Wisconsin Statutes 121.59 – High cost transportation aid
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 121.59
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Preceding: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next preceding that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) In this section:
(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.
(b) “Transportation costs” means costs that are eligible for reimbursement under s. 121.58.
(2) Annually the department shall pay to each eligible school district the amount determined as follows:
(a) Divide the statewide school district transportation costs in the previous school year by the statewide membership in the previous school year and multiply the quotient by 1.4.
(b) Divide the school district’s transportation costs in the previous school year by the school district’s membership in the previous school year.
(d) If the remainder under par. (c) is a positive number, multiply it by the school district’s membership.
(e) Divide the product under par. (d) for the school district by the product under par. (d) for all eligible school districts.
(f) Multiply the quotient under par. (e) by the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (cq).
(2m)
(a) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and in any school year thereafter, if a school district was eligible to receive aid under sub. (2) in the immediately preceding school year but is ineligible to receive aid in the current school year because the number under sub. (2) (d) is not a positive number, the state superintendent shall, subject to par. (b), pay to that school district the amount determined as follows:
1. Determine the amount paid to the school district under sub. (2) (f) in the immediately preceding school year.
2. Multiply the amount under subd. 1. by 0.5.
(b) The sum of all payments under par. (a) may not exceed $200,000 in any fiscal year. If in any school year the amount to which school districts are entitled under par. (a) exceeds $200,000, the state superintendent shall prorate the payments among the eligible school districts.
(3) Aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cq).