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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 677

Sparsity aid and making an appropriation. (FE)

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Nov 29, 2017

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill makes certain additional school districts eligible for sparsity aid.

Under current law, a school district is eligible for sparsity aid in the amount of $300 per pupil if the school district's membership in the previous school year did not exceed 745 pupils and if the membership divided by the school district's area in square miles is less than ten. Also under current law, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 59 , the biennial budget bill, a school district that was eligible to receive sparsity aid in the previous school year but that is not eligible to receive sparsity aid in the current school year may receive up to 50 percent of the aid the school district received in the previous school year.

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This bill increases the per pupil payment to $400 beginning in the 2018-19 school year. Also under this bill, a school district with the same density of pupils per square miles and with a membership in the previous school year of more than 745 students but no more than 1,000 students is eligible for sparsity aid in the amount of $100 per pupil.

Finally, this bill eliminates, after the 2017-18 school year, the ability of a school district that is no longer eligible for sparsity aid to receive up to 50 percent of the sparsity aid the school district received in the previous school year.

Who's behind it

14 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 14 are Republicans.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 19 names

Authors (14)

Signed on in support (5)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Dec 15, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Nov 29, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.

  4. Nov 29, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Nov 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Krug, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Edming, Jacque, Kulp, Petryk, Pronschinske, Ripp, Spiros, Tranel, Tusler and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Testin, Harsdorf, Moulton and Tiffany

  2. Nov 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Assembly Organization

  3. Dec 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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