District administrators told the Madison Local School District Board of Education on April 17 that current state budget proposals would reduce the district’s state funding and described steps the district is taking to plan for that shortfall.

The administrator leading the report (unnamed) said the governor’s budget and the version passed by the Ohio House start from different funding inputs; both would leave the district with less state funding than current-year levels in the presenter’s simulations. “So right now as it stands, though, the governor’s budget, we lose funding. The house budget, we lose funding,” the administrator said, noting the legislature still must reconcile proposals and that a final budget is expected by June 30.

Administrators also reviewed the district’s March financial analytics and ongoing forecasting from an outside vendor (Frontline/Forecast by Analytics) and said staff would continue to monitor developments from the Ohio House, the governor and the Senate as budget negotiations proceed.

On student services and enrollment, administrators reported kindergarten registration at 103 students as of the Tuesday before the meeting, compared with about 68 at the same point the previous year. The district said it would continue tracking registrations through the summer and make staffing decisions (such as whether to add a kindergarten section) in early August.

The administrative report also covered health preparedness and extracurricular matters. The district said it has not had a measles case in the county but reviewed counts of unvaccinated students and noted a single-dose measles vaccine is about 93 percent effective; staff said they were monitoring public-health guidance and were prepared to act if cases appear. The presentation included a brief summary of recent student events (signing day, prom logistics) and recognition of Gabriela Peters, a North Elementary kindergarten teacher, as the board’s member-of-the-month for organizing a fundraising “bunny breakfast.”

Capital maintenance was addressed: administrators announced the district will replace the roof over the industrial-arts wing this summer (the drafting room, weight room and wood shop), using funds from the district’s permanent improvement account and state-term pricing; staff said the work is not a patch but a full new roof for that section.

Those operational and capital items were informational in the public portion of the meeting; the board later approved related contracts and consent items under the consent calendar.

A single registered public participant, Trenton Horsey, was listed for public participation; the public-comment excerpt in the transcript was brief and did not contain substantive requests recorded in the public minutes.

The superintendent and administrative staff said they will return to the board with updates as the state budget process unfolds and as enrollment and staffing needs for fall are finalized.