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Mount Pleasant Area SD cites $5.6M state funding shortfall as budget stalls; board sets Act 1 cap at 4.6%
Summary
JR Deritsa, the district business manager, told the board the district has received $1.4 million in state funds so far this fiscal year versus $7.1 million at the same point last year, leaving an approximate $5.6 million shortfall.
JR Deritsa, the Mount Pleasant Area School District business manager, told the board the state has not yet passed the 2025-26 budget and that the district has received only its property tax relief payment of $1,400,000 so far this fiscal year, compared with $7,100,000 at the same point last year.
"So far to date, we've only gotten our property tax relief payment of $1,400,000, and that's it for state funds," Deritsa said, adding the gap is about $5,600,000…
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