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Superintendent: Shorewood faces $1.3M state aid estimate loss, projects higher tax levy
Summary
Superintendent Laurie Burgos told the board the district expects about $1.3 million less in state equalization aid, anticipates the local tax levy may rise roughly 8.3%, and noted a $250,000 increase in special education reimbursement; administrators urged public attendance at the Aug. 26 annual meeting for further detail.
Superintendent Laurie Burgos told the Shorewood School District Board on July 8 that preliminary state estimates indicate a drop in equalization aid that will increase local tax levy pressure.
"We will be receiving about $1,300,000 less in state aid this time around," Burgos said, adding that the change "doesn't impact the total revenue" in her words but shifts more of the burden to the tax levy; she said the district currently…
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