Preliminary state school funding estimates for the 2022-23 academic year indicate Kenosha Unified may be receiving a slight cut in general state school aid.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has released estimates for general school aid each district will receive for the coming year, subject to final budget calculations later this year.
Kenosha Unified School District is estimated to receive $148,259,398 for the upcoming school year based on the budgeted dollars sent in by the district. That is a $651,820 change from last year’s general state aid.
“Any change in state aid, whether it be increase or decrease, doesn’t change the total size of our budget,” said Tarik Hamdan, chief financial officer for the district.
Hamdan said if there is a decrease in the amount of state aid, for example, the district would potentially need to raise its tax levy.
“Now we are in the process of our audit …