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Erie SD finance director says district can operate months despite delayed state budget; $45 million reserve cited

5548569 · August 7, 2025
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Finance director reported the Pennsylvania budget for 2025‑26 remained unsigned, but the district’s conservative planning and roughly $45 million in general fund cash would let operations continue for months while payments are delayed.

Brian Cheese, the district’s finance director, told the Committee of the Whole that the state legislature had not passed a balanced budget by July 1 and that key state payments to school districts could be delayed pending a signed budget.

Cheese said the delayed payments…

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