121.57 Board and lodging or house rental in lieu of transportation.
(1)
(a) If a school board determines it is to the advantage of the school district and if the parent or guardian determines it is to the advantage of the pupil that board and lodging in lieu of transportation be provided for all or part of the time for a pupil of the school district required to be transported or for whom it has been authorized under s. 121.54 (2), the school board shall enter into a written contract under which the pupil shall be properly boarded and lodged and the school board shall pay for such board and lodging. The pupil's parent or guardian may select the home in which the pupil is boarded and lodged. If a school board determines it is in the interest of the school district, it may pay the tuition of a pupil in a school in another school district in lieu of providing transportation to a school in the school district of residence or board and lodging. If the distance from the pupil's home to the school in another school district is 2 miles or more, the school board of the district of residence shall provide transportation.
(b) This subsection also applies to children with disabilities. The state superintendent may grant permission for a child with a disability to be transported to a school in another school district if an acceptable form of transportation is provided and if such school offers equal or better educational opportunities for the child.
(2) If a school board determines it is in the interest of the school district to rent a house for the family of children required to be transported in lieu of providing such transportation, it may enter into a written lease for such housing and pay as rental therefor not more than the amount which otherwise would be paid for transportation.
(3) This section does not apply to pupils who attend private schools.
History: 1993 a. 492; 1995 a. 27 s. 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 164.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
121.007 - Use of state aid; exemption from execution.
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.
121.52 - 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.
121.57 - Board and lodging or house rental in lieu of transportation.
121.575 - School transportation bio-diesel fuel cost assistance.
121.59 - High cost transportation aid.
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.
121.85 - Special transfer programs.
121.86 - Merged attendance area programs.