Sheboygan Area School District adopts $193.6 million 2025-26 budget; tax levy certified at $39.07 million

The Sheboygan Area School District Board of Education voted to adopt the district's 2025'26 original budget in the amount of $193,551,082.94 and certified a property tax revenue amount of $39,065,700 at the board's public meeting. Board members moved and seconded the recommendation from administration and approved the measure by voice vote.

The vote followed a detailed presentation by district staff explaining how state revenue limits, resident-enrollment counts and the state budget affected the district's revenue composition. Mark, a district staff member who led the presentation, told the board that the district's three-year enrollment average and the state'determined per-pupil revenue amount together set a revenue cap that the district fills with a combination of general state aid and local property tax. He said the district's three-year average enrollment dropped and the state provided no increase in general state aid in the most recent state budget, creating a larger local levy…