Norwin School Board hears 2025–26 revenue update, approves routine agenda; one personnel item fails

NORWIN, Pa. — The Norwin School District Board of Education on March 17 received a revenue update for the 2025–26 budget and approved a slate of routine agenda, policy, finance, facilities and athletics items while one personnel item failed on a voice vote.

District staff presenter Mr. Kirsch told the board the district’s preliminary revenue picture includes “approximately 2.9 million dollar increase in assessed value,” producing roughly $273,000 in additional local tax revenue tied to that growth. He said the district’s current total millage is 91.63 mills and that a board resolution adopted in January limits any tax increase next year to the Pennsylvania Act 1 index. Kirsch said the adjusted Act 1 index for Norwin is 5.1 percent, which he said would equate to a maximum millage increase of about 4.6 mills (a top rate of 96.3 mills) and would generate approximately $2 million in additional revenue if the board chose that maximum.

The presentation summarized proposed state education funding included in the governor’s budget proposal,…