Wisconsin Code § 121.59

High cost transportation aid
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(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 1.35 by the quotient.
(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).

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