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Bethlehem Area School District approves preliminary 2025-26 budget package, board authorizes fund-balance use
Summary
The Bethlehem Area School District board on June 9 voted to approve the administration's personnel attachment, the preliminary 2025-26 budget and the Homestead/Farmstead exclusion, while staff said the budget relies on conservative revenue assumptions and a roughly $5.7 million fund-balance draw amid state and federal funding uncertainty.
The Bethlehem Area School District board on June 9 approved three administration recommendations — the personnel attachment (item 701), the preliminary 2025-26 budget (item 702) and the Homestead/Farmstead exclusion (item 703) — by voice roll call.
Superintendent-designate and administrators told the board the budget is being prepared amid substantial state and federal funding uncertainty. Chief financial staff said the district modeled conservatively — using 100% of the governor's Basic Education Funding (BEF) and Special Education Funding (SEF) proposals and 50% of an adequacy proposal — and expects to balance the preliminary budget using about $5,700,000 from the district's fund balance.
Administration members warned…
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