Senate Bill 817
A school district revenue limit adjustment for the cost of unfunded state mandates on school districts. (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
Dec 19, 2023
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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 15, 2024: “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
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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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.
Current law generally limits the total amount of revenue per pupil that a school district may receive from general school aids and property taxes in a school year to the amount of revenue allowed per pupil in the previous school year plus a per pupil increase, if any, as provided by law. However, current law also includes several adjustments to the general revenue limit. For example, if a school district increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental unit, the school district's revenue limit is increased by the cost of that service.
This bill creates a school district revenue limit adjustment for costs incurred to comply with an unfunded mandate. The bill defines an “unfunded mandate” as a state law requirement enacted after the date on which the bill becomes law for a school board to take an action or provide a service for which funding is not provided.
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To receive a revenue limit adjustment for an unfunded mandate, a school board must submit a request to the Department of Public Instruction that identifies the unfunded mandate and the costs incurred to comply with the unfunded mandate and DPI must approve the request. If a school district receives state funding to comply with an unfunded mandate, the amount of the revenue limit adjustment is reduced by the amount of state funding received by the district. The revenue limit adjustment is not available to a school district for any school year during which the school board receives state funding equal to or greater than the school district's costs incurred to comply with the unfunded mandate.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (17)
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 21, 2024
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 17, 2024
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 3, 2024
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Dec 19, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Dec 19, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 19, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Spreitzer, Roys and Agard; cosponsored by Representatives Joers, C. Anderson, Madison, Clancy, Ratcliff, Conley, J. Anderson, Baldeh, Bare, Considine, Jacobson, Neubauer, Palmeri, Sinicki and Stubbs
- Dec 19, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Jan 3, 2024 · Senate
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- Jan 17, 2024 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 21, 2024 · Senate
Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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