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Coatesville district previews 2025-26 budget; proposes 3.5% tax increase and flags charter special-education costs
Summary
Administrators presented a proposed 2025-26 budget showing a $10.6 million, or 4.6%, spending increase and a recommended 3.5% tax increase; the board was warned that charter-school special-education funding formulas are driving significant cost growth.
District finance staff presented projected expenditures for 2025-26 that would increase spending by about $10.6 million, or roughly 4.58% over the prior year, and recommended a 3.5% tax increase to help close a projected shortfall.
The presentation showed projected local revenue of approximately $155,000,000 — a figure that assumes the recommended 3.5% tax increase — and total projected revenue of $235,500,000. With current projections the district faces a roughly $6.5 million shortfall; administrators said use of fund balance remains a possibility and estimated an ending fund balance near $22,000,000 depending on final year-end…
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