Wisconsin 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 12 R cosponsors

AB 810 — Relating to: creating a computerized uniform school budget and accounting system. (FE)

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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The amendments to Bill AB 810 introduced a new committee that will oversee the creation of a standardized computerized budget and accounting system for schools in the state. This system will enable the Department of Public Instruction to track and report detailed financial information from various educational entities, including public school districts and charter schools. Importantly, the changes also aim to improve financial transparency by ensuring that this information is made easily accessible to the public online. By requiring annual updates to the financial data available on the internet, the bill seeks to enhance accountability in school finance management.

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- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBs0268/1 FFK:cjs&ahe ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 810 February 12, 2020 - Offered by RepresentativeELZKOWSKI.
- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRB-5041/1 FFK:kjf&amn ASSEMBLY BILL 810 January 27, 2020 - Introduced by Representatives F ELZKOWSKI, M AGNAFICI, B ALLWEG , ORN , BRANDTJEN, DITTRICH, DUCHOW , DMING , GUNDRUM , HUTTON , J AGLER, JAMES, K ATSMA, KRUG , KUGLITSCH, LOUDENBECK , MURPHY , PETRYK, P LUMER , ODRIGUEZ , ANFELIPPO , KOWRONSKI , ORTWELL , STEINEKE, TAUCHEN and T USLER , cosponsored by Senators D ARLING, BERNIER, CRAIG, KAPENGA , K OOYENGA and STROEBEL .
A N A CT to create 115.28 (13m) of the statutes;
Referred to Committee on Education.
A N A CT to renumber and amend 115.28 (13);
to amend 115.28 (13) (title), 115.30 (1), 118.38 (1) (a) 6.
and 121.05 (1) (c);
and to create 115.28 (13) (b) and (c) and 120.18 (1) (p) of the statutes;
making school district and school financial information available to the public.
creating a computerized uniform school budget and accounting system.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill creates a committee on uniform school budget and accounting and requires the Department of Public Instruction to, after considering recommendations from the committee, establish a new computerized uniform budget and accounting system for the transmission of financial information from school districts, independent charter schools, and county children with disabilities education boards (CCDEBs) to DPI (the new budget and accounting system).
Under the bill, the new budget and accounting system must allow DPI to annually collect and report detailed information related to the receipt and expenditure of state, federal, and local funds at the school district and school level.
The new budget and accounting system must also make data collected through the system available on a single web page on DPI's Internet site.
DPI must present the data on its Internet site in a format that allows the public to download, sort, search, and access the data at no cost.
Finally, the bill requires DPI to annually conduct a public information campaign on the availability of financial data on its Internet site.
The bill requires school boards, charter schools, and CCDEBs to begin using the new budget and accounting system in the 2021-22 school year.
- 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5041/1 FFK:kjf&amn ASSEMBLY BILL 810 The bill creates a committee on uniform school budget and accounting to advise DPI on the creation and maintenance of the new budget and accounting system.
Under the bill, by no later than January 1, 2021, the committee must submit an advisory report to DPI on the methods and data that the committee determines are necessary to create the new budget and accounting system.
The advisory report must include recommendations on the reporting categories to be included in the new budget and accounting system, the financial data to be collected for each reporting category, and whether DPI's hardware, software, data security, training, and communications related to financial reporting are appropriate for the new budget and accounting system.
No later than 45 days after receiving the advisory report from the committee, DPI must respond in writing to the committee on whether DPI will implement each recommendation in the report.
DPI must also deliver the advisory report and DPI's written response to the advisory report to the Joint Committee on Finance.
If JCF does not schedule a meeting to review DPI's response within 14 days, DPI must implement the recommendations, as modified in DPI's written response, to establish the new budget and accounting system.
If JCF does schedule a meeting to review DPI's written response, DPI may not establish the new budget and accounting system until JCF approves DPI's plan to establish the new budget and accounting system.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
115.28 (13m) of the statutes is created to read:
115.28 (13) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.28 (13m) FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SCHOOL INFORMATION;INTERNET.
115.28 (13) (title) NIFORM FINANCIAL FUND BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.
(a) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, make detailed information related to the receipt and expenditure data collected through the uniform accounting system under sub.
S ECTION 2.
(13) and financial information collected under s.
115.28 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 115.28 (13) (a) and amended to read:
120.18 available on a single web page of the department's Internet site in a format that allows the public to download, sort, search, and access the information at no cost.
115.28 (13) (a) Prescribe a uniform financial fund accounting system, applicable to all school districts and county children with disabilities education boards, which provides for the recording of all financial transactions inherent in the management of schools and county children with disabilities education board programs and the administration of the state's school aid programs.
(b) Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, to the extent feasible without requiring additional information solely for this purpose from charter schools LRBs0268/1 - 2020 Legislature - 2 - FFK:cjs&ahe SECTION 1 established under s.
The state superintendent may not require a school district or county children with disabilities LRB-5041/1 - 2020 Legislature - 3 - FFK:kjf&amn SECTION 2 ASSEMBLY BILL 810 education board to use the system prescribed under this paragraph after June 30, 2021.
118.40 (2r) or (2x), include on the web page required under par.
S ECTION 3.
(a) detailed information related to receipt and expenditure data collected from charter schools established under s.
115.28 (13) (b) and (c) of the statutes are created to read:
118.40 (2r) or (2x).
115.28 (13) (b) 1.
(c) Ensure that information required to be available on the department's Internet site under par.
After considering recommendations from the uniform school budget and accounting advisory committee, establish and maintain a computerized uniform budget and accounting system that allows for the accurate and timely transmission of financial information from school districts, charter schools established under s.
(a) is updated at least annually.
118.40 (2r) and (2x), and county children with disabilities education boards to the department.
(d) Annually, conduct a public information campaign on the availability of financial information on the department's Internet site.
SECTION 2.0Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) C OMMITTEE ON SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SCHOOL FINANCIAL INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY.
(a) Definitions.
In this subsection:
1.
“Advisory committee” means the school district and school financial information transparency advisory committee created under par.
(b).
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“Department” means the department of public instruction.
Establish the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under subd.
1.
in a manner that does all of the following:
a.
Allows the state superintendent to annually collect and report detailed information related to the receipt and expenditure of state, federal, and local funds by school district and by school.
b.
Conforms with generally accepted accounting principles.
c.
Makes receipt and expenditure data collected through the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under subd.
1.
available on a single web page of the department's Internet site in a format that allows the public to download, sort, search, and access the expenditure data at no cost.
“Financial information portal” means the single web page required under s.
Ensure that financial information required to be available on the department's Internet site under subd.
115.28 (13m).
2.
(b) Creation.
is updated at least annually.
There is created a school district and school financial information transparency advisory committee to advise the department on the creation and design of the financial information portal.
4.
The members under par.
Annually, conduct a public information campaign on the availability of expenditure data on the department's Internet site.
(c) shall be appointed or designated by no later than the 60th day after the effective date of this paragraph.
(c) Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, require school boards, charter schools established under s.
(c) Members.
118.40 (2r) and (2x), and county children with disabilities - 2020 Legislature - 4 - LRB-5041/1 FFK:kjf&amn ASSEMBLY BILL 810 SECTION 3 education boards to use the computerized uniform budget and accounting system established under par.
The advisory committee shall consist of the following members:
(b).
SECTION 4.
115.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.30 (1) The department shall prepare for the use of school officers suitable forms for making reports, and suitable outlines as aids in conducting school meetings.
With the exception of changes due to statute or rule revision, the department shall give school districts a one-year advance notice of any changes to be made to the forms and reports.
School district officers and employees shall maintain a uniform recording of accounting as prescribed by the department s.
115.28 (13) and make such reports to the department as will enable it to distribute state school fund appropriations and state educational appropriations to the schools and persons entitled thereto, and to properly discharge the other duties of the department.
SECTION 5.
118.38 (1) (a) 6.
of the statutes is amended to read:
118.38(1) (a) 6.
The uniform financial fund accounting system under ss.
115.28 (13) and 115.30 (1), audits of school district accounts under s.
120.14.
SECTION 6.
120.18 (1) (p) of the statutes is created to read:
120.18 (1) (p) Information required by the department under s.
115.28 (13) (b).
SECTION 7.
121.05 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
121.05 (1) (c) The estimated budget for the current school year which shall be based upon the uniform accounting system prescribed by the department under s.
115.28 (13) (b).
SECTION 8.0Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) COMMITTEE ON UNIFORM SCHOOL BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING.
LRB-5041/1 - 2020 Legislature - 5 - FFK:kjf&amn SECTION 8 ASSEMBLY BILL 810 (a) Creation.
There is created a uniform school budget and accounting advisory committee to advise the department of public instruction on the creation and maintenance of a computerized uniform budget and accounting system.
(b) Members.
The uniform school budget and accounting advisory committee shall consist of the following members:
LRBs0268/1 - 2020 Legislature - 3 - FFK:cjs&ahe S ECTION 2 4.
4.
(d) Duties;
(c) Duties;
By no later than April 15, 2021, the advisory committee shall submit to the department an advisory report on the contents and design of the financial information portal.
By no later than January 1, 2021, the uniform school budget and accounting advisory committee shall submit to the department of public instruction an advisory report on the methods and data that the committee - 2020 Legislature - 6 - LRB-5041/1 FFK:kjf&amn ASSEMBLY BILL 810 S ECTION 8 determines are necessary to create the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under s.
In the advisory report, the committee shall include recommendations to the department on all of the following:
115.28 (13) (b).
In the advisory report, the committee shall include recommendations to the department of public instruction on all of the following:
The categories of information that will be accessible to the public through the financial information portal.
The reporting categories to include in the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under s.
115.28 (13) (b).
LRBs0268/1 - 2020 Legislature - 4 - FFK:cjs&ahe SECTION 2 e.
e.
1., the financial data that will be accessible to the public through the financial information portal.
1., the financial data to be collected by and included in the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under s.
In developing recommendations under this subdivision, the advisory committee shall consider at least all of the following for each category:
115.28 (13) (b).
In developing recommendations under this subdivision, the committee shall consider at least all of the following for each category:
The total amount of local, state, and federal funds received.
The total amount of local, state, and federal funds received for the category.
b.
LRB-5041/1 - 2020 Legislature - 7 - FFK:kjf&amn SECTION 8 ASSEMBLY BILL 810 b.
The per pupil and per school costs.
The per pupil and per school costs for the category.
On whether the department's hardware, software, data collection methods, training, maintenance, communications, data security, and installation specifications for reporting information are appropriate for the financial information portal, as recommended by the advisory committee.
On whether the department's hardware, software, data collection methods, training, maintenance, communications, data security, and installation specifications for reporting information are appropriate for the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under s.
4.
115.28 (13) (b).
The resources necessary to implement and maintain the financial information portal, as recommended by the advisory committee, and to what extent the department can implement and maintain the financial information portal with its existing resources.
(d) Duties;
LRBs0268/1 - 2020 Legislature - 5 - FFK:cjs&ahe SECTION 2 (e) Duties;
department of public instruction.
department.
(d), the department shall do all of the following:
(c), the department of public instruction shall do all of the following:
Respond in writing to the advisory committee as to whether the department will implement each recommendation in the advisory report.
Respond in writing to the uniform school budget and accounting advisory committee as to whether the department will implement each recommendation in the advisory report.
If the department responds that it will not implement a recommendation in the advisory report, the department shall include its reasons for not implementing the recommendation.
If the department of public instruction responds that it will not implement a recommendation in the advisory report, the department shall include its reasons for not implementing the recommendation.
(d) to the joint committee on finance.
(c) to the joint committee on finance.
(f) Review by the joint committee on finance.
(e) Review by the joint committee on finance.
If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the department's response to the advisory report within 14 working days after the date of receipt of the department's response under par.
If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the department of public instruction that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the department's response to the advisory report within 14 working days after the date of receipt of the department's response under par.
(e) 2., the department may implement the recommendations, as modified in the department's response.
(d) 2., the department shall implement the recommendations, as modified in the department's response, in establishing the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under s.
If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's response, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the department's response to the recommendations made in the advisory report under par.
115.28 (13) (b).
(d), the department may not implement any of the recommendations until the committee approves the department's plan to implement or reject each recommendation in the advisory report.
If, - 2020 Legislature - 8 - LRB-5041/1 FFK:kjf&amn ASSEMBLY BILL 810 SECTION 8 within 14 working days after the date of the department's response, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the department's response to the recommendations in the advisory report under par.
(g) Implementation of recommendations;
(c), the department may not establish the computerized uniform budget and accounting system under s.
department.
115.28 (13) (b) until the committee approves the department's plan to implement or reject each recommendation in the advisory report.
1.
(f) Termination.
Except as provided in subd.
The uniform school budget and accounting advisory committee terminates on January 1, 2024.
2., the department shall implement the recommendations related to the financial information portal, including any modifications approved under par.
(f), by no later than the first day of the 13th month LRBs0268/1 - 2020 Legislature - 6 - FFK:cjs&ahe SECTION 2 following the date on which the department may implement the recommendations under par.
(f).
2.
The department may delay providing financial information for schools in the financial information portal until the 2023-24 school year.
(h) Termination.
The advisory committee terminates on January 1, 2024.
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Action History

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Available for scheduling

  3. Withdrawn from committee on Education and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  4. Public hearing held

  5. Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  6. Received from Assembly

  7. Ordered immediately messaged

  8. Read a third time and passed

  9. Rules suspended

  10. Ordered to a third reading

  11. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  12. Read a second time

  13. Made a special order of business at 10:58 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  14. Referred to committee on Rules

  15. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 10, Noes 5

  16. Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 11, Noes 4

  17. Executive action taken

  18. Fiscal estimate received

  19. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Felzkowski

  20. Public hearing held

  21. Representative Nygren added as a coauthor

  22. Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  23. Introduced by Representatives Felzkowski, Magnafici, Ballweg, Born, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Hutton, Jagler, James, Katsma, Krug, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Petryk, Plumer, Rodriguez, Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Sortwell, Steineke, Tauchen and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Bernier, Craig, Kapenga, Kooyenga and Stroebel

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Who sponsors AB 810?
AB 810 is sponsored by Felzkowski, Mary (Republican), Magnafici, Ballweg, Born, Mark (Republican), Brandtjen, Duchow, Cindi (Republican), Edming, Hutton, Rob (Republican), Jagler, John (Republican), James, Katsma, Krug, Scott (Republican), Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Murphy, David (Republican), Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Petryk, Plumer, Rodriguez, Jessie (Republican), Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Steineke, Tauchen, Tusler, Ron (Republican), Sortwell, Shae (Republican), and Gundrum, Rick (Republican).
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This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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