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Waunakee district approves 5.97% property tax levy and directs $2.3M reduction
Summary
The Waunakee Community School District approved a 5.97% property tax levy and directed administration to reduce the levy by about $2.3 million; district officials said state budget increases in special-education aid and open-enrollment reimbursements helped offset costs and allowed some reinvestments.
The Waunakee Community School District approved a 5.97% property tax levy and directed administrators to reduce the levy by roughly $2.3 million, district staff said at a school funding informational session. Steve Summers, described in the transcript as "ex executive director of operations," outlined the October board decision and the work the district must still do to cover the removed levy amount.
Summers said the district will explore several options to make up the $2.3 million difference and that the board—s long-term goal is to keep a consistent property-tax levy year over year. He also emphasized that about 3% of district property growth…
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