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Whitehall district official lays out funding gap, local levies and state comparisons
Summary
At the board meeting, Hannah reviewed Whitehall’s budget structure, reporting the elementary is funded at about 84.87% of its maximum and the high school at about 89.15% of its maximum, and explained how local levies and enrollment changes affect those rankings.
Hannah presented the district’s adopted budgets and explained how state and local funding combine to form the district’s operating revenue. She described the ‘‘base budget’’ funded by statute and pointed to local permissive levies that add to state aid. "And that is money that is basically, granted to us by statute by according to state statute," she said.
Hannah gave precise levy numbers and percentages: the elementary’s local levy is $128,763 and the high school’s local levy is $141,861, leaving the elementary funded at approximately 84.87% of its maximum and the high school at 89.15% of its maximum. "So we're essentially providing, 9.15% in the high school and 4.87% in the elementary," she said, describing how those percentages reflect the portion local taxpayers contribute above the state base. She compared Whitehall’s funding to nearby districts and noted that some districts exceed 100% of their max budgets because levies were passed when enrollment was higher.
