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CFO warns district expenses outpaced tax increases over four years; special education, utilities and medical rising fastest
Summary
Chief finance officer Mark Strickler told the board that district expenses rose about 20.7% since 2021 while property‑tax increases over the same period totaled about 12.15%, with the difference drawn from fund balance. He identified personnel costs, benefits and purchased services (notably special education, utilities and transportation) as the
Elizabethtown Area School District’s finance chief told the board on Jan. 14 that the district’s expenses have risen faster than tax revenue over the last several years and that the gap has been covered in part by fund balance.
Chief Financial Officer Mark Strickler presented a multi‑year expense review showing cumulative expense increases of roughly 20.75% from 2021 through the current budget; at the same time, tax increases over the same multi‑year span totaled about 12.15%, he said, producing an 8.6 percentage‑point difference that has been drawn from the district’s fund balance.
Strickler highlighted three expense areas…
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