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Waunakee board approves third draft of 2025–26 budget amid state aid redistribution
Summary
The Waunakee School Board approved a third draft of the 2025–26 budget after hearing staff explain a mix of increased state “spendable” revenues and a redistribution of equalization aid that raises local levy pressure. Board members voted to advance the draft and will consider levy-reduction options at an August workshop.
The Waunakee School Board approved the third draft of its 2025–26 budget on a voice vote after staff described both large increases in state-directed “spendable” revenues and a simultaneous redistribution of state equalization aid that reduced aid to many Dane County districts.
School business staff described the state budget as producing “one of the most significant increases in spendable revenues” for schools, including a $325-per-student increase in the revenue limit formula and larger special-education categorical aid and high-cost special-education reimbursements. At the same time, staff said a redistribution of state equalization aid resulted in a roughly $1.9 million swing from earlier estimates for Waunakee, leaving local property taxpayers to fund a…
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