Drop in State School Revenue is Just More Than 10 Percent

As expected, state aid to the Shorewood School District will drop a little more than 10 percent from last year, according to figures released Friday by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

The district will receive $3,631,021, compared to $4,039,196 in 2010-11, a drop of $408,175. The aid is based on final official enrollment counts figured on the third Friday in September. .

Statewide, 97 percent of districts saw a drop in state aid, according to the DPI. The state's biennial budget cut overall general aid to schools by 8.4 percent.

Shorewood's district , and closed it while raising taxes only .07 percent in a . Primary savings came from the pension contributions set forth in the governor's budget repair bill, a successful April referendum that allowed the district to refinance some debt, a change in the teachers health-care plan and retirements.