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Superintendent explains why school property taxes rose: state revenue limits, not local referendum spending
Summary
Superintendent told the board that statewide revenue-limit increases without matching state aid shifted costs to local taxpayers; the district’s referendum is capital-only and the district reported meeting financial policy targets and a clean audit lane.
In the superintendent’s update the district explained why many local property tax bills rose this year: the state increased per-pupil revenue limits but did not increase general school aid at the same level, shifting the funding burden to local property taxpayers. The superintendent said this dynamic — not unrestricted district spending — explains much of the…
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