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Winona Area Public School District board approves 2026 budgets and related items
Summary
The Winona Area Public School District board voted to approve multiple 2026 budget items, including construction and general funds and the district's final 2026 budget, during its recent meeting. Board members discussed fund balances, projected shortfalls tied to capital projects and the district's plan for restoring reserves.
The Winona Area Public School District Board approved a set of 2026 budget items Tuesday, including the district's construction plan and budgets for multiple funds, the general fund (Fund 1) and the district's final 2026 budget.
Board members voted in favor of each motion after staff presentations and follow-up questions about reserve levels, capital-project cost overruns and state and federal revenue assumptions. No named roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript; the meeting record shows motions carried with the board's verbal "aye".
Board discussion focused on the district's projected general-fund change in reserve and the cause of a roughly $913,000 deficit line on the summary. District staff said most of that projected spenddown is tied to capital projects and previously authorized levies and is expected to be recovered in future levy cycles; the operating (unreserved) general-fund balance was…
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