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WI AB792

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dave Maxey

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Excludes expenditures authorized by operating or capital referenda from a school district's "shared cost" calculation used to determine state equalization aid, effective for referenda held after the bill becomes law

  • Applies to both general fund expenditures and debt service fund expenditures that are referendum-authorized

  • Creates a formula requiring districts to calculate referendum-authorized levy amounts and subtract any unused levy capacity before determining the exclusion amount

  • May increase state aid payments for "negative tertiary" school districts (those whose equalized property valuation exceeds the tertiary guaranteed valuation per member)

  • Takes effect beginning with the 2026-27 school year for state aid calculations

Legislative Description

Excluding costs funded by referenda from shared costs for the purpose of determining general equalization aids for school districts. (FE)

Last Action

Fiscal estimate received

1/5/2026

Committee Referrals

Education12/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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