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Monroe Public Schools proposes 2026–27 budget with mills, modest reserve
Summary
Superintendent Cassie Shaw presented the district’s 2026–27 proposed budget, including operating levies of 18 mills on non-homestead property and 6 mills on commercial personal property; the administration projects a general fund ending balance of $437,055. The hearing included questions about low reserves and fund-specific spending plans.
Monroe Public Schools Superintendent Cassie Shaw presented the district’s proposed 2026–27 budget at a required public hearing on June 23, 2026. Shaw told the board the district plans to levy 18 mills on non-homestead and non‑qualified agricultural property for operating purposes and 6 mills on commercial personal property; a Headley rollback produces a 0.9987‑mill levy for building and site sinking fund purposes and 1.5 mills for the 2020 bond debt fund.
Shaw gave line‑item projections for the district’s major funds: a general fund beginning balance of $398,186, projected revenues of $70,180,989 and projected expenses of $70,142,120, leaving a projected ending balance of $437,055. She also presented fund balances and projections for the food service fund (beginning $2,443,124; revenues about $4,885,440; expenses about $6,989,912), the student and school activity fund (beginning $419,537; revenues and expenses each $500,000), and several bond and building funds. "The 2026–27 general fund budget does not show expenditures exceeding the revenues that are projected," Shaw said during the hearing, while noting that some other funds show higher expenditures due to planned project work or mandated spend‑down requirements.
