Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB758 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 758
5	5	December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senators LARSON, HESSELBEIN and TAYLOR,
6	6	cosponsored by Representatives J. ANDERSON, CLANCY, DRAKE, JACOBSON,
7	7	JOERS, MOORE OMOKUNDE, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SHELTON, SINICKI and MADISON.
8	8	Referred to Committee on Education.
9	9	AN ACT to renumber 121.02 (1) (h); to amend 121.91 (7); and to create 118.40
10	10	(2r) (d) 3., 118.40 (2x) (d) 3., 118.60 (2) (a) 10., 119.23 (2) (a) 10., 121.02 (1) (h)
11	11	2. and 121.91 (4) (m) of the statutes; relating to: requiring public schools and
12	12	private schools participating in a parental choice program to employ a full-time
13	13	librarian and a school district revenue limit adjustment for the cost of
14	14	employing full-time librarians.
15	15	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
16	16	Under this bill, each school board must employ a licensed instructional library
17	17	media specialist on a full-time basis for each school in the school district; each
18	18	independent charter school must employ a licensed instructional library media
19	19	specialist on a full-time basis; and each private school participating in a parental
20	20	choice program must employ a licensed instructional library media specialist, or an
21	21	individual with a degree in library science or an equivalent degree, on a full-time
22	22	basis.
23	23	In addition, the bill creates a school district revenue limit adjustment for the
24	24	costs of a school board to comply with this requirement. Current law generally limits
25	25	the total amount of revenue per pupil that a school district may receive from general
26	26	school aids and property taxes in a school year to the amount of revenue allowed per
27	27	pupil in the previous school year plus a per pupil increase, if any, as provided by law.
28	28	However, current law also includes several adjustments to the general revenue limit.
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37	37	For example, if a school district increases the services that it provides by adding
38	38	responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental
39	39	unit, the school district's revenue limit is increased by the cost of that service.
40	40	The bill creates a school district revenue limit adjustment for the amount a
41	41	school district spent during the previous school year to employ a full-time librarian
42	42	in any school in the district that did not already have a full-time librarian.
43	43	Specifically, under the bill, a school board must state in a resolution for the revenue
44	44	limit adjustment the extent to which the school board was already in compliance with
45	45	the requirement to employ a full-time librarian for each school in the school district.
46	46	If the school board adopts the resolution, the school district's revenue limit is
47	47	increased by the amount the school board spent in the previous school year to reach
48	48	full compliance with that requirement.
49	49	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
50	50	printed as an appendix to this bill.
51	51	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
52	52	enact as follows:
53	53	SECTION 1. 118.40 (2r) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
54	54	118.40 (2r) (d) 3. Ensure that all charter schools under this subsection employ
55	55	a licensed instructional library media specialist on a full-time basis.
56	56	SECTION 2. 118.40 (2x) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
57	57	118.40 (2x) (d) 3. Ensure that all charter schools established under this
58	58	subsection employ a licensed instructional library media specialist on a full-time
59	59	basis.
60	60	SECTION 3. 118.60 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
61	61	118.60 (2) (a) 10. The private school employs a licensed instructional library
62	62	media specialist, or an individual with a degree in library science or an equivalent
63	63	degree, on a full-time basis.
64	64	SECTION 4. 119.23 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
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81	81	119.23 (2) (a) 10. The private school employs a licensed instructional library
82	82	media specialist, or an individual with a degree in library science or an equivalent
83	83	degree, on a full-time basis.
84	84	SECTION 5. 121.02 (1) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 121.02 (1) (h) 1.
85	85	SECTION 6. 121.02 (1) (h) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
86	86	121.02 (1) (h) 2. Employ one licensed instructional library media specialist on
87	87	a full-time basis for each school in the school district.
88	88	SECTION 7. 121.91 (4) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
89	89	121.91 (4) (m) 1. If a school board adopts a resolution to do so, and states in the
90	90	resolution the extent to which the school board was already compliant with s. 121.02
91	91	(1) (h) 2. on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], the limit
92	92	otherwise applicable to the school district under sub. (2m) in any school year is
93	93	increased by the amount spent by the school district in the previous school year to
94	94	reach full compliance with s. 121.02 (1) (h) 2.
95	95	2. Any additional revenue received by a school district under this paragraph
96	96	shall not be included in the base for determining the school district's limit under sub.
97	97	(2m) for the following school year.
98	98	SECTION 8. 121.91 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
99	99	121.91 (7) Except as provided in subs. (4) (f) 2. and (n) (m) to (qe) and (8), if an
100	100	excess revenue is approved under sub. (3) for a recurring purpose or allowed under
101	101	sub. (4), the excess revenue shall be included in the base for determining the limit
102	102	for the next school year for purposes of this section. If an excess revenue is approved
103	103	under sub. (3) for a nonrecurring purpose, the excess revenue shall not be included
104	104	in the base for determining the limit for the next school year for purposes of this
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132	132	SECTION 9 SENATE BILL 758
133	133	SECTION 9.0Initial applicability.
134	134	(1) The treatment of s. 121.91 (4) (m) and (7) first applies to the calculation of
135	135	a school district's revenue limit for the school year beginning after the effective date
136	136	of this subsection.
137	137	SECTION 10.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
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139	139	(1) The treatment of ss. 118.40 (2r) (d) 3. and (2x) (d) 3., 118.60 (2) (a) 10., and
140	140	119.23 (2) (a) 10., the renumbering of s. 121.02 (1) (h), and the creation of s. 121.02
141	141	(1) (h) 2. take effect on the first day of the school year beginning after publication.
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