Schools
School District Sees Increase in State Aid
The Oak Creek-Franklin School District property tax levy will stay about the same thanks in part to an increase in state aid. A majority of Wisconsin school districts saw a decrease.
As expected, the Oak Creek-Franklin School District will see a slight rise in state aid this year.
Oak Creek will receive $26.3 million in state aid, a 1.5 percent increase from last year ($25.9 million), according to finalized state aid numbers released Monday by the state Department of Public Instruction.
The state aid increase will helped keep the district's property tax levy steady.
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The finalized state aid amount is in line with an estimate released earlier this summer. With that estimate, the school district projected the levy increasing 0.77 percent ($32.1 million to $32.3 million). The tax rate would decrease from $8.78 per $1,000 of equalized property value to $8.68.
The Oak Creek-Franklin School Board will finalize the budget later this month.
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Oak Creek is an exception in seeing a state aid increase. A majority of school districts in Wisconsin — 64 percent — are getting less state aid than they did last year, according to the DPI.
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