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East Stroudsburg board adopts proposed 2025-26 budget with no tax increase
Summary
The school board voted to post and advertise a proposed final 2025-26 budget that keeps tax rates flat (option 1). The budget reflects rising healthcare and utilities costs, a $1.6 million revenue loss from an assessment appeal, and an increase in the homestead/farmstead exemption allocated by the state.
The East Stroudsburg Area School District Board of Education on May 19 voted to adopt and advertise a proposed final 2025-26 budget that keeps tax rates unchanged (the board selected the “0% increase” option).
The move begins the required 20-day public notice period before the board will consider a final adoption vote in June under the Pennsylvania School Code. Board members voted in favor of the proposed final budget during a roll-call process and the motion passed by the board majority.
Assistant/finance staff presented three options earlier in the meeting: a…
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