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District projects flat mill rate but warns state aid drop could shift tax burden
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Lenny Hansen presented the district's preliminary 2025–26 budget and tax-levy outlook: a projected flat mill rate of $6.14, a proposed balanced general fund budget, and a preliminary $1.8 million reduction in state equalization aid that could raise property-tax reliance for the district.
Lenny Hansen, assistant superintendent for finance, told the West Bend School Board the district’s preliminary 2025–26 budget projects a flat mill rate of $6.14 per $1,000 of assessed value and a balanced general fund budget, but cautioned that preliminary state aid data points due Oct. 15 could change the final numbers.
Hansen said a key driver is state equalization aid. "We are in that two-thirds of districts" that are projected to receive less state aid, he said, and the district’s preliminary projection shows about a $1.8 million reduction in state aid for 2025–26. Because revenue-limit authority…
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