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Shakopee board adopts 2025-26 budget, approves two-question operating levy plan and acknowledges $3 million in cuts
Summary
Shakopee Public Schools trustees adopted the 2025-26 budget and authorized two operating-levy questions for the November ballot, while recording $3 million in permanent reductions for 2026-27.
Shakopee Public Schools trustees adopted the district's 2025-26 budget and approved ballot language for a two-question operating levy during the June 23 board meeting.
The board approved placing a tax-neutral operating levy question on the Nov. 5 ballot that would replace expiring bond levy dollars with roughly $5 million in new operating revenue, and a contingent second question that would raise up to an additional estimated $2.3 million if the first question passes and voters approve the second. The board also formally recognized $3 million in permanent expenditure reductions for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
The budget presentation noted key assumptions: a formula allowance of $7,281 per pupil and a projected budget enrollment of 7,457 students for 2025-26, a decline of 82 students (about 1 percent) from the prior…
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