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Superior School District warns taxes could rise as equalization aid drops
Summary
District staff told the board that state equalization aid reductions, rising costs and falling enrollment could force cuts and higher property taxes unless the state changes funding; officials urged residents to contact legislators and noted a presence planned at the Joint Finance Committee hearing in Hayward.
David Seed, a district staff member, told the Board of Education at the Committee of the Whole meeting on April 7 that the district faces a potential reduction in state equalization aid and other funding pressure that could require program cuts or higher local property taxes.
"Your taxes are going to go up," Seed said, repeating the warning he gave during the district's referendum outreach. He told the board the district is facing a projected reduction in equalization aid on the order of "up to $600,000 up to $1,500,000" and that some federal funding streams (which he described collectively) "could just be gone." He said Medicaid funding in particular was at risk and…
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