Schools Brace for Gov. Corbett's Budget
January 24, 2012
Throughout Pennsylvania, school districts are already projecting tax increases and layoffs in anticipation of Tom Corbett's upcoming budget.
Early budget with 3.3 percent tax increase sparks debate, gets OK (Centre Daily Times) School board members approved a proposed preliminary budget with a 3.3 percent tax increase, but not before a sharp debate over morality, ethics, special education and $269,000.
Upper St. Clair schools OK $63.2 million preliminary budget (Post-Gazette) Upper St. Clair school board members on Monday voted 7-2 to pass a $63.2 million preliminary budget for next year that calls for a 1.647-mill real estate tax increase and the elimination of 14 teaching and support staff positions.
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Central Valley plans tax increase (Beaver County Times) Central Valley School Board has approved a $31 million preliminary budget for the 2012-2013 school year that includes a maximum property tax increase of 3.31 mills, according to Superintendent Daniel Matsook.
Preliminary budget adopted before governor's address next month (Williamsport Sun-Gazette) A real estate tax increase appears increasingly likely for residents in the East Lycoming School District. The $21.5 million preliminary budget had to be passed before Wednesday by state law and was done prior to estimates on basic education funding expected to be released in Gov. Tom Corbett's address to Pennsylvania on Feb. 7. State basic education accounts for 55 percent of the district's overall budget.
Columbia OKs preliminary school budget, tax hike (Intelligencer Journal) Columbia Borough School District's 2012-13 preliminary budget includes a 10.6 percent tax increase - from 25.37 to 28.08 mills.
Donegal approves preliminary budget with tax increase (Intelligencer Journal) Donegal school board members, in a 6-to-3 vote, approved a preliminary 2012-13 budget Thursday that calls for a 2.3-percent tax increase.
Nazareth Area School Board adopts preliminary budget that sets tax increase at no more than 2 percent (Express Times) School board members approved a preliminary $69.18 million 2012-13 budget that increases spending 3.6 percent over the current spending plan. The budget includes a 0.95-mill property tax increase or a 2 percent hike, pushing the district's tax rate to 48.64 mills.
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