Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Tunkhannock Area SD superintendent warns of multimillion-dollar budget shortfall, urges state cyber-charter reform
Summary
Superintendent Doherty told the Tunkhannock Area SD board the district faces a multiyear budget gap driven in part by cyber-charter costs and transportation funding shortfalls, and urged local advocacy as administrators prepare staffing and program decisions for the June budget vote.
Superintendent Doherty told the Tunkhannock Area School District Board of Directors that the district is facing a “pretty large multimillion dollar deficit” for the 2025–26 budget and that the administration has already trimmed the gap from roughly $3 million to about $2.4–2.5 million in a month of work.
Doherty said he spent a day in Harrisburg advocating for rural school districts and pressed legislators on three items he described as central to closing the district’s budget gap: reform of cyber-charter funding, an updated transportation funding formula, and greater basic and special education funding. He said cyber-charter costs make up a large portion of the district’s shortfall and urged parents and…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
