an 10 students per square mile will share $14.9 million in state categorical aid specifically targeted to help small, rural districts provide educational services for their students.

For the 2010-11 school year, 123 school districts are eligible for $14,948,100 that the governor and Legislature allocated to sparsity aid in the state’s 2009-11 state budget.

Area school districts receiving aid include:

— Bruce, $161,919.

— Cornell, $136,857.

— Flambeau, $196,274.

— Gilman, $131,507.

— Lake Holcombe, $107,007.

— Winter, $107,289.

The Ladysmith School Districts did not receive sparsity aid, according to eligibility requirements set by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Ladysmith schools finance director Kurt Lindau said the district did not qualify because its enrollment exceeds the maximum limit.

More of this story appears in the Thursday, July 22, 2010, issue of the Ladysmith News.