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Conewago Valley board tables ACTI budget item after members raise transparency and cost concerns
Summary
Board members debated a budget item tied to Adams County Technical Institute funding — including a $150,000 assistant administrative position — and voted to remove the item from tonight’s calendar until ACTI provides a full briefing.
The Conewago Valley School District Board of Education voted to remove agenda item No. 10 — the Adams County Technical Institute (ACTI) budget submission — from tonight’s approvals and to schedule a follow-up meeting where an ACTI representative will walk the board through the budget.
Board members said they could not approve the item without clearer detail on staffing costs and how district contributions are calculated. Concerns centered on a reported $102,000 overall increase in ACTI’s proposed operating budget, of which a $150,000 line item for an assistant administrative position accounts for most of the change; the board noted about $32,000 of the increase remains after that position is excluded.
Why it matters: board members said the proposed increase and the way funds were presented conflict with earlier briefings and with what some members expected to be available in the budget. Several members said an $80,000 line…
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