Wisconsin Statutes 121.86 – Merged attendance area programs
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 121.86
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- 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) Definitions. In this section:
(a) “Base school” means the school in a merged attendance area that has the lowest enrollment of the schools in the merged attendance area.
(b) “Merged attendance area” means an attendance area that contains one of the following:
1. Two or more schools that offer elementary grades, with each such grade offered at only one school.
2. Two or more schools that offer middle school grades, with each such grade offered at only one school.
3. Two or more schools that offer high school grades, with each such grade offered at only one school.
(2) State aid.
(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:
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.
(b) The number of minority group pupils enrolled in the base school, not to exceed:
1. The number of minority group pupils who reside in the merged attendance area; minus
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.
(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.
(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).
(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).