38.28 State aid.

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38.28 State aid.

(1)Annually at the time and on forms prescribed by the director, the district board secretary shall report to the board the cost of maintaining the schools of the district; the character of the work done; the number, names and qualifications of the teachers employed; the number of full-time students enrolled; the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in the district who are residents of another district; the number of full-time students exempted from tuition, by course credits; the actual amount of tuition collected in postsecondary and in vocational-adult programs; and such other information as the board requires.

(1m)In this section:

1. “District aidable cost” means the annual cost of operating a technical college district, including debt service charges for district bonds and promissory notes for building programs or capital equipment, but excluding all expenditures relating to auxiliary enterprises and community service programs, all expenditures funded by or reimbursed with federal revenues, all receipts under ss. 38.12

(9)and

(14), 38.14

(3)and

(9), and 118.15

(a), all receipts from grants awarded under ss. 38.04

(8),

(28), and

(31), 38.14

(11), 38.26 , 38.27 , 38.31 , 38.33 , 38.34 , 38.38 , and 38.42 , all fees collected under s. 38.24 , and driver education and chauffeur training aids.

2. “District aidable cost” for any district that does not have an institution or college campus located in the district does not include costs associated with the collegiate transfer program at the district school. In this subdivision, “institution” and “college campus” have the meanings specified under s. 36.05 . This subdivision does not apply beginning with aid paid under sub.

(3)in the 2014-15 fiscal year.

38.28 Note NOTE: Section 38.28

(3)was repealed by 2013 Wis. Act 20 .

(am)“Dual enrollment programs” means programs or courses of study designed to provide high school students the opportunity to gain credits in both technical college and high school, including transcripted credit programs or other educational services provided by contract between a school district and a technical college.

(b)“Equalization index” means a ratio determined by:

1. Dividing the most current statewide full valuation by the board’s estimate of the districts’ total aidable full-time equivalent student count for the next fiscal year;

2. Dividing the most current full valuation for each district by the board’s estimate of that district’s full-time equivalent student count for the next fiscal year; and

3. Dividing the quotient of subd. 1. by the quotient of subd. 2. , rounded to the 5th decimal place.

(c)“Industry-validated curriculum” means a curriculum that is developed with business or industry input and that is based on competencies and assessments that reflect the skills and knowledge necessary for a specific job or jobs within a specific type of business or industry.

(b)Subject to par.

(bm), each district’s share of the amount appropriated under s. 20.292

(d)shall be computed as follows:

1. The district’s aidable cost shall be multiplied by the applicable percentage and this product shall be multiplied by the equalization index to determine state aids. In this subdivision, the “applicable percentage” is the percentage sufficient to generate total aid under this section that will fall within the range of 0.999 and 1.001 of the amount appropriated under s. 20.292

(d), as determined by the board.

2. The most current equalized values certified by the department of revenue shall be used in aid determinations, except equalized values 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.

3. Beginning with the 1975-76 fiscal year, state aids shall be calculated and paid on the basis of 1975-76 district aidable cost. Annually thereafter, aid payments in any fiscal year shall fund the district aidable cost in that same fiscal year.

4. The board shall make such adjustments in aid payments during the fiscal year as are necessary to reflect more current data under sub.

(1m)and s. 20.292

(d). Final adjustments of state aid payments, on the basis of actual enrollments and costs, shall be made from the following year’s aid appropriation under s. 20.292

(d).

1. Subject to subd. 1m. and par.

(bm), the board shall establish a formula for allocating the amount appropriated under s. 20.292

(d)in a fiscal year to each district based on a district’s performance in the 3 previous fiscal years with respect to the following criteria:

a. The placement rate of students in jobs related to students’ programs of study.

b. The number of degrees and certificates awarded in high-demand fields. The board and the department of workforce development shall jointly determine what constitutes high-demand fields and revise the determination as necessary.