General Aids

General Aid is state aid which is not limited to any specific program, purpose, or target population but which may be used in financing the general educational program as seen fit by the recipient district. General Aid can be contrasted with Categorical Aid in that districts are restricted in their use of Categorical Aid.

Click on the following links to access narrative descriptions of the three main Wisconsin General Aid programs:

For further information on and description of General Aid Programs, see Basic Facts.

DPI General Aid Factors, Targeting, and Payment Files

Factors, Targeting, and Payment files contain fiscal information for each of Wisconsin's 424 public school districts and are created each time the School Financial Services team produces an aid estimate. The following files are Excel spreadsheets.

Factors File - Contains individual data elements used in the aid calculation. Elements include: membership counts, property valuation, shared cost, Inter and Intra membership counts, and net cost of the general & debt service funds.

2011-12 - Final General Aid Factors

Targeting File - Contains detailed results of the general aid computations. Results include: shared cost and Equalization Aid eligibility by tier, Special Adjustment Aid eligibility, Inter & Intra Aid eligibility.

2011-12 - Final General Aid Targeting

Payment File - Contains the detailed computation of applying the Milwaukee Choice Program and Milwaukee Charter Program deductions to district General Aid eligibility to arrive at the actual General Aid payment amount. NOTE: Districts use the October 15, 2011 General Aid payment amount in the 2011-12 Revenue Limit computation.

2011-12 - Final General Aid Payments

2011-12 - October 15, 2011 General Aid Payments

For questions about this information, contact dpifin@dpi.wi.gov (608) 267-9114

Last updated on 5/11/2012 2:54:52 PM