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Waunakee budget committee outlines $2.3 million levy cut options and shifts enrollment modeling
Summary
The Waunakee Community School District budget committee reviewed 2024–25 accomplishments, warned of uncertain state special‑education aid, and said the board’s Oct. 30 commitment to cut the referendum debt‑service levy by $2.3 million will be addressed in January with refinancing, referendum savings or federal clean‑energy rebates. The committee also moved to a 3‑year enrollment model for 2026–27.
The Waunakee Community School District budget committee met Dec. 1 to review budget accomplishments and to plan for 2026–27, including a board commitment to reduce the referendum debt‑service property tax levy by $2,300,000.
Speaker 3, a district administrator, summarized recent budget adjustments and ongoing risks. He said the district added $100,000 to contingency, $100,000 to transportation and $47,000 to legal in the recently adopted 2024–25 budget and had made allowances for a projected health‑insurance increase. He also flagged two major revenue risks outside the district’s control: state special‑education equalization aid and state high‑cost special‑education aid, both of which the district had budgeted conservatively because final state allocations and participation levels remain uncertain.
The committee…
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