Senate Bill 251
School district debt service aid and making an appropriation
Topics: Public Instruction, Department of, School: State aid
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
Oct 21, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Senate Committee on Education,.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill provides additional state aid to certain school districts — those in which the equalized value per pupil is less than 50 percent of the statewide average — to assist in paying debt service on bond issues approved at a referendum held on or after July 1, 2011. Under the bill, annually the Department of Public Instruction pays an eligible school district the amount determined by multiplying the school district's levy for debt service on the bond by the percentage of the school district's primary shared cost that the school district received at the primary aid level of general state school aid in the previous school year. A school district's primary shared cost is that portion of the district's shared cost that is aided at the primary level of state aid.
The school district may receive such aid in any year only if it repays no more than 10 percent of the principal of the bond in that year. Aid is paid as a first draw from the general school aid appropriation, thus reducing the amount distributed as general school aid to other school districts.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (3)
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Cullen · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (1)
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 21, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 14, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 30, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education,.
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Oct 24, 2011
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 21, 2011
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Oct 21, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 21, 2011 · Senate
- Oct 21, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance
- Oct 24, 2011 · Senate
Representative Tranel added as a cosponsor
- Nov 30, 2011 · Senate
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and rereferred to committee on Education, pursuant to Senate Rule 46 (2)(c)
- Dec 14, 2011 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Dec 21, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
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