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WI AB81

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/28/2025

Primary Sponsor

Scott Allen

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Excludes expenditures from a school district's "shared cost" calculation (used to determine state equalization aid) when funded by operating referenda exceeding revenue limits by more than $50,000,000

  • Excludes debt service costs from shared cost calculations when authorized by capital referenda to borrow more than $50,000,000

  • Applies only to referenda held after the bill's effective date, not retroactively to previously approved referenda

  • Exempts "negative tertiary" school districts from these exclusions—districts whose equalized property valuation exceeds the tertiary guaranteed valuation per member remain eligible to count these referendum-funded expenditures in shared costs

  • Amends Wisconsin Statutes section 121.07(6) governing how shared costs are calculated for equalization aid purposes

Legislative Description

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

Last Action

Representative Dittrich added as a coauthor

7/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Education2/28/2025

Full Bill Text

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