PR School Board Approves Preliminary Budget—But There's a Surprise Attached
The $69.4 million budget includes a 4.24 percent tax increase ... or does it?
The Pine-Richland School Board approved a preliminary $69.4 million budget with a 4.2 percent real estate tax increase Monday night, but there was a surprise attached. Finance and School Services Director Dana Siford told the board it is likely the state will limit a tax increase to 3 to 3.5 percent. The Pennsylvania Department of Education gets involved whenever the school board proposes a tax increase that exceeds its 2 percent index defined by Act 1. The school district can apply for exceptions to the Act 1 index, but the state designates only four categories. Pine-Richland planned to file for exceptions based on rising retirement and special education costs. By adopting the preliminary budget on Monday, the school board gave Siford the…
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Richard
9:33 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
PR Proud, I agree with all of your points about how money has been spent hte past decade. I wonder where we will go for the future of this district. There has been some change if the board the past few years and maybe that will help. The PSSA scores are comparable with Mars but that has no bearing on where a student gets accepted into a college. SAT's and GPA are still the driving factor for … more ›