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Viroqua Area School District warns budget shortfall could force staff reductions as ESSER funds end
Summary
District business staff told the board that expiration of ESSER funds and declining enrollment leave a projected $250,000 deficit and could require staffing reductions and benefit plan changes unless revenue or expenses change.
Mike, the district’s finance presenter, told the Viroqua Area School District board that expiring federal ESSER funds and falling enrollment are creating a ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ that could force staff reductions.
"That ESSER funding has to be expended by the end of September 2024," Mike said in the budget presentation, explaining the district used ESSER to fund salaries, summer school and some capital items. He said payroll funded by ESSER in 2023–24 totaled about $637,008 and that total budgeted salaries and benefits paid through the tax levy and state aid are approximately $13,330,000.
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