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Kickapoo Area School District approves 2025–26 budget; tax levy set at $3.27 million
Summary
After a presentation from Baird Public Finance, the Kickapoo Area School District approved a roughly $8.0 million 2025–26 budget and a $3,272,963 tax levy; board and public discussion focused on declining state equalization aid, rising property valuations and special-education reimbursement assumptions.
The Kickapoo Area School District on Aug. 4 approved its 2025–26 budget and set a school-based tax levy of $3,272,963, following a detailed presentation on enrollment, revenue sources and spending assumptions.
Treasurer Earl Wallace reported district general revenue of about $8.02 million and proposed 2025–26 revenue of about $8.30 million; the district's proposed expenditures were presented at roughly $8.00 million, a year-over-year increase district officials described as in the low single digits. The board voted to approve the budget by voice vote after a motion and second.
Elise Murn, a public-finance consultant with…
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