Library Aid for Public Schools Distributed
Friday, April 24th, 2015 -- 10:47 AM
-Public school districts throughout the state will share $35.5 million in library aid, which will be paid April 27 from the Common School Fund, the only state funding specifically designated for the purchase of materials for school libraries.Aid is based on the number of children between the ages of 4 and 20 living in each school district. This year's school library aid payment will be $29.06 per child for 1,210,433 children counted in the 2013-14 school census. Funding is up $5.3 million from last year and the school census total is up as well by 11,244 children. The per child payment will increase about $4.11 per child from the 2013-14 school year. Districts must use Common School Fund library aid by June 30 for the purchase of print, digital and technology resources that are housed with the school library program and accessible to all students in the school.
School districts in our area will receive a share of that money as well. Neillsville will receive $35,771, Granton will receive $18,016, $32,720 for Loyal, $24,642 for Greenwood, Owen-Withee will receive $28,390, Thorp will receive $34,928, $24,409 for Abbotsford, $45,302 for Colby, Spencer will receive $32,545, Marshfield will receive $159,705, $66,079 for Black River Falls and $40, 943 for Osseo-Fairchild.
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