Assembly Bill 937
Distributing one-half of general school aid using an income equalization formula
Topics: School: State aid
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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
Apr 6, 2010
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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 never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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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.
Under the current general school aid formula, the state establishes a guaranteed property tax base, known as the guaranteed valuation. The rate at which a school district's costs are aided through the formula is determined by comparing the school district's per pupil property tax base (or equalized valuation) to the guaranteed valuation. State equalization aids are provided to make up the difference between the school district's actual property tax base and the state guaranteed level. Thus, school districts with low property valuations per pupil receive a larger share of their costs through the formula than school districts with high property valuations per pupil. Currently, the income of school district residents is not a factor in the calculation of general state aid to the district.
This bill provides for the distribution of 50 percent of the money appropriated for general school aid using an income equalization formula that is based on the structure of the current property tax equalization base formula. (The other 50 percent continues to be distributed using the current property tax base equalization formula.) The guaranteed valuation is based on the net taxable income reported by taxpayers in the school district rather than the district's equalized property valuation.
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The bill first applies to the payment of state aid in the 2011-12 school year.
Who's behind it
7 representatives are its . All 7 are Republicans.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (7)
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Meyer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Dan Kapanke · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 26, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 6, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Apr 6, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 6, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Meyer, Mursau, Lothian, Tauchen, Brooks, Murtha and Nygren;Cosponsored by Senator Kapanke
- Apr 6, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Apr 26, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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