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Prescott School District, 1220 St. Croix St., Prescott, WI 54021, 715.262.5389
LEVY OVERRIDE VOTE RESULTS
City of Prescott: Y 536, N 437
Clifton Township: Y 154, N 128
Oak Grove: Y 292, N 268
Trimbelle: Y 13, N 19
Diamond Bluff: Y 18, N 50
TOTAL: Y 1013, N 902
final levy results as of 9:12 p.m., November 8, 2011
2011 Levy Cap Overview
- What is a Levy Cap? What is a Levy Cap Override?
- Why is a Levy Cap Override Necessary?
- What is Proposed?
- How will the Money be Spent?
- How Much will it Cost?
- What Will the Vote Impact?
- Election Information
- Levy (verb): to collect, as in a tax;
- proposed out of necessity in order to provide for the gap in State and Federal funding.
- 49% of PSD’s budget comes from the local levy
What is a Levy Cap Override?
- Wisconsin established the current levy cap (limit on what can be levied) in 1993
- Residents of Prescott School District may vote to override levy limits
- Prescott's Current Levy Cap Override:
- Levy Cap Override = 7% of the Budget
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Why is a Levy Cap Override Necessary?
A. Costs are going up
- Energy prices are projected to increase 2-3% annually
- Health Care costs are projected to increase 6% annually
- Salaries and benefits are projected to increase 2% annually
- 94% of the district’s expenses are fixed
B. State and Federal Aid are going down
- State Aid
- 2011-12 state aid was reduced by 9.5% $636,000
- Federal Aid
- PSD loses $329,343 starting 2012
- Grants
- PSD has lost $125,802 in special education grants since 2010-11
C. PSD faces a $1,730,000/year gap
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- Closing the Levy Gap
Needed: |
$1,720,000/year |
Additional Cost Cutting: |
-$260,000/year |
Levy Cap Override: |
$1,460,000/year |
- Proposed Levy Cap Override:
- The current $1,120,000 Levy Cap Override expires at the end of this school year.
- Proposed new Levy Cap Override: $1,460,000 for four years
- Renewal and increase of $340,000/year
- Takes effect January 1, 2013
- How was the amount of the levy cap determined?
- The Prescott School Board formed an Adequate Funding action team in January of 2010. This committee projected that the real need of the district over the next four years would be $1,725,000/year in order to maintain current educational services due to the loss of state revenue and inflation. The committee reduced that to $1,460,000.
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- Keep current programs
- Keep current curriculum
- Keep current teachers and staff
- Keep current educational services
- $50 per $100K in equalized home value over what you pay today
- Reflected in property tax bill
- Annually for four years
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- Areas Impacted (with $ figures) .pdf
- Teacher Layoffs
- 2 Elementary Teachers
- 5 Elementary Education Aides (special needs)
- Reading Specialist
- 1 Band Teacher
- 1 Art Teacher
- Guidance Counselor
- Staff Layoffs
- 3 Bus drivers
- Elementary Reading/Math Interventionist
- 1 Middle School Reading Math Interventionist
- Middle School Gifted/Talented & Reading Instruction
- District Curriculum Director
- Alternative High School & Middle School Technology
- Program Cuts
- Eliminate/reduce High School & Middle School athletics (baseball, boys and girls basketball, cross country, dance, football, golf, softball, track, volleyball and wrestling)and extracurricular offerings (speech, and drama).
- Eliminate city bus routes
- Eliminate educational field trips
- Eliminate Destination Imagination program
- Eliminate Elementary after school remedial Math & Reading
- Eliminate after school remedial programs
- Eliminate High School after school remedial program
- Reduce textbook replacement
- Eliminate yearly school bus replacement
- Eliminate yearly computer replacement
- Reduce building and maintenance budget
- Eliminate High School Credit Recovery Program
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- Date: November 8th
- Who can vote: anyone in the district!!!
- You Can Register at the Polls!
- Polling Places & Hours
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