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South Fayette board adopts 2025–26 budget and approves 1‑mill tax increase
Summary
The South Fayette Township School District board on Tuesday approved a final 2025–26 budget that carries $83,051,399 in expenditures and sets a 27.7 millage rate, accepting a 1‑mill tax increase and a planned draw of $5,879,381 from the district’s fund balance to balance the budget.
The South Fayette Township School District board on Tuesday approved a final 2025–26 budget that carries $83,051,399 in expenditures and sets a 27.7 millage rate, accepting a 1‑mill tax increase and a planned draw of $5,879,381 from the district’s fund balance to balance the budget.
Ryan Neely, the district’s director of finance, presented the budget and recommended the 1‑mill increase. “My recommendation at this time would be a millage increase of 1 mil,” Neely said during the board’s budget discussion.
Neely framed the recommendation around three factors: slower real estate assessment growth, rising district expenditures (including construction-related debt service), and continuing enrollment growth. He told the board the district projects a $1.8 million deficit for the closing 2024–25 year under current estimates and that the 2025–26 budget assumes continued upward pressure on expenditures.
The finance presentation included specific adjustments carried into the 2025–26 budget: a carried forward increase of $19,760 in special education funding after the final state…
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