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Waukesha School District approves final 2025–26 budget as state aid falls
Summary
The Waukesha School District Board of Education voted 7-0 on Oct. 27 to approve the district’s final 2025–26 budget, adopting $216,602,674 in total revenues and $227,454,929 in total expenditures and authorizing a $21,255,113 operating transfer from Fund 10 to Fund 27.
The Waukesha School District Board of Education voted 7-0 on Oct. 27 to approve the district’s final 2025–26 budget, adopting $216,602,674 in total revenues and $227,454,929 in total expenditures and authorizing a $21,255,113 operating transfer from Fund 10 to Fund 27.
Chief Financial Officer Darren Clark framed the budget in the context of recent state budget changes and local enrollment declines. Clark said the district’s ‘‘final tax levy, is a 2.21% increase over the previous year,’’ and he highlighted a 9.17% decline in state equalization aid that pushed ‘‘upward pressure on the local tax levy.’’
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