Sparsity Aid Distributed to Some Local School Districts
Tuesday, December 12th, 2017 -- 8:02 AM
-Small, sparsely populated districts across the state have received $18.5 million in sparsity aid.Unlike most categorical aids, which are targeted to a specific program or service, sparsity aid may be used for general school operations. For the 2017-18 school year, 144 districts qualified for sparsity aid based on membership of 745 or fewer students and density of less than 10 pupils per square mile of the district’s geographic area. Sparsity aid was enacted as part of the 2007-09 state budget and based on recommendations from the State Superintendent’s Rural Schools Advisory Council.
Some local district receiving Sparsity Aid include Granton with $72,352, Loyal with $156,267, Greenwood with $131,360, Owen-Withee with $146,779 and Thorp with $174,355.
Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.