School District of Menomonee Falls Legislative Priorities 1.25.21 BOE Approved - Flipbook - Page 3
Unfunded State Mandates - 2021
Mandate
Narrative
Est. Cost
Magnitude
September 1st Start
Date
Due to lobbying efforts by the tourism industry,
public schools are not allowed to start school
until 9/1 each year forcing us to incur additional
transportation costs for private schools
$7,500
Private School
Transportation
School districts are required to provide
transportation or parent contracts for all
resident students who attend qualified
community private and parochial schools. We
currently transport students to eight schools
requiring 11 am/pm routes each day.
Routes:
6 routes X
$20,000 per route
= $120,000
Pupil Transportation
The District is required by statute to provide
transportation to students that live more than 2
miles from the school. Transportation aid is
provided at a fraction of the cost (