121.86(1)(b)
(b) “Merged attendance area" means an attendance area that contains one of the following:
121.86(1)(b)1.
1. Two or more schools that offer elementary grades, with each such grade offered at only one school.
121.86(1)(b)2.
2. Two or more schools that offer middle school grades, with each such grade offered at only one school.
121.86(1)(b)3.
3. Two or more schools that offer high school grades, with each such grade offered at only one school.
121.86(2)(a)(a) Except as provided under sub.
(3), if a school board establishes a merged attendance area after January 1, 1984, for the purpose of reducing racial imbalance in the school district, the school district shall be entitled to an amount determined as follows:
121.86(2)(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.
121.86(2)(b)
(b) The number of minority group pupils enrolled in the base school, not to exceed:
121.86(2)(b)1.
1. The number of minority group pupils who reside in the merged attendance area; minus
121.86(2)(b)2.
2. The number of minority group pupils enrolled in the base school or 30 percent of the total enrollment of the base school, whichever is greater.
121.86(2)(c)
(c) The number of minority group pupils enrolled in the nonbase schools located in the merged attendance area or 30 percent of the total enrollment of such nonbase schools, whichever is less.
121.86(3)
(3)
State aid exception. Pupils under sub.
(2) (b) and
(c) who are enrolled in a kindergarten program or in a preschool program under subch.
V of ch. 115 shall be multiplied under sub.
(2) (a) 2. by a number equal to the result obtained by multiplying 0.25 by the appropriate fraction under s.
121.004 (7) (c),
(cm) or
(d).
121.86(4)
(4)
Transportation. A school district shall provide transportation to pupils under this section if required under subch.
IV, but may not claim transportation aid under subch.
IV for the number of pupils determined under sub.
(2).
121.87
121.87
School district report. 121.87(1)(1)
Any school district that receives aid under this subchapter in any school year shall submit a report to the state superintendent, on a form provided by the state superintendent, by October 15 of the following school year. The report shall include all of the following for the school year in which the school district received aid:
121.87(1)(a)
(a) The number of pupils who transferred to the school district, the number of pupils who transferred to another school district and the number of intradistrict transfers under this subchapter.
121.87(1)(b)
(b) The number of pupils who transferred to the school district under this subchapter who satisfy the income eligibility criteria for free or reduced-price lunches under
42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
121.87(1)(c)
(c) A detailed description of how the school district used the aid received under this subchapter, including any expenditures on staff, materials and services that are not related to the special transfer program. The report shall separately describe the use of aid received under s.
121.85 (6) (b) 3. 121.87(1)(d)
(d) The additional costs incurred by the school district for the pupils who transferred to the school district under this subchapter, including the cost of any additional teachers and the costs of counseling, remediation and pupil transportation.
121.87(1)(e)
(e) Any other information requested by the state superintendent.
121.87(2)
(2) The state superintendent shall develop a standard method for reporting under sub.
(1).
121.87(3)
(3) In addition to the report under sub.
(1), annually by May 1 the board of school directors of the school district operating under ch.
119 shall submit a report to the legislature under s.
13.172 (2) that specifies the number, percentage, race, sex, grade and attendance area of pupils transferred outside their attendance area without written consent under s.
121.85 (6) (am).
REVENUE LIMIT
121.90
121.90
Definitions. In this subchapter:
121.90(1)
(1) “Number of pupils enrolled" means the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September, including pupils identified in s.
121.05 (1) (a) 1. to
11. and
13. and pupils enrolled and counted on an alternate counting date under s.
121.05 (3) or
(3m), and the number of pupils attending the Challenge Academy program under s.
321.03 (1) (c) in the previous spring session, except that “number of pupils enrolled" excludes the number of pupils attending public school under ss.
118.145 (4) and
118.53 and except as follows:
121.90(1)(a)
(a) In determining a school district's revenue limit for the 1998-99 school year, a number equal to 20 percent of the summer enrollment in 1998 shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September 1998.
121.90(1)(b)
(b) In determining a school district's revenue limit in the 1999-2000 school year, a number equal to 20 percent of the summer enrollment in 1998 shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September 1998; and a number equal to 20 percent of the summer enrollment in 1999 shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September 1999.
121.90(1)(c)
(c) In determining a school district's revenue limit in the 2000-01 school year, a number equal to 20 percent of the summer enrollment in 1998 shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September 1998; a number equal to 20 percent of the summer enrollment in 1999 shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September 1999; and a number equal to 40 percent of the summer enrollment in the year 2000 shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September 2000.
121.90(1)(d)
(d) In determining a school district's revenue limit in the 2001-02 school year, a number equal to 20 percent of the summer enrollment in the year 1999 shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September 1999; a number equal to 40 percent of the summer enrollment in the year 2000 shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September 2000; and a number equal to 40 percent of the summer enrollment in the year 2001 shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September 2001.
121.90(1)(dm)
(dm) In determining a school district's revenue limit in the 2002-03 school year, a number equal to 40 percent of the summer enrollment in the year 2000 shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September 2000; a number equal to 40 percent of the summer enrollment in the year 2001 shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September 2001; and a number equal to 40 percent of the summer enrollment in the year 2002 shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September 2002.
121.90(1)(dr)
(dr) In determining a school district's revenue limit in the 2003-04 school year and in each school year thereafter, a number equal to 40 percent of the summer enrollment shall be included in the number of pupils enrolled on the 3rd Friday of September of each appropriate school year.
121.90(1)(e)
(e) In determining a school district's revenue limit for the 2000-01 school year or for any school year thereafter, the department shall calculate the number of pupils enrolled in each school year prior to the 2000-01 school year as the number was calculated in that school year under s.
121.85 (6) (b) 1. and
(f), 1997 stats.
121.90(1)(f)
(f) In the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years, the “number of pupils enrolled" shall include a number equal to the sum of the pupils residing in the school district who attend any of the following on the 3rd Friday of September of each appropriate school year:
121.90(1)(g)
(g) In the 2017-18 school year and in each school year thereafter, the “number of pupils enrolled" shall include the total number of pupils residing in the school district who on the 3rd Friday of September of each appropriate school year attend a charter school established under a contract with an entity under s.
118.40 (2r) (b) 1. e. to
h. or a charter school established under a contract with the director under s.
118.40 (2x).
121.90(1m)
(1m) “Revenue" means the sum of state aid and the property tax levy.
121.90(2)(am)3.
3. All federal moneys received from allocations from the state fiscal stabilization fund that are distributed to school districts as general equalization aid.
121.90(3)
(3) “Summer enrollment" means the summer average daily membership equivalent for those academic summer classes, interim session classes, and laboratory periods approved for necessary academic purposes under s.
121.14 (1) (a) 1. and
2. and those online classes described in s.
121.14 (1) (a) 3. 121.905(1)(a)
(a) Except as provided in par.
(b), in this section, “revenue ceiling" means $9,100 in the 2017-18 school year, $9,400 in the 2018-19 school year, $9,500 in the 2019-20 school year, $9,600 in the 2020-21 school year, $9,700 in the 2021-22 school year, and $9,800 in the 2022-23 school year and in any subsequent school year.
121.905(1)(b)1.1. Except as provided in subd.
3., if a referendum on a resolution adopted by a school board under s.
121.91 (3) (a) was held during the 2015-16, 2016-17, or 2017-18 school year and a majority of those voting rejected the resolution, the school district's “revenue ceiling” is $9,100 in the 3 school years following the school year during which the referendum was held. This subdivision does not apply to a school district if a subsequent referendum is held on a resolution adopted by the school board under s.
121.91 (3) (a) during the 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, or 2018-19 school year and a majority of those voting approved the resolution.
121.905(1)(b)2.
2. Except as provided in subd.
3., if a referendum on a resolution adopted by a school board under s.
121.91 (3) (a) is held during the 2018-19 school year or any school year thereafter and a majority of those voting reject the resolution, for the 3 school years following the school year during which the referendum is held, that school district's “revenue ceiling” is the applicable amount under par.
(a) plus the increase under subds.
4. to
7. for the school year during which the referendum is held.
121.905(1)(b)3.
3. If, during the 3-school-year period during which a school district's revenue ceiling is an amount determined under subd.
1. or
2., a referendum on a resolution adopted by the school board under s.
121.91 (3) (a) is held and a majority of those voting approve the resolution, beginning in the school year immediately following the school year during which the referendum is held, the school district's “revenue ceiling” is the amount under par.
(a) plus any applicable increase under subds.
4. to
7. 121.905(1)(b)4.
4. In the 2019-20 school year, “revenue ceiling” means the amount under par.
(a) for that school year plus $200.
121.905(1)(b)5.
5. In the 2020-21 school year, “revenue ceiling” means the amount under par.
(a) for that school year plus $400.
121.905(1)(b)6.
6. In the 2021-22 school year, “revenue ceiling” means the amount under par.
(a) for that school year plus $300.
121.905(1)(b)7.
7. In the 2022-23 school year and each subsequent school year, “revenue ceiling” means the amount under par.
(a) for that school year plus $200.
121.905(2)
(2) The revenue limit under s.
121.91 does not apply to any school district in any school year in which its base revenue per member, as calculated under sub.
(3), is less than its revenue ceiling.
121.905(3)
(3) A school district's base revenue per member is determined as follows:
121.905(3)(a)1.1. Except as provided under subds.
2. and
3., calculate the sum of the amount of state aid received in the previous school year and property taxes levied for the previous school year, excluding property taxes levied for the purpose of s.
120.13 (19) and excluding funds described under s.
121.91 (4) (c), and the costs of the county children with disabilities education board program, as defined in s.
121.135 (2) (a) 2., in the previous year, for pupils who were school district residents or nonresidents who attended the school district under s.
118.51 and solely enrolled in a special education program provided by the county children with disabilities education board that included the school district in its program under s.
115.817 (2).
121.905(3)(a)2.
2. For a school district created under s.
117.105, for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization, perform the following calculations:
121.905(3)(a)2.a.
a. Calculate the sum under subd.
1. for each of the school districts from which territory was detached to create the new school district.
121.905(3)(a)2.b.
b. For each of those school districts, divide the result in subd.
2. a. by the number of pupils enrolled in that school district in the previous school year.
121.905(3)(a)2.c.
c. For each of those school districts, multiply the result in subd.
2. b. by the number of pupils enrolled in that school district in the previous school year who resided in territory that was detached to create the new school district.
121.905(3)(a)3.
3. For a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school district under s.
117.105, for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization, perform the following calculations:
121.905(3)(a)3.a.
a. Calculate the sum under subd.
1. for each of the school districts from which territory was detached to create the new school district.
121.905(3)(a)3.b.
b. For each of those school districts, divide the result in subd.
3. a. by the number of pupils enrolled in that school district in the previous school year.
121.905(3)(a)3.c.
c. For each of those school districts, multiply the result in subd.
3. b. by the number of pupils enrolled in that school district in the previous school year who did not reside in territory that was detached to create the new school district.
121.905(3)(b)1.1. Except as provided under subds.
2. and
3., divide the result in par.
(a) 1. by the sum of the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 3 previous school years and the number of pupils enrolled who were school district residents and solely enrolled in a special education program provided by a county children with disabilities education board program in the previous school year.
121.905(3)(b)2.
2. For a school district created under s.
117.105, for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization, divide the result in par.
(a) 2. by the number of pupils who in the previous school year were enrolled in a school district from which territory was detached to create the new school district and who resided in the detached territory; for the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization, divide the result in par.
(a) 2. by the number of pupils in the previous school year; and for the school year beginning on the 2nd July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization, divide the result in par.
(a) 2. by the average of the number of pupils in the 2 previous school years.
121.905(3)(b)3.
3. For a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school district under s.
117.105, for the school year beginning with the effective date of the reorganization, divide the result in par.
(a) 3. by the number of pupils who in the previous school year were enrolled in the school district and who did not reside in territory that was detached to create the new school district; for the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization, divide the result in par.
(a) 3. by the number of pupils enrolled in the previous school year; and for the school year beginning on the 2nd July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization, divide the result in par.
(a) 3. by the average of the number of pupils enrolled in the 2 previous school years.
121.905(3)(c)2.2. For the limit for the 1996-97 school year, add $206 to the result under par.
(b).
121.905(3)(c)3g.
3g. For the limit for the 2009-10 or 2010-11 school year, add $200 to the result under par.
(b).
121.905(3)(c)3r.
3r. For the limit for the 2011-12 school year, multiply the result under par.
(b) by 0.945.
