Gettysburg Area SD finance staff present preliminary 2025–26 budget showing $2.5 million shortfall

Belinda, a district finance staff member, told the Gettysburg Area School District Board of Directors that the districtis presenting a preliminary 202526 26 budget with no proposed tax increase and an unreconciled difference of about $4.5 million. After planned one-time uses of reserve funds totaling about $1.9 million, the district still faces a $2.5 million gap that must be closed before final adoption.

Why it matters: The presentation outlined revenue and expenditure changes that many districts are seeing: federal pandemic-era funds have largely expired, special-education and labor costs are rising, and local revenue remains the districtprimary funding source. The board will review updates over the spring and must adopt a final budget for filing with the Pennsylvania Department of Education by June 30.

Belinda said the districtremains locally reliant for revenue, with about 68% of funding projected to come from local sources and roughly 31%…