Rochester Community School District
The Sept. 28, 2026 agenda lists a Section 31aa funding resolution as an action item; the supplied record does not establish whether the board approved it or the amount sought.
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After its public budget hearing, the Board approved the final 2025-26 budget, the original 2026-27 budget, and a State Aid Note Resolution with borrowing not to exceed $1.3 million.
The 2026-27 budget adopted on June 15, 2026 plans $50.9 million in spending and $49.0 million in revenue. Savings (fund balance) would fall to $8.2 million, down from $10.0 million in June 2025. The budget counts on about 2,679 students, down from 2,821 in 2024-25. Money from the county for special education drops by $800,000.
Pewamo-Westphalia Community Schools
In November 2025 the board voted not to take state Section 31aa school safety and mental health money, citing rules about investigations and legal protections. In June 2026 it approved a revised opt-in. In December the superintendent estimated the money at about $104,000.
Pewamo-Westphalia Community Schools
The 2026-27 budget plans $10.96 million in spending and $10.74 million in revenue, a $220,154 gap. That would drop the district's savings (fund balance) to about $2.58 million, down from $2.80 million. Earlier in the year, the board talked about a 'structural deficit' and allowed the interim superintendent to ask the teachers' union about reopening contracts.
The June 15 agenda proposed borrowing up to $1 million against 2026-27 state aid.
On June 8, 2026, the board approved $301,120 in added fees for architect GMB, plus $169,552 in management fees and insurance and $620,397 in staff costs for Clark Construction. The superintendent said this covers work beyond the original contracts.
The 2026-27 budget adopted June 8, 2026 plans $42.1 million in general fund spending against $40.8 million in revenue, a $1.29 million gap. Savings drop to about $6.3 million by June 2027, down from about $7.6 million, after a $1.69 million gap in 2025-26.
The general fund budget adopted June 8, 2026 plans $6.31 million in spending against $6.18 million in revenue for 2026-27. The projected fund balance drops from about $1.21 million to $1.07 million.
Rockford’s proposed 2026–27 budget projects spending about $3.7 million more than revenue. The plan would reduce the district’s projected fund balance from $15.8 million to just under $12.2 million, or about 10.1% of spending; the figures are estimates, not final results.
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