121.80
121.80
Tuition payments by counties. The county shall pay the elementary and high school tuition of every pupil whose parent or guardian is employed at and resides on the grounds of a county institution. The county board may charge such tuition to the account of the county asylum or the county home.
121.80 History
History: 1985 a. 29.
121.81
121.81
Tuition payments by parents. 121.81(1)
(1)
General. Before the admission of a nonresident pupil to an elementary or a high school of a school district, the school board of that district shall make a written agreement with the pupil's parent or guardian for the payment of tuition except when the tuition is otherwise chargeable under this subchapter. The tuition amount shall be calculated under
s. 118.51 (16) (a) 3. except as follows:
121.81(1)(a)
(a) If the nonresident pupil attends school in the school district for less than a full school term, the tuition amount shall be prorated based on the number of days that school is in session and the nonresident pupil attends school in the school district.
121.81(1)(b)
(b) If the pupil is receiving special education or related services under
subch. V of ch. 115, the tuition amount shall be calculated using the daily tuition rate under
s. 121.83 for children receiving such special education and related services or an amount agreed to by the school board and the pupil's parent or guardian.
121.81(2)(a)(a) A pupil whose parent or legal custodian is a resident of this state but not a resident of the school district may file with the school board of the district a written application for enrollment in the schools of the school district. The application shall be accompanied by a written declaration of the parent or legal custodian that the parent or legal custodian will establish residence in the school district by a specified time. If facilities are adequate, the school board may permit the pupil to enroll in the schools of the school district, and may require prepayment of a tuition fee for 9 school weeks or may waive the tuition requirement for that pupil. If the parent or legal custodian establishes residence in the school district within such 9 school weeks, the school board shall refund the tuition fee. If such residence is not established there shall be no refund of the tuition fee but another written application for enrollment may be filed for the next succeeding 9 school weeks and, upon prepayment of a tuition fee for such 9 school weeks, the school board may permit the pupil to reenroll. If the parent or legal custodian establishes residence in the school district within the second 9 school weeks, the school board shall refund the tuition fee for the second 9 school weeks.
121.81(2)(b)
(b) If the parent or legal custodian establishes residence in the school district prior to the expiration of the first 18 school weeks of the school term and if the pupil was enrolled in the school district on the 3rd Friday in September, the pupil shall be considered a resident pupil in computing general aid under
subch. II.
121.81(2)(c)
(c) The parent or legal custodian of a pupil who is enrolled under this subsection shall be responsible for the transportation of such pupil to the school in which the pupil is so enrolled. No transportation aid under
subch. IV may be paid for such transportation.
121.82
121.82
Tuition payment by adult. An adult for whom the school district provides services under
s. 120.13 (4) shall provide for the payment of tuition.
121.82 History
History: 1985 a. 29.
121.83
121.83
Computation of tuition. 121.83(1)(a)(a) The net school cost for a school year is the sum of the net cost of the general fund, the net cost of the debt service fund, all tuition revenues under this subchapter and special transfer aid under
s. 121.85 (6) (b) 2. and
3. for that school year for the agency of service, except as follows:
121.83(1)(a)1.
1. If the agency of service does not transport the pupil to and from school:
121.83(1)(a)3.a.
a. The cost of instruction and specified services shall be subtracted.
121.83(1)(a)3.b.
b. The federal and state aid for pupil transportation and special education and related services shall be added.
121.83(1)(b)
(b) The regular annual tuition rate is the net school cost divided by the average daily membership of the agency of service.
121.83(1)(c)
(c) If the pupil receives special education and related services under
subch. V of ch. 115, the special annual tuition rate is the sum of instructional and specified services costs unique to that program divided by the average daily membership of all pupils enrolled in the program, including those for whom tuition is paid.
121.83(1)(d)
(d) The annual tuition rate is the sum of the regular annual tuition rate and the special annual tuition rate, if any.
121.83(1)(e)
(e) The daily tuition rate is the annual tuition rate divided by the number of school days in the session.
121.83(2)(a)(a) The tuition for the regular school year is the daily tuition rate multiplied by the number of school days the pupil was enrolled. No reduction of tuition may be made because of the absence of a pupil, unless the pupil was absent more than 10 consecutive school days, in which case a reduction shall be made only for the absence in excess of 10 school days.
121.83(2)(b)
(b) The tuition for summer school shall be the daily tuition rate for the previous school year multiplied by 180 times the summer average daily membership equivalent of the pupil.
121.83(3)
(3) All disbursements for tuition shall be made from the school district general fund. All receipts for tuition shall be made to the school district general fund.
121.83(4)
(4) Notwithstanding
subs. (1) and
(2), if a pupil who is not a resident of this state attends a virtual charter school in this state, the school board that contracted for the establishment of the virtual charter school shall charge tuition for the pupil in an amount equal to at least the amount determined under
s. 118.51 (16) (a) 3.
121.84
121.84
Tuition waiver; special cases. 121.84(1)(a)1.1. A school board may permit a pupil who was enrolled in and a resident of the school district at the beginning of the school year to complete the school year at the school he or she is attending without payment of tuition, even though the pupil is no longer a resident of the school district.
121.84(1)(a)2.
2. A school board shall permit a pupil who was a resident of the school district on the 3rd Friday in September or the 2nd Friday in January of the current school year and who has been enrolled in the school district for at least 20 school days during the current school year to complete the current school year at the school he or she is attending without payment of tuition, even though the pupil is no longer a resident of the school district.
121.84(1)(b)
(b) Upon request of a pupil's parent or guardian, a school board of a district operating high school grades shall permit a pupil who has gained 12th grade status in a high school under its jurisdiction and is a resident of the school district at the time of gaining such status to complete 12th grade at the high school without payment of tuition, even though the pupil is no longer a resident of the school district. This paragraph does not apply to a pupil to whom
s. 121.78 (2) (br) applies.
121.84(1)(c)
(c) A school board may permit a foreign exchange student to attend school in the school district without payment of tuition.
121.84(1)(d)
(d) The school district of attendance shall continue to count pupils under this subsection in membership.
121.84(1m)
(1m) The school boards of 2 school districts operating high school grades may enter into an agreement under which a high school pupil who resides in one of the school districts as the result of a reorganization under
ch. 117 and who has completed 9th and 10th grades at a high school in the other school district may complete his or her high school education at the latter high school without payment of tuition. The school district of attendance shall count the pupil in its membership for state aid purposes under
subch. II.
121.84(4)(a)(a) A school board shall permit a pupil to whom all of the following apply to attend school in the school district in the current school year without payment of tuition:
121.84(4)(a)1.
1. The pupil was a resident of the school district on the 2nd Friday in January of the previous school year.
121.84(4)(a)2.
2. The pupil was enrolled in the school district continuously from the 2nd Friday in January of the previous school year to the end of the school term of the previous school year.
121.84(4)(a)3.
3. The pupil ceased to be a resident of the school district after the first Monday in February of the previous school year.
121.84(5)
(5) The transportation requirement in
s. 121.54 (2) shall not apply to transportation beyond the school district boundaries for pupils under this section.
SPECIAL TRANSFER AID
121.845
121.845
Definitions. In this subchapter:
121.845(1)
(1) "Attendance area" means the geographical area within a school district established by the school board thereof for the purpose of designating the elementary, middle, high or other school which pupils residing within the area normally would attend.
121.845(2)
(2) "Minority group pupil" means a pupil who is Black or African American, Hispanic, American Indian, an Alaskan native, or a person of Asian or Pacific Island origin, and who has reached the age of 4 on or before September 1 of the year he or she enters school.
121.845(3)
(3) "School" means an organized educational activity operated by the school board and approved by the department.
121.85
121.85
Special transfer programs. 121.85(1)
(1)
Definition. In this section, "net school cost" is the sum of the net cost of the general fund and the net cost of the debt service fund for the previous school year, plus any aid received in the previous year under this section.
121.85(2)
(2) Applicability of section. This section applies to transfers:
121.85(2)(a)1.1. By minority group pupils who reside in an attendance area in a school district where minority group pupils constitute 30% or more of the number of pupils enrolled in the school serving that attendance area and which the pupil would normally attend, from that district to a school in a school district where minority group pupils constitute less than 30% of the number of pupils enrolled in that school, as of May 1 of the prior year.
121.85(2)(a)2.
2. By nonminority group pupils who have reached the age of 4 on or before September 1 of the year they enter school and who reside in an attendance area in a school district where minority group pupils constitute less than 30% of the number of pupils enrolled in the school serving that attendance area and which the pupil would normally attend in the district, from that district to a school in a school district where minority group pupils constitute 30% or more of the number of pupils enrolled in that school, as of May 1 of the prior year.
121.85(2)(b)1.1. By minority group pupils who reside in an attendance area where minority group pupils constitute 30% or more of the number of pupils enrolled in the school serving that attendance area and which the pupil normally would attend, from that school to another school within the district where minority group pupils constitute less than 30% of the number of pupils enrolled in that school or to a school serving the entire district.
121.85(2)(b)2.
2. By nonminority group pupils who have reached the age of 4 on or before September 1 of the year they enter school and who reside in an attendance area where minority group pupils constitute less than 30% of the number of pupils enrolled in the school serving that attendance area and which the pupil normally would attend, from that school to another school within the district where minority group pupils constitute 30% or more of the number of pupils enrolled in that school or to a school serving the entire district.
121.85(3)
(3) Transfer agreements. In accordance with
sub. (2) and with the approval of the parents or guardian of the pupil:
121.85(3)(a)
(a)
Interdistrict. 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.
121.85(3)(b)
(b)
Intradistrict. The school board of the district may permit a pupil to attend a public school within the district which is outside the pupil's attendance area.
121.85(4)
(4) Other plans to reduce racial imbalance. 121.85(4)(a)(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).
121.85(4)(b)
(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.
121.85(5)
(5) Part-time transfers. Part-time transfers for curriculum offerings also may be permitted under this section. The department shall establish procedures for aid computations in such cases.
121.85(6)(a)(a)
Intradistrict transfer. Except as provided under
pars. (am) and
(ar), the school district of attendance of pupils transferring from one attendance area to another under
subs. (3) (b) and
(4) shall be entitled to an amount determined as follows:
121.85(6)(a)1.
1. Divide the state aid received in the current school year under
s. 121.08 by the membership used to compute state aid to the school district for the current school year.
121.85(6)(am)
(am)
Reduction of intradistrict transfer aid. The school district operating under
ch. 119 may not receive aid under
par. (a) for the number of pupils calculated as follows, if the calculation results in a positive number:
121.85(6)(am)1.a.
a. Subtract from 75% the percentage of pupils whose parents or guardians have provided the board of school directors with written consent to a pupil transfer to another attendance area.
121.85(6)(am)1.b.
b. Multiply the result under
subd. 1. a. by the total number of transfer pupils under
par. (a) in the current school year.
121.85(6)(am)2.a.
a. Subtract from 80% the percentage of pupils whose parents or guardians have provided the board of school directors with written consent to a pupil transfer to another attendance area.
121.85(6)(am)2.b.
b. Multiply the result under
subd. 2. a. by the total number of transfer pupils under
par. (a) in the current school year.
121.85(6)(am)3.a.
a. Subtract from 90% the percentage of pupils whose parents or guardians have provided the board of school directors with written consent to a pupil transfer to another attendance area.
