§ 115.881 — Additional special education aid.

Wisconsin § 115.881

• Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
• Ch. 115: State superintendent; general classifications and definitions; children with disabilities
• Subch.: subch. V of ch. 115 SUBCHAPTER V

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115.881
115.881(1) (1) A school board, board of control of a cooperative educational service agency, county children with disabilities education board, or operator of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may apply to the department for aid under this section if the applicant incurred, in the previous school year, more than $30,000 of nonadministrative costs for providing special education and related services to a child and those costs were not eligible for reimbursement under s. 115.88 , 115.93 , or 118.255 , 20 USC 1400 et seq., or federal medicaid.
115.881(2) (2) For each child whose costs exceeded $30,000 under sub. (1) , the department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bd) , pay an eligible applicant in the current school year an amount equal to 0.90 multiplied by that portion of the cost under sub. (1) that exceeded $30,000.
115.881(3) (3) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (bd) is insufficient to pay the full amount of costs under sub. (2) , the department shall prorate payments among eligible applicants.

Legislative History

115.881 History History: 2005 a. 25 ; 2007 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 59 ; 2019 a. 9 .