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115.883

115.883 Supplemental special education aid.

115.883(1)

(1) Beginning in the 2008-09 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (be), the department shall pay supplemental special education aid to school districts to which all of the following apply:

115.883(1)(a)

(a) In the previous school year, the school district's revenue authority per pupil under subch. VII of ch. 121 was below the statewide average.

115.883(1)(b)

(b) In the previous school year, the school district's expenditures for special education constituted more than 16 percent of the school district's total expenditures.

115.883(1)(c)

(c) In the previous school year, the school district's membership, as defined in s. 121.004 (5), was less than 2,000 pupils.

115.883(2)

(2) In the 2008-09 school year, the department shall pay each school district eligible for aid under this section the same amount. In each school year thereafter, the department shall distribute aid under this section to eligible school districts proportionally based upon each school district's expenditures for special education in the previous school year, except that in any school year a school district may receive not less than $50,000, and not more than $150,000 or an amount equal to 50 percent of the school district's expenditures for special education in the previous school year, whichever is less.

115.883(3)

(3) A school district receiving aid under s. 115.881 in any school year is not eligible for aid under this section in that school year.

115.883 - ANNOT.

History: 2007 a. 20.