121.105 Special adjustment aids. - Wisconsin Statutes

121.105

121.105 Special adjustment aids.

121.105(1)

(1) In this section "state aid" means the sum of the payments provided to a school district under this section and ss. 121.08, 121.85 and 121.86.

121.105(2)

(2)

121.105(2)(am)

(am)

121.105(2)(am)1.

1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a school district would receive less in state aid in the current school year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to 85% of the amount of state aid that it received in the previous school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current school year, its state aid for the current school year shall be increased to an amount equal to 85% of the state aid received in the previous school year.

121.105(2)(am)2.

2. If a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in state aid in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization less than 85 percent of the amount determined as follows, its state aid in the school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization shall be increased to an amount equal to 85 percent of the amount determined as follows:

121.105(2)(am)2.a.

a. Divide the school district's membership in the preceding school year by the school district's membership in the 2nd preceding school year.

121.105(2)(am)2.b.

b. Multiply the amount of state aid received by the school district in the preceding school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current school year, by the quotient under subd. 2. a.

121.105(2)(b)

(b) A school district is eligible to receive additional aid under par. (am) only if additional aid does not result in a state aid payment greater than the school district's shared cost.

121.105(3)

(3) In the school year in which a school district consolidation takes effect under s. 117.08 or 117.09 and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, the consolidated school district's state aid shall be an amount that is not less than the aggregate state aid to which the consolidating school districts were eligible in the school year prior to the school year in which the consolidation takes effect. The additional state aid shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac).

121.105 - ANNOT.

History: 1985 a. 29, 251; 1987 a. 27; 1989 a. 31, 114, 336; 1991 a. 39, 269; 1993 a. 16, 437; 1997 a. 27, 113; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16, 104; 2005 a. 219, 222.