Nicolet Begins Budget Process with Flat Revenue, Swelling Expenses
With a frozen revenue limit from the state, the school district has a lot to do as it shapes the 2013-14 budget.
Belt-tightening will be the name of the game over the next few months for Nicolet school officials as they begin to tackle the 2013-2014 budget with flat revenue and swelling expenses. Gov. Scott Walker’s 2013-15 biennial budget proposal, presented last week, outlines a freeze of the revenue limit for school districts across the state. Nicolet is one of many districts that expected an increase, Jeff Dellutri, Nicolet Director of Business Services said. “We never imagined this,” said Dellutri, who noted he expected a $200 per student increase. “We lost 5 percent of the revenue limit two years ago… last year we gained $50,” he said. "We have seen big declines followed by a minimal increase.” Dellutri said there are far too many moving pieces…
Dstenson
3:56 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
I want everyone to contact gov walker and your legislators and demand more education funding vs a puny tax cut or putting forth a 29% increase for the voucher program while pushing forced level revenue for existing schools . Wont be enough educated workers to get those 250k new jobs in the next 10 years i guess the alternative is move to a lower tax neighborhood and start saving for university … more ›