Is it legal for a school district to levy less than the maximum levies in the General Fund?
A school district s General Fund levy may be lowered one year and raised back up again the following year. This may be done to alter the General Fund reserve balance to the desired level. Levying less than the maximum levy in the General Fund does not have any affect on the state aid to be received by that school district. The General Fund formula considers what a school “could” levy, not what it “does” levy.
