A majority of the state’s public school districts will receive more state general aid in the coming school year than they did the prior year, the latest state estimates show.
Of the state’s 424 school districts, 61 percent — or 260 — are projected to receive more aid in the 2016-17 school year, the state Department of Public Instruction said Friday.
The DPI estimates show Madison schools receiving about $53.7 million in state general aid next school year, a 2.3 percent increase.
On Monday, the Madison School Board passed a $376.5 million preliminary operating budget that was predicated, in part, on the conservative assumption that the district would get about $47.8 million in general state aid for the upcoming school year, said Rachel Strauch-Nelson, district spokeswoman.
While Friday’s estimate is good news, it does not mean the district suddenly has more money to spend, district officials said.
Much more on the Madison School District’s 2016-2017 budget, here.