Fact Sheet 25-9: 96.5% Passage Rate for School Budgets

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Voters across the state approved 96.5% of school budgets - 654 passed and just 24 were defeated. Of the twenty-four districts that experienced a budget defeat, seventeen were attempting to pierce their Tax Levy Limit and therefore needed a super-majority (60 percent) for approval. Twenty-five districts were successful in their Tax Levy Limit override attempt.

The twenty-four districts that had their budget defeated may choose to have a revote. All revotes will occur on the third Tuesday in June (June 17, 2025).

If a district chooses to not have a revote and therefore moves directly to contingency budget or has their budget revote defeated, the district must then adopt a contingency budget. The respective district may not increase their tax levy above the previous year's levy—a zero percent cap on the tax levy.

The following chart provides a listing of those districts that had their budget defeated.

2025 Budget Defeats (by County) 

* District needed a super-majority 60% for approval. The number in parenthesis is the percentage of YES votes

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