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KUSD adopts 2025–26 budget and certifies tax levy after $9.4M drop in state aid; board approves notices and municipal certification
Summary
Board voted to adopt the district 2025–26 budget and to certify a tax levy driven in part by a $9.4 million decrease in state equalization aid and continuing enrollment declines tied to lower birth rates. The board also approved carryover of restricted grant funds into 2025–26.
The Kenosha Unified School District board adopted the district’s 2025–26 budget and certified taxpayer levies after finance staff explained a roughly $9.4 million decrease in state equalization aid and continuing enrollment declines that reduce revenue limit authority.
Finance director Mr. Hamden told the board that changes in the state budget and the revenue limit formula—combined with a long‑term decline in births that drives lower cohort sizes—reduced the district’s equalization aid. "We are losing…
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