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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 824

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Relating to: sparsity aid.

Public instruction, department of School — State aid

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill authorizes the Department of Public Instruction to pay unexpended

sparsity aid to a school district that qualified for sparsity aid in the previous school

year but, because of an increase in the school district's membership, does not qualify

in the current school year. Current law permits the department to award up to $300

in sparsity aid per pupil to a school district that has a membership of up to 725 pupils

if the school district's membership divided by the school district's area in square

miles is less than ten. The bill also changes the membership cap of the school district

to 745 pupils beginning in the 2016-17 school year.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Mursau (R) , Petryk (R)

3 cosponsors

L. Taylor (D) , Tiffany (R) , Vinehout (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 16, Noes 0

Passed 16–0 Feb 12, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Mar 8, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 29, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Mursau and Petryk; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany and Vinehout

  2. Jan 29, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 10, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 16, Noes 0

  6. Feb 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:59 PM on 2-18-2016 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  8. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Feb 18, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  11. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 23, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  15. Mar 3, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  16. Mar 8, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  17. Mar 8, 2016 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  18. Mar 8, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-15-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  21. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  23. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Senator L. Taylor added as a cosponsor

  25. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  27. Mar 24, 2016 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-24-2016

  28. Mar 29, 2016 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-29-2016

  29. Mar 31, 2016 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-30-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 305

  30. Mar 31, 2016 · Assembly

    Published 3-31-2016