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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
2023 SENATE BILL 493
October 16, 2023 - Introduced by Senators LARSON, L. JOHNSON, HESSELBEIN, SMITH,
AGARD, SPREITZER, CARPENTER and PFAFF, cosponsored by Representatives
SHELTON, JACOBSON, C. ANDERSON, MYERS, SHANKLAND, CABRERA, CLANCY,
CONSIDINE, EMERSON, JOERS, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SINICKI, SNODGRASS, SUBECK,
VINING, CONLEY, BARE, STUBBS, MOORE OMOKUNDE, MADISON, J. ANDERSON and
NEUBAUER. Referred to Committee on Education.
AN ACT to amend 119.04 (1); and to create 20.255 (3) (bt), 40.02 (22) (b) 15. and
115.418 of the statutes; relating to: longevity bonuses for teachers in school
districts.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, the Department of Public Instruction must pay a $7,000 bonus
to any teacher who has been licensed by DPI and employed by a school board
continuously for five school years. Under the bill, the first school year counted for
the longevity bonus payments is the 2024-25 school year, such that DPI will begin
making bonus payments in the 2029-30 school year. Teachers are eligible for
additional bonus payments for subsequent five-year periods that do not overlap.
The bonus is not considered earnings for the purposes of the Wisconsin Retirement
System.
For further information see the state 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. 20.255 (3) (bt) of the statutes is created to read:
20.255 (3) (bt) Teacher longevity bonuses. A sum sufficient to make the
payments under s. 115.418.
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SECTION 2. 40.02 (22) (b) 15. of the statutes is created to read:
40.02 (22) (b) 15. A bonus payment made by the department of public
instruction under s. 115.418.
SECTION 3. 115.418 of the statutes is created to read:
115.418 Teacher longevity bonuses. (1) Subject to sub. (2), beginning in
the 2029-30 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (bt), the
department shall pay a bonus in the amount of $7,000 to each individual who
satisfies all of the following:
(a) The individual is licensed as a teacher by the state superintendent and has
been continuously so licensed for the previous 5 school years.
(b) The individual is employed as a teacher by a school board and has been
continuously so employed by that school board for the previous 5 school years.
(2) If an individual receives a bonus payment under sub. (1), the individual is
eligible for additional bonus payments for any subsequent 5-year periods that do not
include a school year that was used to determine the individual's eligibility for a prior
bonus payment.
(3) Each school board annually shall report to the department the names of
teachers employed by the school board who are eligible for a bonus payment under
sub. (1).
SECTION 4. 119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 12, is
amended to read:
119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.418,
115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12,
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118.124, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163,
118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6),
(8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.2935,
118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 120.12 (2m),
(4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26),
(34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are
applicable to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly
provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any
school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program.
(END)
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