AB677,9,612 119.46 (1) As part of the budget transmitted annually to the common council
13under s. 119.16 (8) (b), the board shall report the amount of money required for the
14ensuing school year to operate all public schools in the city under this chapter, to
15repair and keep in order school buildings and equipment, to make material
16improvements to school property, and to purchase necessary additions to school sites.
17The report shall specify the amount of net proceeds from the sale or lease of
18city-owned property used for school purposes deposited in the immediately
19preceding school year into the school operations fund as specified under s. 119.60
20(2m) (c). The amount included in the report for the purpose of supporting the
21Milwaukee Parental Choice Program under s. 119.23 shall be reduced by the amount
22of aid received by the board under s. 121.136 and by the amount specified in the
23notice received by the board under s. 121.137 (2). The common council shall levy and
24collect a tax upon all the property subject to taxation in the city, which shall be equal
25to the amount of money required by the board for the purposes set forth in this

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1subsection, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are levied and
2collected. Such taxes shall be in addition to all other taxes which the city is
3authorized to levy. The taxes so levied and collected, any other funds provided by law
4and placed at the disposal of the city for the same purposes, and the moneys deposited
5in the school operations fund under s. 119.60 (1), (2m) (c), and (5), shall constitute
6the school operations fund.

AB677,9,128 121.004 (7) (a) "Pupils enrolled" is the total number of pupils, as expressed by
9official enrollments, in all schools of the school district, except as provided in pars.
10(b) to (f) (g). If such total contains a fraction, it shall be expressed as the nearest whole
11number. The same method shall be used in computing the number of pupils enrolled
12for resident pupils, nonresident pupils or both.

AB677,9,1614 121.004 (7) (g) A pupil who is eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under
1542 USC 1758 (b) shall be counted as the number specified in this subsection for the
16pupil plus an additional 20 percent of that number.

AB677,9,2118 121.07 (6) (d) The "secondary ceiling cost per member" in the 2001-02 2012-13
19school year and in each school year thereafter is an amount determined by dividing
20the state total shared cost in the previous school year by the state total membership
21in the previous school year and multiplying the result by 0.90.

AB677,9,2423 121.08 (4) (b) The amount of state aid that the school district operating under
24ch. 119 is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) shall also

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1be reduced by the amount determined by multiplying the sum of the amounts paid
2under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the current school year by 30 percent.

AB677,10,105 121.08 (4) (br) The amount of state aid that an eligible school district is eligible
6to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) shall also be reduced by the
7amount calculated by multiplying the amounts paid under s. 118.60 (4) and (4m) in
8the first school year that begins after a school district is identified as an eligible
9school district under s. 118.60 (1m) or 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, section 9137 (3u), and
10in each school year thereafter by 38.4 30 percent.

AB677,10,13 12121.10 Hold harmless aid. (1) In this section, "state aid" means the sum of
13the following:

AB677,10,1514 (a) The payments made to a school district under ss. 121.08 and 121.105 and
15subch. VI.

AB677,10,1716 (b) The payments that would be made to a school district under s. 121.136 if s.
17121.136 were still applicable.

AB677,10,1918 (c) The amount that would be received by a school district under s. 79.10 (4) and
19(5m) if s. 79.10 (4) and (5m) was still applicable.

AB677,10,24 20(2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), beginning in the 2012-13 school year, if
21a school district would receive less in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the current
22school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than it would have
23received in state aid in the current school year, the department shall pay to the school
24district the amount equal to the difference.

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1(b) If a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school
2district under s. 117.105 would receive in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the
3school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the
4reorganization less than the amount determined as follows, the department shall
5pay to the school district the difference between the former amount and the amount
6determined as follows:

AB677,11,87 1. Divide the school district's membership in the preceding school year by the
8school district's membership in the 2nd preceding school year.

AB677,11,119 2. Multiply the amount of state aid that would have been received by the school
10district in the preceding school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current
11school year, by the quotient under subd. 1.

AB677,11,17 12(3) In the school year in which a school district consolidation takes effect under
13s. 117.08 or 117.09 and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, if the consolidated
14school district's equalization aid is less than the aggregate state aid to which the
15consolidating school districts would have been eligible in the school year prior to the
16school year in which the consolidation takes effect, the department shall pay the
17difference to the consolidated school district.

AB677,11,19 18(4) Additional aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under
19s. 20.255 (2) (bf).

AB677,12,221 121.105 (2) (am) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a school district would
22receive less in state aid in the current school year before any adjustment is made
23under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to 85% 90 percent of the amount of state
24aid that it received in the previous school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in
25the current school year, its state aid for the current school year shall be increased to

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1an amount equal to 85% 90 percent of the state aid received in the previous school
2year.

AB677,12,104 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) If a school district from which territory was detached
5to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in state aid in the school
6year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization
7less than 85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows, its state aid in the school
8year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization
9shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 90 percent of the amount determined as
10follows:

AB677,12,1312 121.105 (4) A school district's state aid in any school year may not be less than
13an amount equal to $3,000 multiplied by the school district's membership.

AB677,12,1515 121.136 (3) No aid may be paid under this section after June 30, 2012.

AB677,12,2018 121.15 (1m) (a) 3. Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, annually Annually
19the state shall pay to school districts, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac),
20$75,000,000 $972,400,000 on the 4th Monday in July of the following school year.

AB677,12,2222 121.15 (3m) (a) In this subsection:

AB677,12,2523 1. "Partial school revenues" means the sum of state school aids, property taxes
24levied for school districts, and aid paid to school districts under s. 79.095 (4), less all
25of the following:

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1a. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 2. due to a
2school board's increasing the services that it provides by adding responsibility for
3providing a service transferred to it from another school board.

AB677,13,44 b. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (a) 3.

AB677,13,55 c. The amount of any revenue limit increase under s. 121.91 (4) (h).

AB677,13,66 d. The amount of any property taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19).

AB677,13,87 e. An amount equal to 30 percent of the amount estimated to be paid under ss.
8118.60 (4) and (4m) and 119.23 (4) and (4m).

AB677,13,109 f. The amount by which the property tax levy for debt service on debt that has
10been approved by a referendum exceeds $490,000,000.

AB677,13,1511 2. "State school aids" means those aids appropriated under s. 20.255 (1) (b) and
12(2), other than s. 20.255 (2) (fm), (fu), (fv), (k), and (m), and under s. 20.285 (1) (r),
13(rc), and (rm), and those aids appropriated under s. 20.505 (4) (es) and (s) that are
14used to provide grants or educational telecommunications access to school districts
15under s. 16.995 or 16.997 (7).

AB677,13,2016 (b) By May 15, 2013, and annually by May 15 thereafter, the department, the
17department of administration, and the legislative fiscal bureau shall jointly certify
18to the joint committee on finance an estimate of the amount necessary to appropriate
19under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the following school year to ensure that state school aids
20equal the following portion of partial school revenues:

AB677,13,2121 1. For the 2013-14 school year, 65.28 percent.

AB677,13,2222 2. For the 2014-15 school year, 65.56 percent.

AB677,13,2323 3. For the 2015-16 school year, 65.84 percent.

AB677,13,2424 4. For the 2016-17 school year, 66.12 percent.

AB677,13,2525 5. For the 2017-18 school year, 66.40 percent.

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16. For the 2018-19 school year and each school year thereafter, two-thirds.

AB677,14,42 (c) By June 30, 2014, and biennially by June 30 thereafter, the joint committee
3on finance shall determine the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) in the
4following school year.

AB677,14,106 121.54 (2) (b) 4. No later than May 15 July 1 in each year, each private school
7shall notify each school board of the names, grade levels and locations of all pupils,
8if any, eligible to have transportation provided by such school board under this
9paragraph and planning to attend such private school during the forthcoming school
10term. The school board may extend the notification deadline.

AB677,14,1912 121.55 (3) (b) Except as provided in par. (c), if 2 or more pupils reside in the
13same household and attend the same private school, the contract under par. (a) may,
14at the discretion of the school board of the school district operating under ch. 119,
15provide for a total annual payment for all such pupils of not less than $5 times the
16distance in miles between the pupils' residence and the private school they attend,
17or the school district's average cost per pupil for bus transportation in the previous
18year exclusive of transportation for kindergarten pupils during the noon hour and
19for pupils with disabilities, whichever is greater.

AB677,14,2121 121.58 (6) (title) Appropriation prorated; proration, distribution of balance.

AB677,15,424 121.58 (6) (b) If there is a balance in the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cr)
25in any fiscal year after the department has paid the full amount of approved claims

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1under this section and s. 121.575, the department shall distribute the balance to
2those school districts entitled to state aid under this section, with each school district
3receiving a percentage of the balance equal to its percentage of the total approved
4claims.

AB677,15,126 121.90 (1) (intro.) "Number of pupils enrolled" means the number of pupils
7enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September, including pupils identified in s. 121.05 (1)
8(a) 1. to 11. and 13., and the number of pupils attending the Challenge Academy
9program under s. 321.03 (1) (c) in the previous spring session, except that "number
10of pupils enrolled" excludes the number of pupils attending public school under s.
11118.145 (4) and the additional count of pupils described in s. 121.004 (7) (g) and
12except as follows:

AB677,15,1716 121.905 (3) (c) 4. For the limit for the 2012-13 school year, add $50 $200 to the
17result under par. (b).

AB677,15,2220 121.905 (3) (c) 5. For the limit for the 2013-14 school year and any school year
21thereafter, make no adjustment add the result under s. 121.91 (2m) (i) 1g. to the
22result under par. (b).

AB677,15,2525 121.91 (2m) (h) 3. Add $50 $200 to the result under subd. 1.

AB677,16,72 121.91 (2m) (i) 1g. Multiply the percentage increase in the average total
3personal income in this state between the 5 years beginning with the 7th previous
4calendar year and the 5 years beginning with 6th previous calendar year by the
5secondary cost ceiling per member used to distribute state aid in the current school
6year. In this subdivision, "average total personal income" means the average total
7personal income as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

AB677,16,88 1r. Add the result under subd. 1. to the result under subd. 1g.

AB677,16,1211 121.91 (2m) (i) 2. Multiply the result under subd. 1. 1r. by the average of the
12number of pupils enrolled in the current and the 2 preceding school years.

AB677,16,2215 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. Add an amount equal to the amount of revenue increase
16per pupil allowed under this subsection for the previous school year multiplied by the
17sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal
18to the result under subd. 1. a., except that in calculating the limit for the 2011-12
19school year, multiply the result under subd. 1. a. by 0.945, in calculating the limit for
20the 2012-13 school year, add $50 $200 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in
21calculating the limit for the 2013-14 school year and any school year thereafter,
22make no adjustment add the result under par. (i) 1g. to the result under subd. 1. a.

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1121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b. Add an amount equal to the amount of revenue increase
2per pupil allowed under this subsection for the previous school year multiplied by the
3sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal
4to the result under subd. 1. a., except that in calculating the limit for the 2011-12
5school year, multiply the result under subd. 1. a. by 0.945, in calculating the limit for
6the 2012-13 school year, add $50 $200 to the result under subd. 1. a., and in
7calculating the limit for the 2013-14 school year and any school year thereafter,
8make no adjustment add the result under par. (i) 1g. to the result under subd. 1. a.

AB677,17,21 11117.40 Grants for school district efficiency and consolidation studies.
12(1) A consortium of 2 or more school districts may apply to the department of public
13instruction for a grant to conduct a school district consolidation feasibility study
14ways for the school districts to improve efficiency and reduce costs by working
15cooperatively or to study the feasibility of consolidating the school districts. The
16consortium shall submit a plan identifying the school districts engaged in the study,
17the issues the study will address, and how the grant funds will be expended. A school
18district may not be a member of more than one consortium. The department shall
19ensure that a consortium awarded a grant to study ways to improve efficiency and
20reduce costs allocates an amount to the study equal to 20 percent of the amount of
21the grant.

AB677,18,2 22(2) In the 2008-09 school year, the The department of public instruction shall
23award grants to consortia from the appropriation under section s. 20.255 (2) (bs) of
24the statutes, as created by this act. The department may not award more than

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1$10,000 to any consortium in the same school year nor award more than one grant
2to any consortium in the same school year.

AB677,18,5 3(3) The department of public instruction shall give priority to applications that
4demonstrate prior attempts to address the underlying issues associated with
5management and operation of the school districts' programs.

AB677,18,7 6(4) A consortium awarded a grant under paragraph (b) sub. (2) shall submit
7the results of the study to the department of public instruction.