Janesville School Board set to take up 2026-2027 budget and up to $6 million borrowing note; recent meetings produced no published votes
No votes or outcomes are recorded in the supplied records for the Janesville School District's three most recent meetings. All three are listed as agenda-only, with minutes not yet published. The next scheduled opportunity for board action is the Oct. 27 Board of Education meeting, where a public hearing and possible adoption of the 2026-2027 School District Budget and tax levy are on the agenda.
Oct. 27: budget adoption, tax levy and a borrowing resolution
The Board of Education is scheduled to hold a public hearing and consider adopting the 2026-2027 School District Budget and tax levy. The agenda also lists a resolution to authorize a taxable tax and revenue anticipation promissory note not to exceed $6,000,000. The agenda describes the item as a cash flow promissory note.
Other items listed for the same meeting: approval of September 2026 Financial Reports; an update on the City of Janesville's interest in a portion of the Franklin Middle School site for a fire station; and a status report on FEMA applications covering emergency protective measures, public buildings, and mitigation.
Agenda items are proposals. The supplied record does not establish that any of them have been acted on.
Oct. 13 board agenda: referendum projects, chiller, ballfields
The Board of Education agenda for Oct. 13 listed approval of final Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget amendments and an update on 2024 referendum projects, including HVAC and ADA updates at multiple schools. It also listed a proposed $1.7 million chiller replacement at Parker High School and approximately $500,000 for Phase 2 of Craig and Parker ballfield upgrades. Policies on video surveillance and use of school-owned materials were listed for adoption.
Because minutes have not been published in the supplied material, whether the board approved, amended or tabled any of these items is not established here.
Oct. 20 meeting canceled; committee agenda taken up Oct. 22
The Finance, Buildings & Grounds Committee meeting scheduled for Oct. 20 is listed as canceled. The committee's agenda items appear again on the Oct. 22 meeting listing: review of September 2026 Financial Reports, a presentation of the preliminary 2026-2027 budget, an update on the City of Janesville fire station site at Franklin Middle School, and the status of FEMA Public Assistance applications for emergency, build-back and mitigation funding.
The Oct. 22 agenda also lists a review of FEMA project thresholds: Small Projects ($4,100) and Large Projects ($1,093,800). The canceled Oct. 20 agenda had additionally listed an update on the November 3, 2026 Operational Referendum.
As with the board meetings, no minutes are published in the supplied record, so committee recommendations, if any, are not documented here.
Coming up
- **Oct. 27 — Board of Education Meeting.** Public hearing and possible adoption of the 2026-2027 School District Budget and tax levy; resolution to authorize a taxable tax and revenue anticipation promissory note not to exceed $6,000,000; approval of September 2026 Financial Reports; updates on the Franklin Middle School site and FEMA applications.
Residents can attend the Oct. 27 meeting to hear the budget hearing and any discussion of the borrowing resolution. The official agenda and, once published, the minutes are the authoritative record.