Section PI 24.03 - Calculation and payment of aid(1) AID CALCULATION. The department shall calculate the amount of aid to be paid in each school year to the school district of each eligible school. The amount appropriated under s. 20.255(2) (cu), Stats., as noted in s. 118.44(6) (bm), Stats., shall be divided by the sum of low-income pupils in the state enrolled in a grade eligible for funding reported by each eligible school under sub. (3) to determine the amount of aid generated by each low-income pupil. The amount generated by each low-income pupil shall be multiplied by the sum of low-income pupils within a school district enrolled in a grade eligible for funding in each eligible school of a school district to determine the amount of aid to be paid to the school district.(2) PAYMENT OF SAGE AND ACHIEVEMENT GAP REDUCTION AID. The department shall pay aid 3 times during the school year on the third Monday in November, the third Monday in February, and the second Monday in June upon the school district meeting the reporting requirements specified under the contract.(2m) CEASE PAYMENTS FOR CONTRACT WITHDRAWAL. Aid for schools that withdraw from a contract under s. 118.43 or 118.44, Stats., at any point during the school year will be recalculated to reflect the portion of the school year that the eligible school was under a contract under s. 118.43 or 118.44, Stats. The withdrawing school will receive payment of a prorated amount per day that the school was operating under a contract under s. 118.43 or 118.44, Stats. The funds that would have otherwise been paid to a school district that withdraws from a contract shall be recalculated as defined under sub. (1) and disbursed proportionately to all remaining eligible schools with contracts under s. 118.43 or 118.44, Stats.(4) LOW-INCOME PUPIL ENROLLMENT. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in the aid calculation under sub. (1), the department shall use the sum of low-income pupils in a grade eligible for funding in the eligible school on the third Friday in September of the previous school year, as reported by the school district pursuant to s. 121.05(1) (a), Stats.(b) An eligible school that has an increase in enrollment of 25 percent or more between the third Friday in September of the previous school year and the third Friday in September of the current school year may report to the department the number of low-income pupils eligible for funding in the eligible school on the third Friday in September of the current school year. When a report is made under this paragraph, the department may use the number provided under this paragraph in the aid calculation under sub. (1).Wis. Admin. Code Department of Public Instruction § PI 24.03
Cr. Register, July, 2000, No. 535, eff. 8-1-00; emerg. r. and recr. eff. 12-20-04; CR 04-129: r. and recr. Register June 2005 No. 594, eff. 7-1-05.Amended by, CR 16-038: renum. (1) (a) 1. to (1) and am., r. (1) (a) 2., 3., (b), (c), am. (2) (title), cr. (2m), consol. (3) (intro.) and (a) and renum. to (3) and am., r. (3) (b), (c) Register October 2017 No. 742, eff. 11/1/2017Amended by, correction in (Note) made under s. 35.17(2), Stats., Register November 2017 No. 743, eff. 12/1/2017Amended by, CR 22-006: r. (3), cr. (4) Register July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8/1/2022.SAGE ENT, the SAGE low-income report form, and AGR ENT, the Achievement Gap Reduction low-income report form, may be obtained at no charge from the Department of Public Instruction, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841 or online at https://dpi.wi.gov/sage/forms.