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Chester‑Upland presents balanced final budget; millage increase reduced to $14.49 (Chester City)
Summary
District staff presented a revised, balanced final budget June 16. The update reduces previously proposed millage rates and projects roughly $177.5 million in revenue while highlighting charter tuition as the largest expenditure.
Miss Gedders, a member of the district business office, presented the Chester‑Upland School District’s final budget update at the Committee of the Whole meeting on June 16. "Before we move on our proposed budget last month, we had a deficit of $1,557,900... and as of now, the final budget is balanced," Gedders said.
Gedders said the district reduced the recommended aggregate millage from the previously proposed maximum (the index had indicated 6.3 at one point) and reported a lower effective aggregate rate of 3.26 in the final scenario. She reported the city millage for Chester City would be 14.49 and the borough/township millage would be 13.68 under the final budget scenario. Using a $125,000 home as an example, Gedders said the…
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