Assembly Bill 840
The school district revenue limit adjustment for declining enrollment
Topics: School: Attendance, School: Finance
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 11, 2010
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, if a school district's enrollment declines, for one year only its revenue limit is increased by the amount of additional revenue that would have been allowed had there been no decline in enrollment.
This bill extends the declining enrollment revenue adjustment to two years.
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Under the bill, in the first year of an enrollment decline, a school district's revenue limit is increased by 100 percent of the allowable revenues that the decline would have generated. In the second year, the district receives a revenue adjustment equal to 50 percent of the first-year adjustment.
Who's behind it
10 representatives are its . All 10 are Democrats.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Hilgenberg · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Mary Hubler · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Pat Kreitlow · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 23, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 17, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 11, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Mar 11, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 11, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hraychuck, Danou, Pope-Roberts, Clark, Zigmunt, Hubler, Pasch, Hilgenberg, Molepske Jr. and Staskunas;Cosponsored by Senators Vinehout, Holperin, Kreitlow and Schultz
- Mar 11, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Mar 17, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 24, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Hraychuck
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate