MANITOWOC, Wis. (WBAY) - The Manitowoc Public School District has approved a budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

The district says that the tax levy for the year is a 3% increase from last year, but also says that, thanks to an under-levy, it is 10% less than the 13% it could have been.

The district also says the mill rate for MPSD’s portion of the levy is $5.22 per $1,000 of assessed property value.

MPSD says that they chose a $3.07 million under-levy “in a continued effort to be fiscally responsible and minimize the tax burden on local residents“, as they had the ability to levy $13 million this year because of an operational referendum passage.

MPSD says that their tax levy is being redirected to the state’s private school voucher programs, saying that $6 million, or 20.3% of the

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