Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 121 - School finance.
121.55 - Methods of providing transportation.

121.55 Methods of providing transportation.
(1) School boards may provide transportation by any of the following methods:
(a) By contract with a common carrier, a taxi company or other parties.
(b) By contract with the parent or guardian of the pupil to be transported. If the school board and the parent or guardian cannot agree upon the amount of compensation, the department shall determine the amount of compensation to be designated in the contract.
(c) By contract with another school board, board of control of a cooperative educational service agency or the proper officials of any private school or private school association.
(d) By contract between 2 or more school boards and an individual or a common carrier.
(e) By the purchase and operation of a motor vehicle.
(3)
(a) If the estimated cost of transporting a pupil under s. 121.54 (2) (b) 1. is more than 1.5 times the school district's average cost per pupil for bus transportation in the previous year, exclusive of transportation for kindergarten pupils during the noon hour and for pupils with disabilities, the school board may fulfill its obligation to transport a pupil under s. 121.54 (2) (b) 1. by offering to contract with the parent or guardian of the pupil. Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), the contract shall provide for an annual payment for each pupil of not less than $5 times the distance in miles between the pupil's residence and the private school he or she attends, or the school district's average cost per pupil for bus transportation in the previous year exclusive of transportation for kindergarten pupils during the noon hour and for pupils with disabilities, whichever is greater.
(b) Except as provided in par. (c), if 2 or more pupils reside in the same household and attend the same private school, the contract under par. (a) may, at the discretion of the school board of the school district operating under ch. 119, provide for a total annual payment for all such pupils of not less than $5 times the distance in miles between the pupils' residence and the private school they attend, or the school district's average cost per pupil for bus transportation in the previous year exclusive of transportation for kindergarten pupils during the noon hour and for pupils with disabilities, whichever is greater.
(c) The payment under this subsection shall not exceed the actual cost nor may the aids paid under s. 121.58 (2) (a) for the pupil exceed the cost thereof. A school board which intends to offer a contract under par. (a) shall notify the parent or guardian of the private school pupil of its intention at least 30 days before the commencement of the school term of the public school district.
History: 1979 c. 34, 221; 1981 c. 263; 1983 a. 264; 1997 a. 164; 2009 a. 28.
Notice under sub. (3) only must be given to parents if the school board seeks to use the reduced formula under sub. (3) and not when the standard parental contract method under sub. (1) is pursued. Providence Catholic School v. Bristol School District No. 1, 231 Wis. 2d 159, 605 N.W.2d 238 (Ct. App. 1999), 98-3390.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 121 - School finance.

121.004 - Definitions.

121.006 - State aid withheld.

121.007 - Use of state aid; exemption from execution.

121.01 - Purpose.

121.02 - School district standards.

121.05 - Budget and membership report.

121.06 - Determination and certification of equalized valuation.

121.07 - General provisions; state aid computation.

121.08 - Payment of state aids; reductions.

121.085 - State aid; other reductions.

121.09 - State aid adjustment; redetermination of assessment.

121.095 - State aid adjustment; Challenge Academy program.

121.105 - Special adjustment aids.

121.135 - State aid to county children with disabilities education boards.

121.136 - State aid for high-poverty school districts.

121.137 - First class city school levy aid.

121.14 - State aid for summer classes and interim session classes.

121.15 - Payment of state aid.

121.17 - Use of federal revenue sharing funds.

121.23 - Payment of aids in school district labor disputes.

121.41 - Driver education programs.

121.51 - Definitions.

121.52 - Vehicle, operator and driver requirements.

121.53 - School bus insurance.

121.54 - Transportation by school districts.

121.545 - Additional transportation.

121.55 - Methods of providing transportation.

121.555 - Alternative methods of providing transportation.

121.56 - School bus routes.

121.57 - Board and lodging or house rental in lieu of transportation.

121.575 - School transportation bio-diesel fuel cost assistance.

121.58 - State aid.

121.59 - High cost transportation aid.

121.75 - Construction.

121.76 - Definitions and general provisions.

121.77 - Admission of nonresident pupils.

121.78 - Tuition payments by school districts.

121.79 - Tuition payments by state.

121.80 - Tuition payments by counties.

121.81 - Tuition payments by parents.

121.82 - Tuition payment by adult.

121.83 - Computation of tuition.

121.84 - Tuition waiver; special cases.

121.845 - Definitions.

121.85 - Special transfer programs.

121.86 - Merged attendance area programs.

121.87 - School district report.

121.90 - Definitions.

121.905 - Applicability.

121.91 - Revenue limit.

121.92 - Penalty for exceeding revenue ceiling or limit.