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Millcreek Township SD presents preliminary 2025-26 budget with proposed 3% tax increase, $3.7M gap and proposed earmark changes
Summary
District staff presented a preliminary 2025-26 budget showing a proposed 3% tax increase, health-care and transportation cost pressures, a projected structural shortfall, and staff recommendations including revising an investment-income earmark and using fund balance to close gaps.
District staff presented the Millcreek Township School Districtpreliminary budget for 2025-26, describing a proposed 3% tax increase, rising healthcare and transportation costs, and a projected shortfall that staff said would require policy changes and use of fund balance to balance the budget.
The presentation laid out revenue and expenditure drivers and identified a near‑term gap the district must close before final budget adoption. Staff described transportation increases of about $962,000, a health-care cost increase of about $1.4 million (13%), and other expense increases that together create a structural shortfall staff estimated at roughly $3.7 million under one set of assumptions.
The presenter described the revenue mix and how local reliance differs from many Pennsylvania districts: "66% of our total budget is locally generated... 51% of our total budget is real estate taxes," a staff member said, and later stated, "the proposed budget includes a 3% tax increase." The presenter explained that the districtrelies heavily on local…
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