Keeping our Commitments
RUSD Residents to see Tax Decrease
$10.64
$9.96
$9.59
$0.66
$9.00
$10.01
$0.69
$1.18
$1.06
$1.06
$8.00
$7.00
$0.86
Our FY17 budget provides homeowners a 5.86 percent
decrease in their 2017 RUSD tax bill.
Taxes will decrease
The 2017 budget funds several priorities including:
by 5.86%
Remodeling of the Sturtevant Sportsplex to
open a new, expanded REAL School in fall, 2017
5.86%
$1.04
Voucher Levy
$1.01
$9.96
$0.19
$6.00
Referendum
Comunity Service Levy
Base Tax Levy
$7.92
$7.87
New math curriculum and teaching materials
Debt
$0.11
TAXES
$10.00
Great things are underway in RUSD!
$6.59
Increasing our Deferred Maintenance Budget
2016-17
The 2017 RUSD budget will improve our school system
and offer the community a conservative, efficient
and priority-focused fiscal plan. We will sustain our
forward momentum to Raise Racine and ensure
quality schools in our community.
$5.00
$4.00
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Partnering with the Racine Police Department
to offer an innovative community policing
model in secondary schools ensuring a proactive
response to student behaviors
How Revenue is Spent...
We carefully target our dollars to have the greatest impact on the class room and student learning. When compared to the state
average, a higher proportion of RUSD expenditures have been for educational purposes while District per pupil spending is
below the state average.
Expenditures
by Function
FY17 - All Funds Expenditures by Function
Food & Community
service
3.7%
Sources of Revenue
FY17 Revenues by Source
All Funds
Vouchers & Open
Enrollment
6.4%
Federal
Sources
11.0%
Debt
5.0%
Central, Insurance
& Other
3.2%
Instruction
45.7%
Business &
operations
18.8%
Administration
5.3%
Instr. &
Pupil
Support
11.8%
Other Sources
0.1%
Property Taxes
27.7%
State Sources
59.6%
Local &
intermediate
sources
2%