Green Bay educators worry changes to political landscape could affect local school funding

Patty Zarling:

Local educators say purse strings could tighten at both the state and federal levels when new Republican lawmakers take office in January.

And that has some school officials concerned about funding and revenue limits.

Mike Blecha, who sits on the Green Bay School Board and serves as its legislative liaison, noted that state rules limit school revenue increases to $200 per student, down from $275 in 2008-09. That means a school board's ability to raise property taxes becomes limited.

Blecha said he's heard the limit could be reduced to as little as $100 per student. Small, rural districts or districts with declining enrollment could be forced to shut down if levy limits fall that low, he said.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 29, 2010 2:03 AM
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