Franklin School District facing $2.5 million decrease in state funding

Franklin Public Schools Director, Business Services and Asst. Superintendent, Jim Milzer gave this quick budget update to the Franklin School Board during its April 20 meeting.

On April 13 THE FRANKLIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL emailed Mr. Milzer and asked him to respond to an article on the Hamilton School District's website which indicated that due to the implications of the state budget, that district will see its overall revenue drop by $2.6 million, funding from the state reduced by $1.8 million, and no property tax increase next year.  We also asked Mr. Milzer for his assessment of the effects of state budget cuts on the Franklin School District?

We received a prompt reply in which Mr. Milzer wrote:

Based on the Governors proposed biennium budget the District estimates that the revenue limit for the Franklin Public Schools would decrease by $2.5 million. The Department of Public Instruction has indicated that they will not release State aid estimates until July. Once the Department releases those estimates, we will have a better idea of the effect on State aid and the local property tax levy.

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