Wisconsin Legislature: 55,3412

121.58 (2) (a) (intro.) A school district which that provides transportation to and from a school under ss. 118.50 (3) (a), 121.54 (1) to (3), (5), and (6), and 121.57, and the a nonresident school district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51 or 121.84 (4) which elects to provide transportation under s. 121.54 (10), and an operator of a charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that provides transportation under s. 118.40 (2r) (dm) shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the following rates:

55,3403 Section 3403. 121.58 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

121.58 (2) (a) 4. For each pupil so transported whose residence is more than 12 miles from the school attended, $220 per school year in the 2012-13 school year and $275 per school year in the 2014-15 school year and $300 per school year thereafter.

55,3404 Section 3404. 121.58 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.58 (4) State aid for summer class transportation. Annually on or before October 1 of the year in which transportation is provided under s. 118.50 (3) (b) or 121.54 (4), or under s. 121.54 (10) if the transportation is provided by the nonresident school district that a pupil attends under s. 118.51 or 121.84 (4), the school district clerk shall file with the department a report, containing such information as the department requires, on transportation provided by the school board to and from summer classes. Upon receipt of such report and if the summer classes meet the requirements of s. 121.14 (1) (a) 1. or 2., state aid shall be paid for such transportation. A school district which provides such transportation shall be paid state aid for such transportation at the rate of $4 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is at least 2 miles and not more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, and $6 per pupil transported to and from public school whose residence is more than 5 miles by the nearest traveled route from the public school attended, if the pupil is transported 30 days or more. The state aid shall be reduced proportionately if the pupil is transported less than 30 days.

55,3405 Section 3405. 121.58 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.58 (6) (b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cr) in any fiscal year exceeds the amount of approved claims paid in full under this section and s. 121.575, the department shall distribute the balance to those school districts and charter school operators entitled to state aid under this section, with each school district entitled recipient receiving a percentage of the balance equal to its percentage of the total approved claims.

55,3406 Section 3406. 121.58 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.58 (7) Payment. Each school district and charter school operator entitled to state aid under this section shall receive its total aid entitlement in January.

55,3407 Section 3407. 121.59 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 121.59 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

121.59 (1) (intro.) In this section, "transportation:

(b) "Transportation costs" means costs that are eligible for reimbursement under s. 121.58.

55,3408 Section 3408. 121.59 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

121.59 (1) (a) "Eligible school district" means a school district the membership of which in the previous school year, when divided by the school district's area in square miles, is 50 or less.

55,3409 Section 3409. 121.59 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.59 (2) (intro.) Annually the department shall pay to each eligible school district the amount determined as follows:

55,3410 Section 3410. 121.59 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.59 (2) (e) Divide the product under par. (d) for the school district by the product under par. (d) for all eligible school districts.

55,3411 Section 3411. 121.77 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.77 (3) Subsections (1) (b) and (2) do not apply to a pupil attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.50, 118.51, or 121.84 (4).

55,3411e Section 3411e. 121.78 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.78 (1) (a) The school board of the district of residence and the school board of the district of attendance may make a written agreement to permit an elementary or high school pupil to attend a public school, including an out-of-state school, outside the school district of residence, and the. The school district of residence shall pay the tuition to the school board of the district of attendance in an amount specified in the written agreement. The school district of residence shall be paid state aid for the pupil, in an amount up to the amount specified in the written agreement, as though the pupil were enrolled in the school district of residence.

55,3411m Section 3411m. 121.78 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.78 (1) (b) A school board, upon its own order, may provide for the enrollment of a pupil in a public school located outside this state, if the course of study in such school is equivalent to the course of study in this state and if the school is at least 1.5 miles nearer the pupil's home than any public school in this state. The school board shall pay the tuition for such pupil and the school district shall be paid state aid as though such pupil was enrolled in the school district of residence. The school board shall pay for the transportation of a pupil so enrolled who resides 2 or more miles from such out-of-state school. The school district shall be paid state aid under subch. IV for the transportation of such pupil as though the pupil had been transported to the school of the school district of residence.

55,3411n Section 3411n. 121.78 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

55,3411r Section 3411r. 121.84 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.84 (4) (b) If a pupil attends school in a school district outside the pupil's school district of residence under par. (a), s. 118.51 (12), (14), (16), and (17) apply to the pupil as if the pupil were attending school in a nonresident school district under s. 118.51. If the pupil is rejected as a result of s. 118.51 (12) (a), prohibited from attending as a result of s. 118.51 (12) (b) 1. or transferred as a result of s. 118.51 (12) (b) 2., s. 118.51 (9) applies.

55,3411s Section 3411s. 121.845 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

121.845 (1m) "Membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.07 (2).

55,3412 Section 3412. 121.85 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 121.85 (3) (a) 1. and amended to read:

121.85 (3) (a) 1. The Subject to subd. 2., the school board of the district of residence and the school board of the district of attendance may enter into annual written agreements to permit a pupil to attend a public school outside the school district of residence.

55,3413 Section 3413. 121.85 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

121.85 (3) (a) 2. a. Except as provided in subd. 2. b., c., and d., beginning on the effective date of this subdivision paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], no school board may enter into a written agreement with another school board under subd. 1.

b. A school board may continue to enter into an annual written agreement with another school board under subd. 1. on behalf of a pupil that attended a public school under a written agreement under subd. 1. in the 2015-16 school year.

c. A school board may enter into a written agreement with another school board under subd. 1., and may continue to enter into that written agreement, on behalf of a pupil that will attend a public school under that agreement in the 2015-16 school year.

d. The school board of a school district operating grades kindergarten through 8 and a school board operating a unified high school district may enter into an annual written agreement under subd. 1. on behalf of a pupil that attended a public school in the school district operating grades kindergarten through 8 in the 2015-16 school year.

55,3414 Section 3414. 121.85 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 121.85 (3) (b) 1. and amended to read:

121.85 (3) (b) 1. The Except as provided in subd. 2., the school board of the a district may not permit a pupil to attend a public school under this section that is within the district which but that is outside the pupil's attendance area.

55,3415 Section 3415. 121.85 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

121.85 (3) (b) 2. The school board of a school district may permit a pupil to attend a public school under this section that is within the pupil's district of residence but that is outside the pupil's attendance area if the pupil attended a public school under this section that is within the pupil's district of residence but that is outside the pupil's attendance area in the 2015-16 school year.

55,3416 Section 3416. 121.85 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.85 (4) Other plans to reduce racial imbalance. (a) Pupil transfers resulting from a plan implemented by the school board to reduce racial imbalance in a school district or attendance area shall be deemed to be transfer agreements under sub. (3) and shall be eligible for state aid under this section if the transfers comply with sub. (2), provided the transfers are of pupils who attended a public school in a school district or attendance area under the plan in the 2015-16 school year.

(b) Any school board that, prior to May 4, 1976, established a plan to reduce racial imbalance in the school district is eligible for state aid under sub. (6) (a) if the state superintendent approves the plan, provided the transfer pupil attended a public school in an attendance area other than the pupil's attendance area under the plan in the 2015-16 school year.

55,3417 Section 3417. 121.85 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 121.85 (5) (a) and amended to read:

121.85 (5) (a) Part-time Except as provided in par. (b), part-time transfers for curriculum offerings also may be are not permitted under this section. The department shall establish procedures for aid computations in such cases.

55,3418 Section 3418. 121.85 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

121.85 (5) (b) A pupil who, in the 2015-16 school year, attended on a part-time basis under this section a public school that is in a school district other than the pupil's district of residence, or that is located in an attendance area other than the pupil's attendance area, for the purpose of receiving curriculum offerings at that school may continue to attend on a part-time basis under this section a public school that is in a school district other than the pupil's district of residence, or that is located in an attendance area other than the pupil's attendance area, for the purpose of receiving curriculum offerings at that school. The department shall establish procedures for aid computations in such cases.

55,3418c Section 3418c. 121.85 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.85 (6) (a) Intradistrict transfer. (intro.) Except as provided under pars. (am) and, (ar), and (as), the school district of attendance of pupils transferring from one attendance area to another under subs. (3) (b) and (4) shall be is entitled to an amount determined as follows:

55,3418g Section 3418g. 121.85 (6) (ar) 2. c. of the statutes is created to read:

121.85 (6) (ar) 2. c. The amount of aid to which the school district is entitled under par. (as), less the reduction under par. (am).

55,3418n Section 3418n. 121.85 (6) (as) of the statutes is created to read:

121.85 (6) (as) Intradistrict transfer aid hold harmless. Subject to par. (ar):

1. In the 2015-16 school year, the school district of attendance of pupils transferring from one attendance area to another under subs. (3) (b) and (4) is entitled to the greater of the following: