Campbellsport School District Sets Tax Levy and Mill Rate

The Campbellsport School District held its Annual Meeting and Budget Hearing on Monday, October 27, to approve the 2025-2026 budget and tax levy.

The proposed tax levy for the 2025-2026 fiscal year was $9,693,553. Last year, the tax levy was $8,953,009.

“Basically, what we’re seeing is an 8.27% increase in the property tax portion of the budget,” explained Director of Business Services Kent Ritchie. “About 5% of that is coming off the fact that [some funds] that were allocated by the legislature . . . were put all to the property tax side.”

“The rest of what we’re seeing is that we have slightly declining enrollment along with vouchers and just the overall formula,” Ritchie continued. “Since they didn’t increase the equalization pool in Madison and Wisconsin . . . whoever spends more money be[comes] a slightly larger percentage of who gets the money.”

The proposed mill rate was $6.06 per $1000 of equalized valuation, a 1.06% increase from last year.

The present members of the School District of Campbellsport electorate unanimously voted to approve the proposed tax levy and mill rate for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

Annual Meeting Matters:
• The electorate considered approving proposed school board salaries of “$2,450 for the president, vice-president, clerk and treasurer and non-officer members at $2,050 per year.” A motion was made by an elector to increase the salaries by $100, which passed unanimously.
• The electorate also unanimously voted to approve reimbursing board members’ expenses “when traveling in the performance of duties” and for “loss of earnings when duties require the school board member to be absent from regular employment.”

• Before adjourning, the electorate scheduled the next Annual Meeting for Monday, October 26, 2026.

A regular Campbellsport School Board meeting followed the Budget Hearing and Annual Meeting.

School Board Matters:

• The school board discussed approving Campbellsport High School early graduation applications. A motion to approve all applications was made by President Mike Weiss and passed unanimously.
• The school board also considered approving the 2025-2026 final budget. Keith Peters made the motion to approve the budget, which passed unanimously.
• Additionally, the school board discussed approving the 2025-2026 school tax levy. The motion to approve the mill rate of $6.06 per $1000 of equalized valuation was made by Vice President Sharon Gazzola and passed unanimously.