Sparsity Aid to Local School Districts
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 -- 11:35 AM
-Small rural school districts will receive a sparsity aid payment of $300 per student for the 2015-16 school year that can be used to support school district programs.Most of the 137 districts that are eligible for aid for the 2015-16 school year also received sparsity aid last year. Sparsity aid, originally created as part of the 2007-09 budget, was a recommendation of the State Superintendent's Rural Schools Advisory Council.
The 2015-17 budget provided $17.32 million per year for sparsity aid, which fully funds the program for the 2015-16 school year at $300 per student. The state superintendent requested full funding for sparsity aid in his proposed 2015-17 education budget. Both the governor and Legislature kept that request in the final budget.
Local schools receiving sparsity aid include Granton with $76,500 Greenwood with $123,300, Loyal with $173,700, Owen-Withee with $154,800 and Thorp with $172,500.
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