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Bethlehem Area School Board adopts 2025–26 budget, will draw $5.9M from fund balance
Summary
The Bethlehem Area School District board voted May 12 to adopt the proposed 2025–26 budget, balancing the plan with a $5.9 million draw from reserves amid uncertainty over state and federal aid and rising cyber charter costs.
The Bethlehem Area School District Board of Directors voted May 12 to adopt the district's proposed 2025'26 budget, approving a plan that relies on a $5.9 million draw from the district's fund balance.
District financial staff told the board the adopted budget includes $373,000,000 in general fund appropriations and assumes about $2.5 million in state adequacy funding under the governor's proposal; the budget also reflects a roughly $1 million increase in state gaming revenue that administrators said reduces local tax pressure.
Finance staff said the district is "balancing this budget with a $5,900,000 draw from our fund balance," and that, as presented, state support from the…
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