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Easton superintendent outlines state budget wins and local funding estimates
Summary
Superintendent Tracy Piazza told the board the state budget approved Nov. 12 increases K–12 funding statewide and that Easton’s estimated basic-education funding for 2025–26 is about $29.15 million, with additional ready-to-learn and special-education boosts pending grant rollouts.
Superintendent Tracy Piazza told the Easton Area School District board on Tuesday that the state budget ‘‘was approved on 11/12/2025’’ and outlined how recent legislation and appropriations could affect the district’s 2025–26 finances.
Piazza said statewide increases include an adequacy and tax-equity infusion, a roughly $565 million second adequacy installment, an approximate 2.7% increase in special-education funding, and a statewide $100 million allocation for school safety and mental-health initiatives through the ‘‘ready to learn’’ block grant. She said the state set aside $125 million for school facilities improvements, including $25 million…
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