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Verona board hears final 2025–26 budget proposal calling for 3.53% tax-levy increase
Summary
At a public hearing April 29, the Verona Board of Education reviewed a proposed $45.7 million 2025–26 budget that would raise the school tax levy 3.53%, increasing the average Verona homeownerschool tax by about $277.78; board members discussed state underfunding, special education costs and next steps before the May 11 adoption deadline.
The Verona Board of Education on April 29 held its final public hearing on a proposed $45,696,001.77 2025–26 budget that would increase the districtschool tax levy by 3.53%, a tax levy rise Jorge Cruz, the districtbusiness administrator, said is driven largely by higher health-benefit costs.
The plan would bring an additional $1.3 million in levy revenue and uses $913,000 of prior-year surplus, Cruz said. State aid is projected to rise roughly 6%, or about $163,000, and total non-levy revenue increases are estimated at about $283,000. Cruz told the board that, using the townships 2024 equalization…
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