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Woodland Hills previews 2025–26 budget, flags state revenue uncertainty and tax levy pressure
Summary
Finance staff presented a preliminary 2025–26 budget showing roughly $115.4 million in revenue and $118.0 million in expenditures, with a $14.05 million fund balance carried from 2023–24 and continued downside risk from state funding and assessment appeals.
At an April 9 agenda-setting meeting, Woodland Hills School District finance presenter Jill Regan outlined the district's preliminary 2025'26 budget and warned trustees that state funding uncertainty and assessment-appeal losses will tighten finances in the coming year.
Regan said the district currently projects about $115,445,422 in total revenue against preliminary expenditures of roughly $118,000,000, leaving planners to rely on a fund-balance draw and further adjustments before the final budget is presented in June. "If you see on page 21, our fund balance is still $14,050,571," Regan told the board during the presentation.
The nut graf: The presentation matters because Woodland Hills, like many Pennsylvania districts, depends on a mix of state subsidies and local property taxes that are influenced by…
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