2016 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
16. Department of administration.
16.996 Educational technology teacher training grants.
16.996 Educational technology teacher training grants.
16.996(1)(1) Purpose. The department shall annually award grants to eligible consortia of school districts for the costs of training teachers to use educational technology.
16.996(2) (2) Eligible consortia. A consortium of school districts is eligible for a grant under this section if all of the following apply:
16.996(2)(a) (a) The consortium consists of 3 or more school districts.
16.996(2)(b) (b) Each school district's membership in the previous school year divided by that school district's area in square miles is 13 or less.
16.996(2)(c) (c) The consortium applies for a grant under this section.
16.996(3) (3) Grant amount. In any year the department awards grants under this section, subject to sub. (4), the department shall pay to each eligible consortium the sum of the following amounts:
16.996(3)(a) (a) For each school district in the consortium that had a membership of less than 750 pupils in the previous year, $7,500.
16.996(3)(b) (b) For each school district in the consortium that had a membership of 750 pupils to 1,500 pupils in the previous year, $10 multiplied by the school district's membership in the previous year.
16.996(3)(c) (c) For each school district in the consortium that had a membership of more than 1,500 pupils in the previous year, $15,000.
16.996(4) (4) Funding.
16.996(4)(a)(a) The department may not award grants under this section that total more than $1,500,000 in any fiscal year.
16.996(4)(b) (b) If, in any fiscal year, $1,500,000 is insufficient to pay the full amount under sub. (3), the department shall prorate the payments among the eligible consortia.
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