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East Stroudsburg officials present four tax options as 2025–26 budget shows large projected deficit
Summary
District staff presented four millage options for the 2025–26 school year — 0%, 2%, 3.5% and the Act 1 index (5.6%) — with projected deficits ranging from about $24.2 million at 0% to roughly $18.0 million at 5.6%; staff outlined cost-reduction steps and efforts to recapture cyber‑charter students.
Dr. Kelly, a district presenter, told the East Stroudsburg Area School District board’s finance committee on an update to the 2025–26 budget that staff are offering four tax-options for consideration: a 0% increase, a 2% increase, a 3.5% increase and the Act 1 index (5.6%). The presentation showed projected revenues and expenditures under each option and the estimated effects on the district’s general-fund balance.
The report said a 0% increase would leave the district with roughly $188 million in revenue against $211 million in expenditures, producing a projected $24.2 million deficit and a February year-end general-fund balance of about $20.1 million. A 2% increase would raise revenue by about $1.6 million, reducing the projected deficit and moving the February fund balance to about $21.7 million. A 3.5% increase would add roughly $3.2 million in revenue and lower the projected deficit further; a 5.6% increase…
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