Votes at a glance: Springfield School District board approves 2025–26 budget, tax levy, generator replacements and other measures

SPRINGFIELD, Pa. — The Springfield School District Board of School Directors voted on a slate of budget, contract and procedural items at its May 29 regular meeting, approving the district’s final 2025–26 general fund budget, a 2.95 millage increase, replacement of emergency generators at three schools and several other measures.

Board action highlights

• Final 2025–26 general fund budget: Approved (7–0). The board adopted a $93,622,451 expenditure budget for 2025–26 and approved a proposed 2.95 millage increase. The district projected it will need to use $1,363,000 of fund balance to close the budget gap. According to the district presentation, the proposed millage increase would generate $1,660,000 in local tax revenue; a property assessed at $200,000 would see an annual increase of $127, the median household would see $185 and a $450,000 home would see $286 under the proposal. The district noted increases in salary and benefits (+$2,316,399) and continued rising special-education costs (special-education subsidy covers about 16.56% of those expenses).

• 2025 annual tax levy (final): Approved (7–0). The board approved a final real-estate tax levy of 22.1783 mills for 2025–26 as…