Harrisburg City SD board approves $3.2M amendment after state funding update

The Harrisburg City School District Board of School Directors voted unanimously Dec. 2 to approve a 2025–26 amended budget that increases the district’s budget roughly $3.2 million to reflect updated state and federal allocations.

Doctor Marsha Stowe, who presented the amendment, told the board the changes stem from the state’s delayed budget process and from newly available information about several revenue streams. "We are receiving additional funds from the Commonwealth," Stowe said, and she identified a $7,400,000 adequacy supplement as the largest single increase in the district’s revenue picture.

Why it matters: The amendment adjusts the district’s official PDE-2028 budget form and shifts multiple revenue and expenditure lines. Stowe told trustees the district is decreasing interest-earnings projections by more than $400,000 because…