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Carlisle Area School District board adopts 2025–26 budget, approves personnel, contracts and capital reallocations
Summary
At its regular June meeting the Carlisle Area School District board adopted the 2025–26 final budget, approved personnel appointments and multiple contracts, and reallocated capital reserve funds for athletic facility improvements. The board also approved the homestead and farmstead exclusion and updates to the Act 93 administrative agreement.
The Carlisle Area School District Board of Directors on Wednesday approved the district’s final 2025–26 budget, ratified multiple personnel appointments and contracts, and authorized reallocations in capital reserves while also adopting a resolution to implement the homestead and farmstead exclusion for the coming fiscal year.
The board voted to adopt the final budget before state revenue allocations were finalized. Colleen Friend, superintendent, presented the budget framework and finance chair Bruce summarized the process. Bruce said administration reduced projected costs and refined revenue estimates but noted the district must absorb an overlap in debt service after issuing a bond to begin K–2 construction. The board approved the budget by roll-call vote; the motion carried.
Why it matters: Adoption of the budget sets tuition, staffing and capital priorities for the year that begins July 1 and includes an anticipated tax increase of 3% on local taxpayers as presented to the board. The budget also relies on planned uses of…
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