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Northwestern Lehigh board gives staff guidance to prepare final budget using a 3.5% tax-rate scenario
Summary
At its May 14, 2025 meeting the Northwestern Lehigh School District board heard updated revenue and expense figures, noted roughly $149,600 in fuel-bid savings and directed staff to prepare the final 2025‑26 budget based on a 3.5% tax-rate increase, with a formal vote set for next month.
At its May 14 meeting the Northwestern Lehigh School District board of school directors directed staff to prepare the district's final 2025-26 budget assuming a 3.5% tax-rate increase, after finance staff presented recent cost reductions and updated shortfall estimates.
The guidance came after a finance update that identified roughly $149,600 in savings from a recent fuel bid and insurance premium changes, which reduced projected expenditures to about $55,204,399. Board members discussed three…
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