As the 2024-25 school year begins, Dan Rossmiller of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards discussed how districts continue to depend on voter referendums to fund their operations.

Dan Rossmiller
Executive Director, Wisconsin Association of School Boards

• Rossmiller described how school districts go to referendums in order to fund their operations due to inflation and state funding failing to keep pace over time.
• Dan Rossmiller: We’ve had revenue limits in place now for 31, 32 years — and that’s two generations of kids that have gone through school. Over time, many districts have become increasingly dependent — probably 100 districts or more in the state rely on referendum funding for 10% or more of their budget.

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