58,342m Section 342m. 115.436 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

115.436 (2) (intro.) A school district is eligible for sparsity aid under this section sub. (3) (a) if it satisfies all of the following criteria:

58,343m Section 343m. 115.436 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

115.436 (2m) A school district is eligible for sparsity aid under sub. (3) (c) if it satisfies all of the following criteria:

(a) The school district's membership in the previous school year was between 745 and 1,000.

(b) The school district's membership in the previous school year divided by the school district's area in square miles is less than ten.

58,345b Section 345b. 115.436 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

115.436 (3) (a) Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to each school district eligible for sparsity aid under this paragraph $400 multiplied by the membership in the previous school year.

58,347b Section 347b. 115.436 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

115.436 (3) (am) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), the department shall, subject to par. (b), pay to each school district that received aid under this section in the previous school year but does not satisfy the requirement under sub. (2) (a) or (2m) (a) in the current school year 50 percent of the amount received by the school district under par. (a) in the previous school year.

58,347e Section 347e. 115.436 (3) (ap) of the statutes is amended to read:

115.436 (3) (ap) In the school year in which a school district consolidation takes effect under s. 117.08 or 117.09 and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, notwithstanding sub. subs. (2) and (2m), the department shall pay the consolidated school district sparsity aid in an amount that is not less than 50 percent of the aggregate amount of sparsity aid received by the consolidating school districts in the school year prior to the school year in which the consolidation takes effect. This paragraph does not apply to a school district created by a consolidation under s. 117.08 or 117.09 that takes effect before July 1, 2019.

58,347g Section 347g. 115.436 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

115.436 (3) (b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount under pars. (a), (am), and, (ap), and (c) the department shall prorate the payments among the school districts entitled to aid under this subsection.

58,347m Section 347m. 115.436 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

115.436 (3) (c) Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ae) and subject to par. (b), the department shall pay to a school district that is eligible for sparsity aid under this paragraph $100 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous school year.

58,351 Section 351. 115.439 of the statutes is repealed.

58,352 Section 352. 121.08 (4) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

58,353 Section 353. 121.08 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.08 (4) (b) (intro.) The amount of state aid that the school district operating under ch. 119 is eligible to be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac) shall also be reduced by the amount calculated as follows:

58,354 Section 354. 121.08 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

121.08 (4) (d) The state superintendent shall ensure that the total amount of aid reduction under pars. (a) and par. (b) lapses to the general fund.

58,355 Section 355. 121.135 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

121.135 (2) (a) 1. “Additional general aid" means the amount determined by calculating the percentage of a school district's shared costs that would be paid under s. 121.08 if its membership included each pupil who is a resident of the school district or is attending the school district under s. 118.51 and solely enrolled in a special education program provided by a the county children with disabilities education board that includes the school district in its program under s. 115.817 (2) and the school district's shared costs were increased by the costs of the county children with disabilities education board program for all pupils participating in the county children with disabilities education board program who are residents of the school district or attending the school district under s. 118.51, and multiplying the costs of the county children with disabilities education board program by that percentage.

58,356 Section 356. 121.15 (1m) (a) (intro.) and 3. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 121.15 (1m) (a) and amended to read:

121.15 (1m) (a) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (1g), a portion of state aid to school districts shall be distributed as follows: 3. Beginning beginning in the 1999-2000 school year and ending in the 2020-21 school year, annually the state shall pay distribute a portion of state aid to school districts by paying to school districts, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac), $75,000,000 on the 4th Monday in July of the following school year.

58,357 Section 357. 121.58 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

121.58 (2) (a) 4. For each pupil so transported whose residence is more than 12 miles from the school attended, $300 per school year in the 2016-17 school year and $365 per for the 2020-21 school year thereafter. The amount for each school year thereafter is $375.

58,358 Section 358. 121.58 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: