Wisconsin Statutes (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Chapter 121. School Finance |
SubChapter II. GENERAL AID |
Section 121.136. State aid for high-poverty school districts.
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- (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.