State law limits the amount of money school districts can receive from state aid and local property taxes. This is known as the "revenue limit" which was established in 1993 by the Wisconsin legislature. Unfortunately, the revenue limits were established based on the District's per pupil spending at the time, therefore, low spending school districts, like Deerfield, started much lower than our neighbors.
Deerfield Community School District's revenue limit per student is the lowest among neighboring school districts and at the lowest level in the state. Our revenue limit makes it difficult to attract and retain quality staff as well as maintain current student services.
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