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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 461

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Relating to: the timing of equalization aid payments to school districts. (FE)

Public instruction department of School — State aid

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Public Instruction pays equalization aid

to school districts for each school year in the following four installments: 15 percent

in September, 25 percent in December, 25 percent in March, and 35 percent in June.

This bill increases the percentage of equalization aid distributed in September by 2

points each school year, and decreases the percentage of equalization aid distributed

in June by 2 points each school year, until the 2023-24 school year, at which time the

amount of equalization aid distributed in both September and June will be 25

percent. The result is that equalization aid will be paid to school districts in four

equal installments beginning in the 2023-24 school year.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Petryk (R) , Quinn (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R)

3 cosponsors

L. Taylor (D) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jan 31, 2020 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Jan 31, 2020 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. Sep 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hutton, Duchow, Gundrum, Horlacher, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Petryk, Quinn, Schraa, Spiros, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Dittrich and Skowronski; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Marklein and L. Taylor

  2. Sep 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Oct 2, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 21, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Hutton

  7. Oct 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  9. Jan 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  10. Jan 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1