Gettysburg Area SD board hears update showing $1.8 million budget shortfall, schedules tax‑planning next steps

Gettysburg Area School District business staff told the Board of Directors that the working 2025–26 general fund budget has a remaining $1.8 million gap after recent expenditure reductions and planned use of fund balance.

Belinda, speaking during the budget presentation, said, “Our expenditures went down approximately $725,000 which then left our unreconciled gap to be $3,700,000 versus 4.5.” She said the district plans to continue to propose use of a committed fund balance of about $345,902 and to maintain an unassigned fund balance target equal to 6% of expenditures (about $4,700,000 under current assumptions).

The presentation and board discussion made clear the shortfall is driven primarily by personnel costs, health care benefits and the district's contribution to ACTI, the regional career and technical education consortium. Belinda said the budget includes a second year of ACTI funding and that “between personnel…