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Northwestern Lehigh board to prepare resolution withholding part of charter payments amid state budget impasse
Summary
Board directed staff to prepare a resolution for the Oct. 1 workshop that would withhold 29% of charter payments until the Pennsylvania budget is passed; trustees also outlined document review and an on-site visit for Circle of Seasons Charter School’s renewal application.
The Northwestern Lehigh School District board directed staff at its September meeting to prepare a resolution that would withhold a portion of charter-school payments until the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Department of Education resolve the state budget impasse.
Board members agreed to bring the draft resolution to the district’s October 1 workshop for formal consideration. The draft follows a template circulated by Bethlehem Area School District and would withhold 29% — the district’s state funding proportion — from charter payments until the state budget is finalized. The board did not vote to implement withholding at the meeting; it instructed administration to return with the prepared resolution for action at the…
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