Fact Sheet 26-10 95.7 Percent Passage Rate for School Budgets 2026

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Voters across the state approved 95.7% of school budgets - 645 passed and just 29 were defeated. Of the twenty-nine districts that experienced a budget defeat, fourteen were attempting to pierce their Tax Levy Limit and therefore needed a super-majority (60 percent) for approval. Twenty-six districts were successful in their Tax Levy Limit override attempt.

The twenty-nine districts that had their budget defeated may choose to have a revote. All revotes will occur on the third Tuesday in June (June 16, 2026).

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.

2026 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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June 2026