GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The Green Bay Area Public School District has approved their budget for the next year.
After presenting a balanced budget for the 2024-2025 school year, new numbers were brought to the district board Monday night.
“We presented the budget on October 14, and then of course October 15 is an important date for school districts where we get final numbers for vouchers,” said GBAPS Chief Financial Officer Angie Roble.
She tells FOX 11 the changes were minimal.
“Overall, it only changed our revenues and expenditures around $6,000. We received about $380,000 less than we had anticipated in equalized aid, which is just an offset then to property taxes,” Roble said.
With the budget approved, it’s time for the district to move on to the next step: the referendum on the November ballot, asking for $183 million.
In preparation, the board approved two separate tax levies — one for if the referendum passes, and one for if it fails.
“They have to vote on two separate levies because we don’t know what the results will be from the referendum until November 5,” Roble said. They vote on November 1.
The referendum vote will decide the new mill, or tax rate. If the vote passes, the mill rate will be $7.65. If it fails, it will be $5.32.
Roble says even if the referendum fails, the district will still have a balanced budget.
“If we wouldn’t pass the referendum, I think there’s some really, some things to note that are important is that the mill rate will fall this year,” she explained. “But we would have to continue to come back to the community to support and increase that mill rate eventually. We still have needs, we still have capital needs. Roofs still need to be fixed, boilers still need to be replaced.”
Roble added she hopes to see an increase in per-student funding for the next biennium budget.
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