121.75(2)(2)Exclude any costs associated with the pupil which are paid from a source other than tuition and property taxes.
121.75(3)(3)Cover only the period during which services were actually provided or available to the pupil.
121.75(4)(4)Not impose a financial burden on the agency of service.
121.75 HistoryHistory: 1985 a. 29.
121.76121.76Definitions and general provisions.
121.76(1)(1)Definitions. In this subchapter:
121.76(1)(a)(a) “Agency of service” means a school board, board of control of a cooperative educational service agency, county children with disabilities education board, or governing body of a nonsectarian private school, university model school, or tribal school, which provides services for which tuition may be charged.
121.76(1)(b)(b) “Pupil” includes a child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5).
121.76(1)(c)(c) “Specified services” means social work; guidance; health; psychological, speech-language pathology and audiology services; supervision; coordination; and transportation.
121.76(2)(2)General provisions.
121.76(2)(a)(a) All tuition shall be calculated under s. 121.83 unless the state superintendent approves an alternative procedure consistent with s. 121.75.
121.76(2)(b)(b) A written agreement may provide for the prepayment in installments of up to 75 percent of the estimated tuition during the school year in which services are provided.
121.76(2)(c)(c) The agency of service, other than a tribal school, shall rebate a proportional share of state or federal aid received for pupils for whom it received tuition. The rebate shall be paid to the agency or person who paid the tuition within 30 days of its receipt by the agency of service.
121.76 HistoryHistory: 1985 a. 29; 1989 a. 316; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 164; 2009 a. 302.
121.77121.77Admission of nonresident pupils.
121.77(1)(1)
121.77(1)(a)(a) Every elementary school and high school shall be free to all pupils who reside in the school district.
121.77(1)(b)(b) If facilities are adequate, a school board, board of control of a cooperative educational service agency or county children with disabilities education board may admit nonresident pupils who meet its entrance requirements. Nonresident pupils shall have all of the rights and privileges of resident pupils and shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as resident pupils. The agency of service shall charge tuition for each nonresident pupil.
121.77(2)(2)Annually on or before September 1, the clerk or secretary of the agency of service shall file:
121.77(2)(a)(a) A tuition claim for each nonresident pupil or adult for whom services were provided under this subchapter during the preceding school year. The claim shall be filed with the school district clerk under s. 121.78, the state superintendent under s. 121.79, the county clerk under s. 121.80, the pupil’s parent or guardian under s. 121.81 or the adult under s. 121.82. Credit shall be given for prepayments.
121.77(2)(b)(b) A certified copy of each tuition claim under par. (a) with the state superintendent.
121.77(3)(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).
121.77 HistoryHistory: 1977 c. 29, 78, 203; 1985 a. 29; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 164; 1999 a. 117; 2015 a. 55.
121.78121.78Tuition payments by school districts.
121.78(1)(1)By agreement.
121.78(1)(a)(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. The school district of residence shall pay 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.
121.78(1)(b)(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. 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.
121.78(2)(2)Reorganized school districts.
121.78(2)(a)(a) The school board of a district operating high school grades shall permit a high school pupil who resides in the school district as the result of school district reorganization under ch. 117 and has completed 9th and 10th grades at one high school outside the school district to complete the pupil’s high school education at that high school. The school board of residence shall pay tuition for the pupil. If the parent or guardian of the pupil has paid tuition in order to enroll the pupil in the high school, the school board of residence shall reimburse the parent or guardian for the tuition upon receipt of a tuition claim within 3 years from the date the tuition was paid.