Springfield Township SD board advertises proposed $75 million 2025–26 budget with 4% tax increase; approves bus purchase, bond results reported

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Springfield Township School District Board of School Directors on April 22 approved administration’s motion to advertise the proposed final 2025–26 budget, beginning the required 30‑day public inspection period ahead of final adoption at the board’s June 3 meeting.

The proposed final budget presented by district staff calls for a 4% tax increase, roughly $75 million in anticipated expenditures, about $74 million in anticipated revenues and a draw from fund balance of about $975,000 to balance the plan. The board voted to advertise the proposed final budget and the homestead/farmstead exclusion; the motion passed by voice vote during the meeting.

District officials said local revenue remains the largest funding source (about 80% of the current budget), with state revenue around 19% and federal funds roughly 1% in 2024–25. Administrators highlighted several items that shaped the 2025–26 proposal: the scheduled end of ESSER pandemic funds, expected reductions or elimination of some federal Title programs (titles 2–4), ongoing uncertainty about future federal allocations, and a projected gradual decline in the state Act 1 index that limits local tax‑levy capacity in coming years.

“We are coming to the final stretches,” Mr. Wexler, a business‑office staff member…