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Central York SD proposes 3% tax increase, adds insurance cost to 2025-26 budget
Summary
District staff proposed a 3% real-estate tax increase for 2025-26, detailed changes to revenues and expenses including a spike in property-insurance costs, and scheduled formal budget adoption for next week.
Central York SD officials proposed a 3% real-estate tax increase that would set the millage at 23.4271 as part of a draft 2025-26 general fund budget the board will consider for final approval next week.
The proposal, presented by Miss Martin, district staff member, would keep transfer and earned-income taxes unchanged and ask the board next week to adopt a homestead and farmstead exclusion resolution. "We are still asking for a 3% tax rate, which would bring our millage up to 23.4271," Miss Martin said during the planning meeting.
The budget presentation gave context for the request: federal ESSER pandemic funds and large debt-service payments in prior years changed the district's revenue picture, Miss Martin said. The district received about $9.6 million in ESSER funds and previously faced debt-service payments of roughly $7.6 million and $6.5 million in prior years, she said; those one-time revenue and…
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