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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.43 - School board meetings.

120.43
School board meetings.
(1)
Annually, on or within 30 days after the 4th Monday in April, the school board shall elect a school district president, vice president, clerk and treasurer from among its members and a school board secretary who need not be a member of the school board.
(2)
The school board shall meet at least once each month and at other times upon the call of the school district president or upon the filing of a request with the school district clerk signed by a majority of the school board members.
(3)
Each school board member may be paid an annual salary or an amount fixed by the school board for each school board meeting the member actually attends.
(4)
Proceedings of the school board shall be published in accordance with s. 120.11 (4).
History:  1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 301; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (42); 1985 a. 225 ss. 89 to 91; Stats. 1985 s. 120.43.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.44 - School board powers and duties.

120.44
School board powers and duties.
(1)
A unified school district is a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued, to levy and collect taxes, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to do all other things reasonable for the performance of its functions in operating a system of public education.
(2)
The public schools of a unified school district shall be under the management, control and supervision of a school board. The school board shall have the powers and duties of the school board and annual meeting in a common school district. The officers of a unified school district have the powers and duties of the officers of a common school district. No annual meeting shall be held in a unified school district. The school board shall not, in the name of the school district, issue bonds or incur other indebtedness without approval of the electors of the school district in any instance where the school board of a common school district is not authorized to do so.
History:  1981 c. 20; 1981 c. 340 s. 8; 1983 a. 339; 1985 a. 225 ss. 83, 92, 93; Stats. 1985 s. 120.44; 1993 a. 437; 1995 a. 27.
A school district did not incur indebtedness by entering into a lease-purchase agreement for a new school when the district, by electing not to appropriate funds for the following fiscal year's rental payment, had the option to terminate the agreement with no future payment obligation. Dieck v. Unified School District, 165 Wis. 2d 458, 477 N.W.2d 613 (1991).
Section 66.185 [now s. 66.0137] does not prohibit providing health insurance benefits to persons not listed in the statute if authority is granted by other statutes. This section and ss. 120.12 and 120.13, broadly construed as required by s. 118.001, grant broad powers, including that of providing insurance to persons not listed in this section. Pritchard v. Madison Metropolitan School District, 2001 WI App 62, 242 Wis. 2d 301, 625 N.W.2d 613, 00-0848.
School boards have the authority to enforce policies that mandate the manner, conditions, and content of police interviews with students on school premises during school hours. 81 Atty. Gen. 126.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 120 - School district government. › 120.45 - School board member; refusal of salary.

120.45
School board member; refusal of salary.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Salary” means the annual salary for a school board member or the amount for each school board meeting the school board member actually attends.
(b)
“School board member” includes a school board member-elect.
(2)
(a)
1.
Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 120.43 (3), a school board member may send written notification to the school district clerk and the school district treasurer that the school board member wishes to refuse to accept the salary that he or she is otherwise entitled to receive.
2.
a.
Except as provided in subd. 2. b., for the taxable year in which the school board member's election is certified or the board member is appointed under s. 17.26, the school board member shall send the notification no later than the day on which the board member takes the official oath of office and before the board member performs any services in his or her capacity as a board member. The notification applies only to the taxable year in which the school board member's election is certified.
b.
If the school board member's current taxable year ends within 3 months of the day on which the board member's election is certified or the board member is appointed to the board, the notification applies until the end of his or her next taxable year.
3.
Except as provided in subd. 2., a school board member shall send the notification at least 30 days before the start of the school board member's next taxable year and the notification applies only to that taxable year. A school board member may renew his or her refusal by sending a notification annually as provided in this subdivision.
4.
A school board member may not rescind a notification sent under this paragraph.
(b)
1.
If a school district clerk and school district treasurer receive a notification under par. (a), the school district treasurer may not pay the school board member the salary that he or she is otherwise entitled to receive during the time period to which the notification applies, beginning with the first pay period that commences after the notification applies.
2.
If a school board member's notification no longer applies, the school district treasurer shall pay the school board member any salary that he or she is entitled to receive, beginning with the first pay period that commences after the expiration of the notification.
History:  2017 a. 9.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.006 - State aid withheld.

121.006
State aid withheld.
(1)
(a)
The state superintendent may withhold state aid from any school district in which the scope and character of the work are not maintained in such manner as to meet the state superintendent's approval.
(b)
No state aid may be paid in any year under this chapter to a school district which fails to meet the requirements under sub. (2).
(c)
If the state superintendent withholds state aid from a school district under this subsection, the school board may request a hearing under s. 227.42.
(2)
Unless the state superintendent is satisfied that the failure to meet the requirements of pars. (a) and (b) was occasioned by some extraordinary cause not arising from intention or neglect on the part of the responsible officers, every school district shall:
(a)
Hold school for the minimum number of hours of direct pupil instruction required for the grade in which a pupil is enrolled as specified in s. 121.02 (1) (f).
(b)
Employ teachers qualified under s. 118.19.
(c)
File all reports as required by state law.
(d)
Comply with a directive issued by the state superintendent under s. 118.42 (3) (a) or (b).
(5)
In the event of a school district labor dispute, s. 121.23 shall apply.
History:  1973 c. 90, 157; 1977 c. 26; 1977 c. 29 s. 1097; 1977 c. 178, 203, 206, 273, 447; Stats. 1977 s. 121.006; 1979 c. 221; 1995 a. 27 ss. 4031, 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2009 a. 215; 2013 a. 257.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.007 - Use of state aid; exemption from execution.

121.007
Use of state aid; exemption from execution.
All moneys paid to a school district under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), (bc), (cg), and (cr), shall be used by the school district solely for the purposes for which paid. Such moneys are exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, or other process in favor of creditors, except as to claims for salaries or wages of teachers and other school employees and as to claims for school materials, supplies, fuel, and current repairs.
History:  1971 c. 125 s. 522 (1); 1973 c. 90; 1975 c. 39, 220; 1977 c. 29 s. 1099; Stats. 1977 s. 121.007; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (43) (a); 1979 c. 221; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (42); 1983 a. 538; 1989 a. 31, 336; 1993 a. 16; 1997 a. 27, 113; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.01 - Purpose.

121.01
Purpose.
It is declared to be the policy of this state that education is a state function and that some relief should be afforded from the local general property tax as a source of public school revenue where such tax is excessive, and that other sources of revenue should contribute a larger percentage of the total funds needed. It is further declared that in order to provide reasonable equality of educational opportunity for all the children of this state, the state must guarantee that a basic educational opportunity be available to each pupil, but that the state should be obligated to contribute to the educational program only if the school district provides a program which meets state standards. It is the purpose of the state aid formula set forth in this subchapter to cause the state to assume a greater proportion of the costs of public education and to relieve the general property of some of its tax burden.
The school finance system under this chapter is constitutional under both article I, section 1 and article X, section 3, of the Wisconsin Constitution. Students have a fundamental right to an equal opportunity for a sound basic education. Uniform revenue-raising capacity among districts is not required. Vincent v. Voight, 2000 WI 93, 236 Wis. 2d 588, 614 N.W.2d 388, 97-3174.
A “Uniform" Education: Reform of Local Property Tax School Finance Systems Through State Constitutions. Kaster. 62 MLR 565 (1979).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.06 - Determination and certification of equalized valuation.

121.06
Determination and certification of equalized valuation.
(1)
Annually on or before October 1, the full value of the taxable property in each part of each city, village and town in each school district shall be determined by the department of revenue according to its best judgment from all sources of information available to it and shall be certified by the department of revenue to the state superintendent.
(2)
The state superintendent shall certify to each school district clerk the appropriate full values certified to the state superintendent under sub. (1).
(3)
For purposes of computing state aid under s. 121.08 equalized valuations calculated under sub. (1) and certified under sub. (2) shall exclude property taxed under s. 70.114, 1981 stats., s. 70.116, 1981 stats., s. 70.117, 1981 stats., or s. 70.175, 1981 stats.
(4)
For purposes of computing state aid under s. 121.08, equalized valuations calculated under sub. (1) and certified under sub. (2) shall include the full value of property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m) as determined under s. 79.095 (3) for 2016.
History:  1973 c. 61, 90; 1977 c. 29 ss. 1084, 1647 (13); 1977 c. 300 s. 8; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 225; 1987 a. 403 s. 256; 1989 a. 336; 1993 a. 307; 1995 a. 27 ss. 4044, 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 113, 237; 2001 a. 16; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.08 - Payment of state aids; reductions.

121.08
Payment of state aids; reductions.
(1)
The state shall pay to the school district the sum of the following amounts:
(a)
The amount by which the primary guaranteed valuation exceeds the school district equalized valuation, multiplied by the primary required levy rate.
(b)
The amount by which the secondary guaranteed valuation exceeds the school district equalized valuation multiplied by the secondary required levy rate.
(c)
The amount by which the tertiary guaranteed valuation exceeds the school district equalized valuation multiplied by the tertiary required levy rate.
(2)
The aid computed under sub. (1) shall be reduced by the sum of the amount by which the school district equalized valuation exceeds the secondary guaranteed valuation, multiplied by the secondary required levy rate, and the amount by which the school district equalized valuation exceeds the tertiary guaranteed valuation, multiplied by the tertiary required levy rate. In no case may the aid under this section be less than the amount under sub. (1) (a).
(3)
The aid computed under sub. (1) shall be reduced by the amount by which the aid that the school district is receiving under sub. (1) as a result of the number of pupils reported as enrolled in the school district under s. 121.05 (1) (a) 7. exceeds the amount paid by the school district for tuition for those pupils.
(4)
(b)
The amount of state aid that the school district operating under ch. 119 is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) shall be reduced by the amount calculated as follows:
1.
Multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the 2009-10 school year by 41.6 percent, and multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the 2010-11 to 2012-13 school years by 38.4 percent. Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the current school year by a percentage determined by subtracting 3.2 percentage points from the percentage that was applied under this subdivision in the previous school year. This subdivision does not apply after the 2024-25 school year.
2.
Multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the 2009-10 school year by 3.4 percent, and multiply the amounts paid under s. 119.23 (4) and (4m) in the 2010-11 school year and in each school year thereafter by 6.6 percent.
3.
Add the amounts determined under subds. 1. and 2.
(d)
The state superintendent shall ensure that the total amount of aid reduction under par. (b) lapses to the general fund.
History:  1973 c. 90; 1977 c. 29; 1983 a. 509; 1985 a. 29; 1987 a. 27, 399; 1995 a. 27; 1999 a. 9, 185; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25; 2007 a. 100; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 32, 157; 2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 55; 2021 a. 58.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.085 - State aid; other reductions.

121.085
State aid; other reductions.
(1)
The department shall make state aid adjustments under s. 118.51 (16) and (17) before making a reduction under s. 115.7915 (4m) (f), 118.40 (2r) (g) or (2x) (f), or 118.60 (4d) (b).
(2)
For purposes of ss. 115.7915 (4m) (f) 2., 118.40 (2r) (g) 2. and (2x) (f) 2., and 118.60 (4d) (b) 2., a school district's aid under s. 121.08 is insufficient to cover a reduction if, after making state aid adjustments under s. 118.51 (16) and (17), the amount of the school district's aid under s. 121.08 is insufficient to cover all of the reductions under ss. 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1., 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. and (2x) (f) 1., and 118.60 (4d) (b) 1.
(3)
The state superintendent shall ensure that the aid reductions under ss. 115.7915 (4m) (f) 1., 118.40 (2r) (g) 1. and (2x) (f) 1., and 118.60 (4d) (b) 1. lapse to the general fund.
History:  2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.095 - State aid adjustment; Challenge Academy program.

121.095
State aid adjustment; Challenge Academy program.
(1)
Annually the department shall reduce each school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08, or other state aid payments, if necessary, by an amount calculated as follows:
(a)
Determine the number of pupils counted in the school district's membership who are attending the Challenge Academy program under s. 321.03 (1) (c).
(b)
Multiply the result under par. (a) by the lesser of the following:
1.
The amount determined by the department of military affairs under s. 321.03 (1) (c) 1.
2.
The amount determined for the school district under s. 121.91 (2m) (e) 3. for the current school year.
(2)
From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), annually the department of public instruction shall pay to the department of military affairs an amount equal to the sum of the reductions under sub. (1). The department of public instruction shall ensure that the aid adjustment under sub. (1) does not affect the amount determined to be received by a school district as state aid under s. 121.08 or for any other purpose.
History:  2001 a. 109; 2007 a. 200.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.135 - State aid to county children with disabilities education boards.

121.135
State aid to county children with disabilities education boards.
(1)
If, upon receipt of the plan under s. 115.77 (4), the state superintendent is satisfied that there are children participating in a special education program provided by a county children with disabilities education board, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bh) in favor of the county children with disabilities education board the amount determined under sub. (2), except as provided under sub. (3).
(2)
(a)
In this subsection:
1.
“Additional general aid" means the amount determined by calculating the percentage of a school district's shared costs that would be paid under s. 121.08 if its membership included each pupil who is a resident of the school district or is attending 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 includes the school district in its program under s. 115.817 (2) and the school district's shared costs were increased by the costs of the county children with disabilities education board program for all pupils participating in the county children with disabilities education board program who are residents of the school district or attending the school district under s. 118.51, and multiplying the costs of the county children with disabilities education board program by that percentage.
2.
“Costs of the county children with disabilities education board program" means the gross cost of the county children with disabilities education board program minus all nonduplicative revenues and other financing sources except property taxes and state aid paid under this section in the previous school year.
(c)
The state superintendent shall pay the additional general aid to the county children with disabilities education board.
(3)
This section does not apply beginning on the effective date of a resolution adopted under s. 115.817 (9) (c), except that in the school year beginning July 1 of the year prior to the effective date of the resolution, the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bh) in favor of the county children with disabilities education board an amount equal to one-half the amount specified under sub. (2) for each pupil enrolled.
History:  1973 c. 89, 243; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (43) (a); 1979 c. 176; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27 ss. 1482g, 1482r, 2202 (42); 1987 a. 27; 1989 a. 336, 359; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27 ss. 4072, 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 113, 164; 2021 a. 58.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.136 - State aid for high-poverty school districts.

121.136
State aid for high-poverty school districts.
(1)
In this section, “membership" means the membership used by the department to calculate state aid to the school district under s. 121.08 in the first school year of a fiscal biennium.
(2)
(a)
In the 2009-10 school year and annually thereafter, the department shall pay additional state aid to a school district if at least 50 percent of the district's enrollment on the 3rd Friday of September in the immediately preceding even-numbered year, as rounded to the nearest whole percentage point, satisfied the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch in the federal school lunch program under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1).
(b)
The amount paid to each eligible school district in the 2009-10 school year and annually thereafter shall be determined as follows:
1.
Divide the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (bb) by the total membership in all eligible school districts.
4.
Multiply the result under subd. 1. by the school district's membership.
History:  2007 a. 20; 2009 a. 28; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.137 - First class city school levy aid.

121.137
First class city school levy aid.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Board" has the meaning given in s. 119.02 (1).
(b)
“City" has the meaning given in s. 119.02 (2).
(2)
Annually, the department shall calculate the amount of the state aid reduction under s. 121.08 (4) (b) 2. in the current school year and shall notify the board, in writing, of the result.
(3)
From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), annually the department shall pay the amount calculated under sub. (2) to the city in installments according to the schedule used by the board for the distribution of state aid under s. 121.15 (1) or (1g). The city shall pay an amount equal to the amount received under this subsection to the board.
History:  2009 a. 28.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.14 - State aid for summer classes and interim session classes.

121.14
State aid for summer classes and interim session classes.
(1)
(a)
State aid shall be paid to each district or county children with disabilities education board for all of the following:
1.
Subject to par. (b), those academic summer classes or laboratory periods that are for necessary academic purposes, as defined by the state superintendent by rule.
2.
Subject to par. (b), for a school district or county children with disabilities education board that provides year-round school, those interim session classes or laboratory periods that are for necessary academic purposes, as defined by the state superintendent by rule.
3.
Those online classes offered as summer classes or interim session classes to high school pupils and pupils in grade 7 or 8 who reside in the school district, or who are attending the online class in the school district under s. 118.51, provided a pupil enrolled in a high school grade receives a credit for the class, a pupil enrolled in the 7th or 8th grade successfully completes the class, and the school board of the school district determines the online class fulfills a requirement for high school graduation specified under s. 118.33 (1) (a) 1. or 2. or established by the school board under s. 118.33 (1) (am) or the authority of the department.
(b)
Recreational programs and team sports shall not be eligible for aid under this section, and pupils participating in such programs shall not be counted as pupils enrolled under s. 121.004 (5) nor shall costs associated with such programs be included in shared costs under s. 121.07 (6).
(2)
(a)
State aid for summer classes, laboratory periods, or interim session classes under sub. (1) shall be incorporated into the state aid paid for regular classes under this subchapter.
(b)
Annually on or before October 1, the school district clerk or chairperson of the county children with disabilities education board shall file with the department a report stating the summer average daily membership equivalent.
(3)
References to county children with disabilities education boards under subs. (1) and (2) (b) do not apply beginning on the effective date of a resolution adopted under s. 115.817 (9) (c).
History:  1973 c. 89, 90, 243, 333; 1975 c. 39; 1977 c. 29; 1983 a. 27; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (17m); 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 164, 240; 1999 a. 32; 2013 a. 257; 2017 a. 151.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.17 - Use of federal revenue sharing funds.

121.17
Use of federal revenue sharing funds.
It is the intent of the legislature that school districts receiving federal revenue sharing funds through the state under this subchapter shall utilize these funds in compliance with the federal revenue sharing requirements as defined in the state and local fiscal assistance act of 1972 (P.L. 92-512), as amended by P.L. 94-488. The department shall assure compliance with this section.
History:  1973 c. 90; 1977 c. 29 s. 1101; Stats. 1977 s. 121.17; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.23 - Payment of aids in school district labor disputes.

121.23
Payment of aids in school district labor disputes.
(1)
In the event that the state superintendent finds that school is not held, or educational standards are not maintained in accordance with s. 121.02 (1) (f) as the result of a strike by school district employees, make-up days are authorized to be scheduled but no make-up days are required.
(2)
If a school district fails to provide the number of hours of direct pupil instruction specified under s. 121.02 (1) (f) as the result of a strike by school district employees, for the purposes of computing general aid, the state superintendent shall compute the school district's primary and secondary ceiling costs per member in accordance with the procedure specified in pars. (a) to (e). In making the calculation, the state superintendent shall:
(a)
Determine the amount of shared cost not incurred by the school district because of the strike.
(b)
Determine the amount of shared cost that the school district would have incurred had the strike not occurred.
(c)
Divide the amount determined under par. (a) by the amount determined under par. (b).
(d)
Multiply the quotient determined under par. (c) by the amount determined under s. 121.07 (6) (b).
(e)
Subtract the product determined under par. (d) from the amount determined under s. 121.07 (6) (b).
History:  1977 c. 178; 1979 c. 221 s. 2202 (43); 1995 a. 27 ss. 4077, 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2013 a. 257.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.41 - Driver education programs.

121.41
Driver education programs.
A school board or the technical college system board may establish and collect reasonable fees for any driver education program or part of a program which is neither required for nor credited toward graduation. The school board or the technical college system board may waive any fee established under this subsection for any indigent pupil.
History:  1971 c. 125 s. 522 (1); 1971 c. 154, 211; 1973 c. 89, 90, 309, 336; 1977 c. 29 s. 1096; Stats. 1977 s. 121.41; 1983 a. 22; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (42); 1985 a. 29, 218; 1991 a. 269; 1993 a. 399, 455, 491; 1997 a. 27, 164; 1999 a. 9; 2003 a. 33.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.545 - Additional transportation.

121.545
Additional transportation.
(1)
The parent or guardian of a pupil who attends a public or private school and who is not required to be transported under s. 121.54 may contract with the school board of the district for transportation under this subsection. The school board of the district may provide transportation under this subsection to a pupil not required to be transported under s. 121.54, if requested to do so by the parent or guardian of the pupil. The school board may charge a fee for the cost of providing transportation under this subsection and may waive the fee or any portion of the fee for any person who is unable to pay the fee. State aid shall not be provided for transportation under this subsection.
(2)
A school board may provide transportation for children residing in the school district whom the school district is not required to transport under s. 121.54 to or from, or both, a before- and after-school child care program under s. 120.125, a prekindergarten class under s. 120.13 (13), a child care program under s. 120.13 (14), or any other child care program, family child care home, child care provider, or prekindergarten class. The school board may charge a fee for the cost of providing such transportation. The school board may waive the fee or any portion of the fee for any person who is unable to pay the fee. State aid shall not be provided for transportation under this subsection.
History:  1979 c. 221; 1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 439; 2005 a. 223; 2009 a. 185.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.56 - School bus routes.

121.56
School bus routes.
The school board of each district shall make and be responsible for all necessary provisions for the transportation of pupils, including establishment, administration and scheduling of school bus routes. Upon the request of any school board, the state superintendent shall provide advice and counsel on problems of school transportation. Any private school shall, upon the request of the public school officials, supply all necessary information and reports. The transportation of public and private school pupils shall be effectively coordinated to insure the safety and welfare of the pupils. Upon receipt of a signed order from the state superintendent, the school board shall discontinue any route specified by the state superintendent.
History:  1993 a. 492; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27.
The refusal by a public school board to transport parochial pupils during a public school vacation violated s. 121.54 (2) (b) 1. Hahner v. Board of Education, 89 Wis. 2d 180, 278 N.W.2d 474 (Ct. App. 1979).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.57 - Board and lodging or house rental in lieu of transportation.

121.57
Board and lodging or house rental in lieu of transportation.
(1)
(a)
If a school board determines it is to the advantage of the school district and if the parent or guardian determines it is to the advantage of the pupil that board and lodging in lieu of transportation be provided for all or part of the time for a pupil of the school district required to be transported or for whom it has been authorized under s. 121.54 (2), the school board shall enter into a written contract under which the pupil shall be properly boarded and lodged and the school board shall pay for such board and lodging. The pupil's parent or guardian may select the home in which the pupil is boarded and lodged. If a school board determines it is in the interest of the school district, it may pay the tuition of a pupil in a school in another school district in lieu of providing transportation to a school in the school district of residence or board and lodging. If the distance from the pupil's home to the school in another school district is 2 miles or more, the school board of the district of residence shall provide transportation.
(b)
This subsection also applies to children with disabilities. The state superintendent may grant permission for a child with a disability to be transported to a school in another school district if an acceptable form of transportation is provided and if such school offers equal or better educational opportunities for the child.
(2)
If a school board determines it is in the interest of the school district to rent a house for the family of children required to be transported in lieu of providing such transportation, it may enter into a written lease for such housing and pay as rental therefor not more than the amount which otherwise would be paid for transportation.
(3)
This section does not apply to pupils who attend private schools.
History:  1993 a. 492; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 164.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.59 - High cost transportation aid.

121.59
High cost transportation aid.
(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.
(c)
Subtract the product under par. (a) from the quotient under par. (b).
(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. This paragraph cannot apply after June 2023.
(3)
Aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cq).
History:  2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 59; 2021 a. 58; 2023 a. 19.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.75 - Construction.

121.75
Construction.
To the extent feasible, this subchapter shall be construed so that the tuition charge for a pupil shall:
(1)
Include any unusual costs associated with the pupil.
(2)
Exclude any costs associated with the pupil which are paid from a source other than tuition and property taxes.
(3)
Cover only the period during which services were actually provided or available to the pupil.
(4)
Not impose a financial burden on the agency of service.
History:  1985 a. 29.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.76 - Definitions and general provisions.

121.76
Definitions and general provisions.
(1)
Definitions. In this subchapter:
(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.
(b)
“Pupil" includes a child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5).
(c)
“Specified services" means social work; guidance; health; psychological, speech-language pathology and audiology services; supervision; coordination; and transportation.
(2)
General provisions.
(a)
All tuition shall be calculated under s. 121.83 unless the state superintendent approves an alternative procedure consistent with s. 121.75.
(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.
(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.
History:  1985 a. 29; 1989 a. 316; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 164; 2009 a. 302.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.77 - Admission of nonresident pupils.

121.77
Admission of nonresident pupils.
(1)
(a)
Every elementary school and high school shall be free to all pupils who reside in the school district.
(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.
(2)
Annually on or before September 1, the clerk or secretary of the agency of service shall file:
(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.
(b)
A certified copy of each tuition claim under par. (a) with the state superintendent.
(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).
History:  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.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.79 - Tuition payments by state.

121.79
Tuition payments by state.
(1)
The state shall pay tuition from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cg) for pupils attending public schools in the following cases:
(a)
For pupils in children's homes.
(b)
For pupils whose parents or guardians are employed at and reside on the grounds of a state or federal military camp, federal veteran hospital or state charitable or penal institution.
(d)
For pupils in foster homes or group homes, if the foster home or group home is located outside the school district in which the pupil's parent or guardian resides and either of the following applies:
2.
The foster or group home is exempted under s. 70.11.
3.
The pupil is a child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), and at least 4 percent of the pupils enrolled in the school district reside in foster homes or group homes that are not exempt under s. 70.11. Notwithstanding s. 121.83 (1) (d), the annual tuition rate for pupils under this subdivision is the special annual tuition rate only, as described in s. 121.83 (1) (c).
(e)
For pupils in secured residential care centers for children and youth, as defined under s. 938.02 (15g).
(2)
When transportation is provided for pupils under this section, state aid shall be paid in accordance with subch. IV.
History:  1971 c. 125 ss. 459, 460, 522 (1); 1973 c. 89, 90, 336; 1975 c. 39, 199; 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (43) (a); 1979 c. 60, 221; 1983 a. 27 ss. 1486m, 2202 (42); 1985 a. 29; 1993 a. 446; 2001 a. 16; 2009 a. 28; 2017 a. 185.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.80 - Tuition payments by counties.

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.
History:  1985 a. 29.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.81 - Tuition payments by parents.

121.81
Tuition payments by parents.
(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:
(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.
(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.
(2)
Special.
(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.
(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.
(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.
History:  1971 c. 200; 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 346 s. 15; 1993 a. 492; 1999 a. 117.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.83 - Computation of tuition.

121.83
Computation of tuition.
(1)
(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:
1.
If the agency of service does not transport the pupil to and from school:
a.
The cost of pupil transportation shall be subtracted.
b.
State aid for pupil transportation shall be added.
2.
If the agency of service counts the pupil under s. 121.05 (1) (a) or (2), or on an alternate counting date under s. 121.05 (3) or (3m), state general aid shall be subtracted.
3.
If the pupil receives special education and related services under subch. V of ch. 115:
a.
The cost of instruction and specified services shall be subtracted.
b.
The federal and state aid for pupil transportation and special education and related services shall be added.
(b)
The regular annual tuition rate is the net school cost divided by the average daily membership of the agency of service.
(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.
(d)
The annual tuition rate is the sum of the regular annual tuition rate and the special annual tuition rate, if any.
(e)
The daily tuition rate is the annual tuition rate divided by the number of school days in the session.
(2)
(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.
(b)
The tuition for summer school shall be the daily tuition rate for the previous school year multiplied by the number of school days held in the previous school year times the summer average daily membership equivalent of the pupil.
(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.
(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.
History:  1977 c. 29; 1981 c. 20; 1985 a. 29 ss. 1790 to 1792, 1794; Stats. 1985 s. 121.83; 1991 a. 39; 1997 a. 164; 2007 a. 222; 2009 a. 28; 2013 a. 20, 257.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.845 - Definitions.

121.845
Definitions.
In this subchapter:
(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.
(1m)
“Membership" has the meaning given in s. 121.07 (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.
(3)
“School" means an organized educational activity operated by the school board and approved by the department.
History:  1985 a. 29 ss. 1797, 1799; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 48; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 121 - School finance. › 121.86 - Merged attendance area programs.

121.86
Merged attendance area programs.
(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.
2.
Multiply the number of pupils enumerated under pars. (b) and (c) by 0.25.
3.
Multiply the quotient under subd. 1. by the product under subd. 2.
(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).
History:  1985 a. 29; 1987 a. 399; 1989 a. 31, 309, 336, 359; 1991 a. 39, 48, 315; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27.