Senate Bill 327
The school district revenue limit adjustment for declining enrollment and the prior year base revenue hold harmless adjustment. (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.
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Introduced, passed
Jul 23, 2019
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
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.
This bill makes changes to the school district revenue limit adjustment for declining enrollment and terminates an adjustment establishing a minimum initial revenue limit, commonly known as the prior year base revenue hold harmless adjustment.
Current law generally limits the total amount of revenue per pupil a school district may receive from general school aids and property taxes in a school year to the amount of revenue received per pupil in the previous school year. Per pupil revenue is calculated using a three-year rolling average of pupil enrollment, comparing the average number of pupils enrolled in the three previous school years and the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the current and two preceding school years. There are several exceptions to the revenue limit, including a revenue limit adjustment for a school district with declining enrollment. If a school district's enrollment declines, its revenue limit is increased in the year of the decline by the amount of additional revenue that would have been allowed had there been no decline in enrollment.
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This bill modifies the revenue limit adjustment for declining enrollment in two ways. First, a decline in enrollment is measured by comparing the three-year rolling average of pupil enrollment ending with the current school year against the three-year average of pupil enrollment for the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years. Second, if a school district's enrollment declines, the school district receives an adjustment to its revenue limit equal to the allowable revenues that 90 percent of the decline in enrollment would have generated. However, there is a limit to this adjustment, as for purposes of the adjustment calculation a maximum 10 percent decline in enrollment is used.
Current law also provides that if a school district's initial revenue limit for the current school year, after consideration of certain factors, is less than the district's base revenue from the previous school year, the district's initial revenue limit is set equal to the prior year's base revenue. The bill terminates this adjustment, for the 2019-20 school year and each school year thereafter.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Republicans.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Aug 8, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jul 23, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Jul 23, 2019
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jul 23, 2019 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Marklein and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Quinn, Kitchens, Duchow, Kulp, Skowronski and Tusler
- Jul 23, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Aug 8, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 25, 2019 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- Apr 1, 2020 · 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