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MMSD starts 2025-26 budget work; revenue limit, state aid and referendum funding cited as key variables
Summary
District leaders briefed the operations work group that enrollment projections, the ongoing litigation over a 325-per-member revenue-limit increase and the November operating referendum will shape the FY2025–26 budget. Staff said they will present preliminary budgets in May and a draft for board action in June.
District administrators told the Operations Work Group on Jan. 13 that development of the 2025–26 budget will hinge on enrollment projections, the state budget process and the status of a contested revenue-limit increase.
Superintendent Dr. Gothard (as introduced in the meeting) and finance staff said the district is working earlier than usual to prepare for the odd-numbered year of Wisconsin’s biennial state budget cycle. Staff identified three critical uncertainties for next year: (1) whether the litigated 325-per-member revenue-limit change will remain in law, (2) final state school-aid allocations and (3) enrollment projections,…
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