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Votes at a glance: East Penn board adopts 2025–26 budget 8–1; personnel, operations and curriculum items pass
Summary
At its June 9 meeting the East Penn School District Board adopted the 2025–26 budget package (items A–D) by an 8–1 roll‑call vote, approved personnel changes and several operational and curriculum items unanimously, and recorded multiple routine votes.
The East Penn School District Board of School Directors on June 9 approved the district’s 2025–26 final budget package (items A–D) after extended budget discussion. The budget package passed 8–1 on a roll call; board members then approved personnel, business operations, curriculum and policy items in separate votes, mostly unanimously.
Budget package (items A–D): The board approved the final general fund budget package, the fund balance commitment resolution, the Homestead and Farmstead resolution and continuation of the property tax rebate program in a single motion (items A–D). The motion passed 8–1. The approved budget maintains an increase at the Act 1 index (the board approved a 4% tax‑rate increase in the budget development) and includes a planned deficit of about $1.2 million for 2025–26 tied to committed fund‑balance uses (including technology infrastructure carryover and other one‑time allocations). The board also committed remaining ESSER funds ($55,200) and $1.6 million identified for future technology infrastructure from fund balance as part of the formal fund‑balance commitments. In the roll call Mr. Filaghy (recorded in the minutes as Mr. Filaghy/Filagie) voted no; all other members voted yes.
Personnel and routine items: The personnel agenda (including an addendum for extended‑school‑year assignments, a special education supervisor and summer learning academy staff) passed by roll call, 9–0. Business operations items A–G (including routine contracts and a donation acknowledgment) passed 9–0. Curriculum items A–B and third reading of policy updates were approved by unanimous roll call votes.
Why this matters: Board approval of the budget establishes the district’s operating plan, tax levy and fund‑balance commitments for 2025–26. The approved fund‑balance commitments earmark one‑time resources for technology and set parameters for how the district will use certain reserves. Several board members said they supported the budget reluctantly because of contractual obligations for 2025–26 staffing and benefits; one board member opposed the package citing tax burden concerns.
Ending: After votes on business, curriculum and policy, the board received routine reports from CLIU and LCTI and adjourned. Additional discussion on the K–8 realignment and schematic design will continue in future meetings.
