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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 828
January 15, 2026 - Introduced by Senators
Roys
,
Larson
and
Ratcliff
, cosponsored by Representatives
Vining
,
Hong
,
Cruz
,
Phelps
,
Sheehan
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Clancy
,
DeSanto
,
DeSmidt
,
Goodwin
,
Hysell
,
Joers
,
Johnson
,
Kirsch
,
Madison
,
Miresse
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Prado
,
Sinicki
,
Subeck
,
Tenorio
,
Udell
and
Spaude
. Referred to Committee on Education.
SB828,1,9
1
An Act
to amend
20.255 (2) (b), 115.882, 121.905 (3) (c) 6., 121.905 (3) (c) 9.,
2
121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.), 121.91 (2m) (j) (intro.), 121.91 (2m) (j) 2m., 121.91 (2m)
3
(r) 1. (intro.), 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b., 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. (intro.), 121.91 (2m) (r) 2.
4
a., 121.91 (2m) (r) 2. b., 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. (intro.), 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b., 121.91
5
(2m) (s) 2. (intro.), 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. a., 121.91 (2m) (s) 2. b. and 121.91 (2m) (t)
6
1. (intro.);
to create
20.235 (1) (cd), 39.52, 121.905 (3) (c) 10. and 121.91 (2m)
7
(k) of the statutes;
relating to:
grants for students enrolled in teacher
8
education programs, school district revenue limits, the reimbursement rate for
9
special education costs, and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
School district revenue limits
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 adjustment, if any, as provided by law. Until 2425, current law provides a $325 per pupil adjustment in each school year. Under the bill, beginning in the 2026-27 school year, the per pupil adjustment is the per pupil increase for the previous school year as adjusted for any increase in the consumer price index.
Reimbursement for special education costs
The bill also changes the rate at which the state reimburses school boards, operators of independent charter schools, cooperative educational service agencies (CESAs), and county children with disabilities education boards (CCDEBs) for costs incurred to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities and for school age parents programs (eligible costs). Under current law, the state reimburses the full cost of special education for children in hospitals and convalescent homes for orthopedically disabled children. After those costs are paid, the state reimburses remaining eligible costs from the amount remaining in the appropriation account at a rate that distributes the full amount appropriated. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates that the reimbursement rate will be 42 percent in the 2025-26 school year and 45 percent in the 2026-27 school year.
The bill changes the appropriation to a sum sufficient and provides that, beginning in the 2025-26 school year, after full payment of hospital and convalescent home costs, the remaining costs are reimbursed at 90 percent of eligible costs.
Currently, the Department of Public Instruction provides 1) special education aid to school districts, independent charter schools, CESAs, and CCDEBs; 2) aid to school districts, CESAs, and CCDEBs for providing physical or mental health treatment services to private school and tribal school pupils; and 3) aid for school age parents programs to school districts only.
Teacher preparatory program grant program
Finally, the bill creates a grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board under which HEAB awards grants to students enrolled in the teacher preparatory program of an institution of higher education. Grant moneys may be used to pay 1) the student’s tuition and fees and 2) any expense incurred in connection with obtaining a license to teach issued by the Department of Public Instruction, including any examination or licensing fee. However, the grant amount for the payment of tuition and fees is limited to the amount of tuition and segregated fees charged to a resident undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for an equivalent program. HEAB also may not award a grant to a student unless the student enters into a written agreement to work in this state as a teacher in an elementary or secondary school for at least four years after receiving a bachelor’s degree.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1
Section
1
.
20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
2
insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
-
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8
Section
2
.
20.235 (1) (cd) of the statutes is created to read:
SB828,2,10
9
20.235
(1)
(cd)
Grants for students enrolled in teacher education programs.
10
The amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 39.52 (2).
SB828,3
11
Section
3
.
20.255 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB828,2,16
12
20.255
(2)
(b)
Aids for special education and school age parents programs.
The
13
amounts in the schedule
A sum sufficient
for the payment of
the full cost of special
14
education for children in hospitals and convalescent homes under s. 115.88 (4) and
15
for the payment of
aids for special education and school age parents programs
16
under ss. 115.88, 115.93 and 118.255
as provided under s. 115.882
.
SB828,4
17
Section
4
.
39.52 of the statutes is created to read:
SB828,2,19
18
39.52
Grants for students enrolled in teacher education programs.
19
(1)
In this section:
SB828,2,22
20
(a) “Institution of higher education” means an institution of higher education,
21
as defined in s. 39.53 (1), that offers a teacher preparatory program approved under
22
s. 115.28 (7) (a).
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1
(b) “Tribal school” has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (15m).
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2
(2)
(a) Subject to par. (b) and sub. (3), from the appropriation under s. 20.235
3
(1) (cd), the board may award grants to students enrolled in the teacher preparatory
4
program of an institution of higher education to pay for any of the following:
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5
1. Tuition and fees charged by the institution of higher education.
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6
2. Any expense incurred in connection with obtaining a license to teach issued
7
by the department of public instruction, including any examination or licensing fee.
SB828,3,11
8
(b) The amount of a grant awarded under par. (a) for the payment of tuition
9
and fees may not exceed the amount of academic fees plus segregated fees charged
10
to a resident undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
11
enrolled in an equivalent program for an equivalent term.
SB828,3,15
12
(3)
The board may not award a grant under sub. (2) (a) to a student unless the
13
student enters into a written agreement in which the student commits to working
14
in this state as a teacher in a public or private elementary or secondary school or
15
tribal school for at least 4 years after the student receives a bachelor’s degree.
SB828,5
16
Section
5
.
115.882 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB828,3,23
17
115.882
Payment of state aid
; reimbursement rate
.
Funds appropriated
18
under s. 20.255 (2) (b) shall be used first for the purpose of s. 115.88 (4). Costs
In
19
the 2025-26 school year and in each school year thereafter, costs
eligible for
20
reimbursement from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (b) under ss. 115.88 (1m)
21
to (3), (6)
,
and (8), 115.93, and 118.255 (4) shall be reimbursed at
a rate set to
22
distribute the full amount appropriated for reimbursement for the costs, not to
23
exceed 100 percent
90 percent of eligible costs
.
SB828,6
1
Section
6
.
121.905 (3) (c) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB828,4,4
2
121.905
(3)
(c) 6. For the limit for each of the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years,
3
for
the 2021-22 school year, and
for any
the 2022-23
school year
thereafter
, make no
4
adjustment to the result under par. (b).
SB828,7
5
Section
7
.
121.905 (3) (c) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB828,4,7
6
121.905
(3)
(c) 9. For the limit for
2023-2425
the 2024-25 to 2025-26 school
7
years
, add $325 to the result under par. (b).
SB828,8
8
Section
8
.
121.905 (3) (c) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
SB828,4,11
9
121.905
(3)
(c) 10. For the limit for the 2026-27 school year and any school
10
year thereafter, add the result under s. 121.91 (2m) (k) 2. to the result under par.
11
(b).
SB828,9
12
Section
9
.
121.91 (2m) (i) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB828,4,16
13
121.91
(2m)
(i) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school
14
district may increase its revenues for
any of
the 2015-16
to 2025-26
school
year or
15
for any school year thereafter
years
to an amount that exceeds the amount
16
calculated as follows:
SB828,10
17
Section
10
.
121.91 (2m) (j) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB828,4,21
18
121.91
(2m)
(j) (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (i) and except as provided in
19
subs. (3), (4), and (8), a school district cannot increase its revenues for
each of
the
20
2020-21
school year-year 2425
to 2025-26 school years
to an amount that exceeds
21
the amount calculated as follows:
SB828,11
22
Section
11
.
121.91 (2m) (j) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB828,4,23
23
121.91
(2m)
(j) 2m. In
the
2023-
2425
24 to 2025-26 school years
, add $146.
SB828,12
1
Section
12
.
121.91 (2m) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
SB828,5,4
2
121.91
(2m)
(k) Except as provided in subs. (3), (4), and (8), no school district
3
may increase its revenues for the 2026-27 school year or for any school year
4
thereafter to an amount that exceeds the amount calculated as follows:
SB828,5,9
5
1. Divide the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school
6
year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property
7
taxes levied for the purpose of s. 120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under
8
sub. (4) (c), by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school
9
years.
SB828,5,12
10
2. Multiply the amount of the revenue increase per pupil allowed under this
11
subsection for the previous school year by the sum of 1.0 plus the allowable rate of
12
increase under s. 73.0305 expressed as a decimal.
SB828,5,13
13
3. Add the result under subd. 1. to the result under subd. 2.
SB828,5,15
14
4. Multiply the result under subd. 3. by the average of the number of pupils
15
enrolled in the current and the 2 preceding school years.
SB828,13
16
Section
13
.
121.91 (2m) (r) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB828,5,20
17
121.91
(2m)
(r) 1. (intro.) Notwithstanding
pars. (i) to (j)
par. (k)
, if a school
18
district is created under s. 117.105, its revenue limit under this section for the
19
school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization shall be
20
determined as follows except as provided under subs. (3) and (4):
SB828,14
21
Section
14
.
121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
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