made under the Racine Parental Choice Program, the Wisconsin Parental
22	22	Choice Program, and the Special Needs Scholarship Program beginning with
23	23	payments made for pupils who begin in these programs in the 2024-25 school year.
24	24	Under the bill, current law applies to payments made under the RPCP, WPCP, and
25	25	SNSP for pupils who began participating in these programs before July 1, 2024
26	26	(legacy pupils).
27	27	The Racine and Wisconsin Parental Choice Programs and the Special Needs
28	28	Scholarship Program
29	29	Under current law, per pupil payments to private schools participating in the
30	30	RPCP, WPCP, and SNSP are paid from sum sufficient appropriations, ensuring that
31	31	full payments are made to private schools for pupils participating in each of the
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40	40	programs. Current law also requires the Department of Public Instruction to reduce
41	41	each school district's equalization aid by an amount equal to the total per pupil
42	42	payments paid to private schools participating in the RPCP, WPCP, and SNSP that
43	43	are attributable to pupils residing in that school district. If a school district does not
44	44	receive equalization aid sufficient to cover the aid reduction, the balance is reduced
45	45	from other state aid received by the school district. These aid reductions are
46	46	deposited in the general fund. In general, these reductions reimburse the general
47	47	fund for per pupil payments made under the RPCP, WPCP, and SNSP. Under current
48	48	law, pupils who participated in the RPCP or WPCP before the 2015-16 school year
49	49	are not included for purposes of the equalization aid reduction.
50	50	The bill eliminates reductions to equalization aid for per pupil payments made
51	51	under the RPCP, WPCP, and SNSP for pupils who begin participating in the RPCP,
52	52	WPCP, or SNSP in the 2024-25 school year.
53	53	Under current law, a pupil participating in the RPCP, WPCP, or SNSP for whom
54	54	a per pupil payment was made in the previous year is included in the pupil's resident
55	55	school district's membership for purposes of calculating general state aids. A school
56	56	district's membership in the previous school year is a factor used to calculate
57	57	equalization aid. Current law also allows a school district to increase its revenue
58	58	limit for a school year by the amount of the aid reduction described above for that
59	59	school year. Under the bill, only legacy pupils for whom a per pupil payment is made
60	60	in the previous year are counted for purposes of calculating state aid.
61	61	The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
62	62	Under current law, payments to private schools participating in the MPCP are
63	63	paid from a sum sufficient appropriation, ensuring that full payments are made to
64	64	private schools for all pupils participating in the MPCP. Current law also requires
65	65	DPI to reduce the general state aid for Milwaukee Public Schools by a percentage of
66	66	the amount paid to private schools participating in the MPCP and deposit the
67	67	reduction in the general fund. Under revenue limits, MPS may levy property taxes
68	68	to make up for the amount of general aid lost due to this reduction.
69	69	Current law describes the amount of the reduction to MPS in two parts. In the
70	70	2023-24 school year, the first part of the reduction to the general state aid for MPS
71	71	is 3.2 percent of the total per pupil payments made to private schools participating
72	72	in the MPCP. Under current law, this part of the reduction is reduced by 3.2
73	73	percentage points each school year until the 2024-25 school year, at which time there
74	74	is no reduction. The bill repeals this provision on July 1, 2024, when the provision
75	75	becomes obsolete.
76	76	The second part of the MPS general state aid reduction under current law is
77	77	equal to 6.6 percent of the total per pupil payments made to private schools
78	78	participating in the MPCP. However, current law requires DPI to provide additional
79	79	state aid, known as first class city school levy aid, to the City of Milwaukee and
80	80	requires the City of Milwaukee to pay the amount received to the school board. In
81	81	other words, the school board receives the amount of the reduction through first class
82	82	city school levy aid. The bill does not eliminate this reduction or the first class city
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87	87	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
88	88	printed as an appendix to this bill.
89	89	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
90	90	enact as follows:
91	91	SECTION 1. 115.7915 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
92	92	115.7915 (1) (am) “Legacy pupil" means a child who attended a private school
93	93	participating in the program under this section under a scholarship under this
94	94	section before July 1, 2024.
95	95	SECTION 2. 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. a., c., d., df. and dh. of the statutes are amended
96	96	to read:
97	97	115.7915 (4m) (f) 1. a. Determine the sum of the amount paid for each child
98	98	legacy pupil residing in the school district for whom a payment is made under par.
99	99	(a) in that school year.
100	100	c. Determine the number of legacy pupils residing in the school district for
101	101	whom a payment is made under par. (e) in that school year.
102	102	d. Multiply the number of legacy pupils under subd. 1. c. by the per pupil
103	103	amount paid under par. (e) for that school year.
104	104	df. Identify the children legacy pupils residing in the school district for whom
105	105	a payment is made under sub. (4p) in that school year.
106	106	dh. Sum the payments made under sub. (4p) (a) for all of the children legacy
107	107	pupils identified under subd. 1. df. for that school year.
108	108	SECTION 3. 118.60 (4d) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
109	109	118.60 (4d) (a) In this subsection, “incoming “legacy choice pupil" means a
110	110	pupil who resides in a school district, other than a 1st class city school district, who
111	111	begins participating in the program under this section in after the 2015-16 2014-15
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135	135	school year or any and before the 2024-25 school year thereafter, and who is enrolled
136	136	in a private school under this section.
137	137	SECTION 4. 118.60 (4d) (b) 1. a., b., c. and d. of the statutes are amended to read:
138	138	118.60 (4d) (b) 1. a. Identify the incoming legacy choice pupils residing in the
139	139	school district for whom a payment is made under sub. (4) (bg) in that school year.
140	140	b. Sum the payments made under sub. (4) (bg) for all of the legacy choice pupils
141	141	identified under subd. 1. a. for that school year.
142	142	c. Identify the incoming legacy choice pupils residing in the school district for
143	143	whom a payment is made under sub. (4m) in that school year.
144	144	d. Sum the payments made under sub. (4m) (a) for all of the legacy choice pupils
145	145	identified under subd. 1. c. for that school year.
146	146	SECTION 5. 121.07 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
147	147	121.07 (2) (b) The number of pupils residing in the school district in the
148	148	previous school year who were incoming legacy choice pupils, as defined in s. 118.60
149	149	(4d) (a), and for whom a payment was made under s. 118.60 (4) (bg) in the previous
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151	151	SECTION 6. 121.07 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
152	152	121.07 (2) (c) The number of legacy pupils, as defined in s. 115.7915 (1) (am),
153	153	residing in the school district in the previous school year for whom a payment was
154	154	made under s. 115.7915 (4m) (a) or (e) in the previous school year.
155	155	SECTION 7. 121.08 (4) (b) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are consolidated,
156	156	renumbered 121.08 (4) (b) and amended to read:
157	157	121.08 (4) (b) The amount of state aid that the school district operating under
158	158	ch. 119 is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) shall be
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189	189	paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the 2009-10 school year by 3.4 percent, and
190	190	multiply by multiplying the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the 2010-11
191	191	school year and in each school year thereafter by 6.6 percent.
192	192	SECTION 8. 121.08 (4) (b) 1. and 3. of the statutes are repealed.
193	193	SECTION 9. 121.137 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
194	194	121.137 (2) Annually, the department shall calculate the amount of the state
195	195	aid reduction under s. 121.08 (4) (b) 2. in the current school year and shall notify the
196	196	board, in writing, of the result.
197	197	SECTION 10.0Initial applicability.
198	198	(1) This act first applies to aid paid in the 2024-25 school year.
199	199	SECTION 11.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
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201	201	(1) The treatment of s. 121.08 (4) (b) (intro.), 1., 2. and 3. takes effect on July
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