Luxemburg-Casco electors authorize proposed 2025-26 levy; board approves budget amid aid losses and rising costs

Luxemburg-Casco School District electors on Oct. 22, 2025, voted to authorize a tax levy to fund the 2025-26 school-year budget and approved a series of routine governance resolutions. District presenters told electors the proposed total tax levy for 2025-26 is $13,017,909 and outlined the district's revenue limit, fund balances and major cost drivers.

The presenter said the district's projected revenue limit for 2025-26 is roughly $23,092,000. Enrollment for the third-Friday count was 2,044 students (this figure includes open-enrollment and virtual students); resident membership used in the revenue-limit formula was reported at 1,770. The district reported 315 open-enrollment students transferring in and 68 transferring out. The general-education transfer amount cited for open-enrolled pupils was $10,102 per pupil; the special-education transfer was cited at $14,454.

Officials said the district lost about $698,000 in equalization aid this year. The presenter attributed part of that loss to a statewide redistribution of roughly $350,000,000 to voucher schools and noted that 71% of districts in the state lost aid this year. The district's presenters warned that the reduced aid pot and rising local costs were material factors in the budget outlook.

On taxation and mill rate, presenters said equalized property values rose about 9.08% this year. They explained the mill rate is calculated by dividing the total levy by equalized value and multiplying by 1,000; under the proposed levy the presented mill rate is $6.62 per $1,000 of assessed value, an $0.11…