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Carlisle Area School District adopts Act 1 cap, keeps 2026–27 tax increase at 4.6% ceiling
Summary
The Carlisle Area School District board voted to adopt a resolution capping any 2026–27 property tax increase at the Act 1 index of 4.6%, while officials said the district expects state funding timing to normalize and noted one‑time fiscal impacts from late state settlements.
The Carlisle Area School District board on Nov. 6 adopted a resolution limiting any potential increase in the 2026–27 real‑estate millage to the adjusted Act 1 index of 4.6%, board finance chair Bruce Clash said during the meeting.
Clash told the board the Act 1 index is set annually by the Department of Education and state statute and represents the district’s ceiling on tax increases without following the more extensive override process. “So I move that the board approve the resolution…to limit any…
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