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Gedders said the district reduced the recommended aggregate millage from the previously proposed maximum (the index had indicated 6.3 at one point) and reported a lower effective aggregate rate of 3.26 in the final scenario. She reported the city millage for Chester City would be 14.49 and the borough/township millage would be 13.68 under the final budget scenario. Using a $125,000 home as an example, Gedders said the annual tax increase for Chester City property owners would be about $15 and about $75 for township property owners; she noted the mean house value in the district is about $57,000, which would lower the dollar impact for many residents.

On revenues, Gedders said the district’s final budget assumes full (100%) funding for basic education and special education lines from the state and assumes 65% funding for the Ready‑to‑Learn line, which she described as volatile. The district also added a Title IV grant of about $661,000 that had not been included in the earlier proposed budget and adjusted delinquent‑tax revenue (Crozer) downward by about $800,000. Gedders said the district entered a one‑year contract with its education association, which clarified personnel costs and benefits in the final numbers.

On expenditures, Gedders said charter‑school tuition remains the largest single category — about 42% of total expenditures — followed by personnel and student services. She said the district added a PDE loan of roughly $1,500,000 to the budget, listed transportation at about $7,600,000, and student support at about $19,900,000. Gedders reported that past‑due obligations declined to zero in the current projection and that the final revenue/expenditure picture totaled roughly $177.5 million and is in balance.

Board members and administrators thanked the business office, PFM and partners and noted personnel adjustments including adding an assistant principal at Main Street and several special education teachers, middle‑school teachers and custodians. Gedders said the district updated actuarial assumptions for pensions, unemployment and workers’ compensation while removing duplicate or unfilled positions from the prior budget.

Gedders introduced Paul Ammon, the district accounting specialist, and said Ammon and the assistant business manager will present at the receiver’s meeting on Wednesday at 6 p.m. The committee of the whole will not meet again until September; the receiver's schedule remains active during July and August. The committee took no formal vote to adopt the budget at the June 16 session; Gedders presented the final figures for review and the receiver will consider them at the scheduled meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","School Board Committee of the Whole Meeting 6/16/25","oneSentenceSummary","District staff presented a revised, balanced final budget June 16. The update reduces previously proposed millage rates and projects roughly $177.5 million in revenue while highlighting charter tuition as the largest expenditure.","taxTitle","Chester-Upland SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania","taxId",39917,"location","Pennsylvania","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6515803,"Director Morales urges support for House Bill 1500, says $8,000 cap could save district $7.4 million",111,72000,183000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3846159-5f803de14e87233fc558ccee1898beb5&start=72&end=183","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3846159-5f803de14e87233fc558ccee1898beb5/thumbnail_72000.jpg","/articles/6515803/Pennsylvania/Director-Morales-urges-support-for-House-Bill-1500-says-8000-cap-could-save-district-74-million","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6515803-c29bf22270f0398db04f6410e0ac814e/orig.mp4?Expires=1775843844&Signature=AJwq7WBk9h91clT8CYjjyVzaPpYSxdv9tHloFsvgIjc4VnCq151jwXsqTeljBZP7rPBTcVqHX45BLeORtubrERqNqy2QiMCl6sTVD8TtTce8Llt8fV-8-1m~kg8U791pdGqmPC5IOtK6-CWJIGE-CrD01pd-0AzIQcsLRBZFqczI2vmpR6yfnj4v7EMBPgjX2M-dPX8Y6RZT79HN-8jQdn6BoO6cIK~lfwIxbnlu~zouWtPKAuENeCkxUg6m4HoYVx09w8-rcrSQxFADDoscnqV0RqNq0i59pLENARNFua07IpNQtYFlpBpqkkvSHFrBwVra2pVuzujHGR6z3prI6Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Director Morales said at the Chester‑Upland School District Committee of the Whole on June 16 that House Bill 1,500, a cyber‑charter reform measure, has passed the Pennsylvania House and is now before the Senate. \"House Bill 1,500 has passed the House and is in the Senate,\" Morales said, adding that the bill would cap cyber‑charter tuition at $8,000 per student.

Morales said the cap would reduce the district's charter tuition costs by about $7,400,000 next year. \"What that would mean for Chester Upland is a $7,400,000 savings next year,\" she said. She asked community members to respond to e‑mail calls to contact state senators and urged a simple action: \"If you see an email from me asking you to send a letter to your senator, please just click the link. Like, you don't have to write anything. Just click the link, put your name in there, and send it.\"

Morales also said a higher cap — about $10,000 — might be the final form of the bill but that any cap would reduce the district's outlays. She cautioned listeners not to assume other federal or state changes are final: \"There was an action to block the dismantling of the Department of Education... the Department of Education is still intact as we sit here today.\" That remark was offered as context for following news on education policy.

The board did not take a formal vote on the bill during the meeting. Morales framed her remarks as a legislative update and a call for advocacy; she did not request formal board action at the June 16 session.

The district did not provide a formal legal citation for House Bill 1,500 during the meeting. Whether the bill will become law depends on further action in the Pennsylvania Senate and any subsequent enactment processes.","At the June 16 Committee of the Whole meeting, Director Morales urged community members to support House Bill 1500, a cyber-charter reform bill that she said would cap tuition and could produce substantial savings for Chester‑Upland School District if passed.","actionData","errors"]

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Chester‑Upland presents balanced final budget; millage increase reduced to $14.49 (Chester City)

Director Morales urges support for House Bill 1500, says $8,000 cap could save district $7.4 million