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East Stroudsburg Area SD adopts 2025–26 budget, approves 2% millage increase amid $20M–$30M shortfall
Summary
School business consultant presented an independent review that found the district likely to finish 2024–25 about $12 million in the red and a preliminary 2025–26 gap near $28 million. After hours of discussion, the board adopted the fiscal 2025–26 general fund budget as amended and approved a 2% millage rate increase.
The East Stroudsburg Area School District board voted June 16 to adopt a $214,028,000 general fund budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and to raise its millage rates by 2 percent after an independent budget review identified a large shortfall.
Jim Mirabelli of School Business Consultants told the board his team’s independent analysis showed the district would “come in somewhere around a $12,000,000 deficit” for 2024–25 and that next year’s budget, as adjusted by the consultants, pointed to a larger gap if no additional actions or revenue occur.
The nut graf: Mirabelli’s presentation focused on audited AFR data, staffing and enrollment trends, salary and benefit increases, health insurance trust reserves, and charter-school tuition accounting. Board members pressed for clarity on monthly reporting practices and on assumptions used in the forecast before voting.
Mirabelli said the district’s software and recent HR/budget integration gave confidence in the salary-and-benefits numbers…
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