Board hears proposed FY2025–26 general fund budget and tax-resolution items; food-service prices largely unchanged
June 11, 2025 | Susquehanna Township SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania
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Administrators presented preliminary fiscal-year 2025–26 budget figures and related tax resolutions during the Susquehanna Township School District board meeting and asked the board to consider those items at a future action meeting.
Presenters described a proposed final general fund budget that, according to meeting materials, lists revenue of $70,479,035 and a proposed use of fund balance of $2,846,164 to balance spending. Meeting materials also included a recommendation that the final budget adopt a 3.5% real-estate tax increase; administrators said the millage rate shown in the materials is 22.8037 mills. Board members were asked to review the materials and prepare for a formal vote when the item returns to the agenda.
Officials also reviewed proposed tax-resolution language that would continue local levies the district uses: a real-estate millage, homestead/farmstead provisions, per-capita and residency taxes of $5 for persons over 18, an earned-income tax portion attributable to the district, a real-estate transfer tax, and a local services tax. Administrators said the district includes the occupational/local services tax in its resolutions and noted the referendum process discussed elsewhere in district planning could alter occupational-tax decisions in future years.
On food service, staff presented a proposed food-service fund budget and recommended no price increases for student meals, breakfast, lunch, or milks. They recommended a 10-cent increase for adult elementary and secondary lunches (a state-required adjustment) and said no a la carte price increases are planned. Administrators noted the district’s participation in the Community Eligibility Provision and said about 69.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meal benefit rates, which allows the district to claim higher federal and state reimbursements.
Board members asked clarifying questions about the occupational tax and the referendum timeline and asked staff to bring the items back for formal approval at a later meeting. No final budget vote was taken at this session.
Presenters described a proposed final general fund budget that, according to meeting materials, lists revenue of $70,479,035 and a proposed use of fund balance of $2,846,164 to balance spending. Meeting materials also included a recommendation that the final budget adopt a 3.5% real-estate tax increase; administrators said the millage rate shown in the materials is 22.8037 mills. Board members were asked to review the materials and prepare for a formal vote when the item returns to the agenda.
Officials also reviewed proposed tax-resolution language that would continue local levies the district uses: a real-estate millage, homestead/farmstead provisions, per-capita and residency taxes of $5 for persons over 18, an earned-income tax portion attributable to the district, a real-estate transfer tax, and a local services tax. Administrators said the district includes the occupational/local services tax in its resolutions and noted the referendum process discussed elsewhere in district planning could alter occupational-tax decisions in future years.
On food service, staff presented a proposed food-service fund budget and recommended no price increases for student meals, breakfast, lunch, or milks. They recommended a 10-cent increase for adult elementary and secondary lunches (a state-required adjustment) and said no a la carte price increases are planned. Administrators noted the district’s participation in the Community Eligibility Provision and said about 69.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meal benefit rates, which allows the district to claim higher federal and state reimbursements.
Board members asked clarifying questions about the occupational tax and the referendum timeline and asked staff to bring the items back for formal approval at a later meeting. No final budget vote was taken at this session.
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