- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0642/1LRB-5364/1 FFK:cdc&cjsFFK:ajk&wlj ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 644 November 12,10, 2025 - OfferedIntroduced by RepresentatiITCHENS.Representatives K ITCHENS, D UCHOW , N EDWESKI, ZIMMERMAN , ARMSTRONG , GUSTAFSON , MURPHY, O'CONNOR and STEFFEN , cosponsored by Senator Q UINN.

AtReferred theto locationsCommittee indicated,on amendEducation. the bill as follows:

1.A N A CT to renumber and amend 117.08 (6) (a) and 117.09 (6) (a);

Pageto 2,create line117.08 8:(6) (a) 2.

delete “2026, 2027, or 2028” and substitute117.09 “2027,(6) 2028,(a) or2. 2029”.

2.of the statutes;

Pagerelating 2,to: line 9:

deletestate “$2,000”aid andfor substituteconsolidated “$1,500”.school districts.

3.Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, a newly consolidated school district is eligible for consolidation aid for seven school years beginning in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect.

PageCurrently, 2,in lineeach 11:of the first five years following a consolidation, the Department of Public Instruction must pay the consolidated school district $150 per pupil enrolled in the school district.

In the sixth year after “schoolconsolidation, year,”DPI insertmust “inpay the consolidated school yeardistrict followingan amount equal to 50 percent of what the school yeardistrict received in which the consolidationfifth takesyear, effect,and $650in multipliedthe byseventh year, DPI must pay the numberconsolidated school district an amount equal to 25 percent of pupilswhat enrolled,the asschool defineddistrict received in s.the fifth year.

115.437Under (1),current inlaw, theconsolidation schoolaid districtis infunded thatby schoola year,”.sum sufficient appropriation.

4.For a school district consolidation that takes effect in 2026, 2027, or 2028, this bill increases the aid for the school year in which the consolidation takes effect to $2,000 per pupil enrolled in the consolidated school district.

PageUnder 2,the linebill, 11:the consolidation aid amounts in the subsequent six school years following the consolidation remain the same as under current law.

delete- “4”2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5364/1 FFK:ajk&wlj ASSEMBLY BILL 644 SECTION 1 For further information see the state and substitutelocal “3”.fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

5.The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

PageS 3,ECTION line1. 1:

delete117.08 “2026,(6) 2027,(a) orof 2028”the andstatutes substituteis “2027,renumbered 2028,117.08 or(6) 2029”.(a) 1.

-and 2026amended Legislatureto -read: 2 - FFK:cdc&cjs 6.

Page117.08 3,(6) line(a) 2:1.

deleteIn “$2,000”Except andas substituteprovided “$1,500”.in subd.

7.2., in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, $150 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.

Page115.437 3,(1), linein 4:the school district in that school year.

afterS “schoolECTION year,”2. insert “in the school year following the school year in which the consolidation takes effect, $650 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.

115.437117.08 (1),(6) in(a) the2. school district in that school year,”.

8.of the statutes is created to read:

Page117.08 3,(6) line(a) 4:2.

deleteFor “4”a andconsolidation substitutethat “3”.takes effect in 2026, 2027, or 2028, in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect, $2,000 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.

(END115.437 )(1), in the school district in that school year, and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, $150 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.

115.437 (1), in the school district in that school year.

S ECTION 3.

117.09 (6) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 117.09 (6) (a) 1.

and amended to read:

117.09 (6) (a) 1.

In Except as provided in subd.

2., in the school year in which the consolidation takes effect and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, $150 multiplied by the number of pupils enrolled, as defined in s.

115.437 (1), in the school district in that school year.

S ECTION 4.

117.09 (6) (a) 2.

of the statutes is created to read: