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Octorara proposes $66.5 million 2025-26 budget; local taxes make up two-thirds of revenue
Summary
School officials presented a balanced $66,500,950 general fund budget for 2025-26, citing roughly $16 million in reserves, a 3–4% increase over the current year and conservative assumptions about state aid.
Octorara Area School District officials presented a proposed general fund budget of $66,500,950 for the 2025-26 school year, saying revenues and expenditures are balanced and largely supported by local taxes.
The finance presentation, delivered for the public record, showed local sources account for roughly 66% of general fund revenue (about $43,934,000), state revenue about 32% (roughly $21,500,000), and federal dollars about 2% (just over $1 million). The district reported a general fund balance of roughly $16,000,000 as of the most recent reporting period, after adding about $3 million in November to a June 30, 2024 balance of about $13 million.
Why it matters: The budget frames staff, instructional…
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