115.34 School lunch program.
(1) The department may contract for the operation and maintenance of school lunch programs and for the distribution, transportation, warehousing, processing and insuring of food products provided by the federal government. The form and specifications of such contracts shall be determined by the department. Amounts remaining unpaid for 60 days or more after they become payable under the terms of such contracts shall be deemed past due and shall be certified to the department of administration on October 1 of each year and included in the next apportionment of state special charges to local units of government as special charges against the school districts and municipalities charged therewith.
(2) The state superintendent shall make payments to school districts, private schools, charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x), tribal schools, the program under s. 115.52, and the center under s. 115.525 for school lunches served to children in the prior year as determined by the state superintendent from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (cn). Payments shall equal the state's matching obligation under 42 USC 1751 et seq. Payments in the current year shall be determined by prorating the state's matching obligation based on the number of school lunches served to children in the prior year. In this subsection, “private school" means any school defined in s. 115.001 (3r) which complies with the requirements of 42 USC 2000d.
History: 1971 c. 125, 215; 1975 c. 39, 224; 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 221 ss. 584m, 2200 (43); 1983 a. 27; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (17m); 1983 a. 512 s. 8; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27; 2005 a. 25; 2009 a. 302; 2015 a. 55.
The U.S. and Wisconsin Constitutions do not prohibit the state from disbursing state matching funds under the National School Lunch Act to private as well as public schools. 69 Atty. Gen. 109.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
115.295 - Federal appropriations adjustments.
115.297 - Cooperative research on education programs; statewide student data system.
115.298 - Disclosure of pupil records.
115.31 - License or permit revocation; reports; investigation.
115.315 - Memorandum of understanding; license restriction and suspension.
115.33 - Inspection of school buildings.
115.34 - School lunch program.
115.341 - School breakfast program.
115.343 - Wisconsin school day milk program.
115.345 - Nutritional improvement for elderly.
115.347 - Direct certification of eligibility for school nutrition programs.
115.35 - Health problems education program.
115.355 - Assistance to schools for instruction on adoption.
115.36 - Assistance to schools for alcohol and other drug abuse programs.
115.3615 - Head start supplement.
115.363 - Second Chance Partners for Education.
115.364 - Aid for school mental health programs.
115.365 - Assistance to schools for suicide prevention programs.
115.366 - Grants to support peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs.
115.367 - School-based mental health services grants.
115.368 - Assistance to schools for protective behaviors programs.
115.37 - Blind and visual impairment education council.
115.372 - Deaf and hard-of-hearing education council.
115.38 - School performance report; educational program review.
115.383 - Student information system.
115.385 - School and school district accountability report.
115.405 - Grant program for peer review and mentoring.
115.41 - Teacher improvement program.
115.415 - Educator effectiveness.
115.42 - Grants for national teacher certification or master educator licensure.
115.423 - Rural school teacher talent pilot program.
115.425 - Professional standards council for teachers.
115.43 - Precollege scholarships.
115.438 - Personal electronic computing devices; grant program.
115.44 - Early identification program.
115.445 - Four-year-old kindergarten grants.
115.447 - Summer school programs; grants.
115.45 - Robotics league participation grants program.
115.455 - Grant for information technology education.
115.46 - Interstate agreement on qualification of educational personnel.
115.47 - Designated state official under agreement.
115.48 - Contracts under agreement.
115.52 - Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
115.525 - Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
115.53 - State superintendent; powers.
115.54 - Compulsory education.
115.72 - Establishment of programs.
115.73 - Program requirements.
115.735 - Parent advisory committee.
115.74 - Assessment of needs and evaluation of resources.
115.745 - Tribal language revitalization grants.
115.762 - Division for learning support.
115.77 - Local educational agency duties.
115.775 - Duties of operators of certain charter schools.
115.777 - Special education referrals.
115.78 - Individualized education program team; timeline.
115.787 - Individualized education programs.
115.79 - Educational placements.
115.791 - Reimbursement for private school placement.
115.7915 - Special Needs Scholarship Program.
115.792 - Procedural safeguards.
115.80 - Due process hearings.
115.807 - Transfer of parental rights at age of majority.
115.81 - Children in residential care centers.
115.812 - Placement disputes; school board referrals; interagency cooperation.
115.817 - Children with disabilities education board.
115.82 - Admission and transportation of nonresidents.
115.881 - Additional special education aid.
115.882 - Payment of state aid.
115.884 - Special education transition grants.
115.885 - Special education transition readiness grant program.
115.897 - Exhaustion of remedies.
115.90 - Noncompliance; remedies.
115.915 - Availability of program services and modifications.
115.92 - Establishment of programs; rules.
115.95 - Legislative findings and declaration of policy.
115.96 - Establishment of programs.
115.97 - Bilingual-bicultural education programs required.
115.977 - Contracting; continued eligibility.
115.98 - Bilingual-bicultural advisory committee.
115.99 - Preschool and summer school programs.
115.993 - Report on bilingual-bicultural education.
115.996 - Report to the legislature.
115.997 - Interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.