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Board updates budget outlook; approves multiple contracts, grants and capital steps
Summary
Board received a budget update showing an estimated $4.6M deficit without a tax increase, authorized fund‑balance uses and several contracts including a $821,319 sewer contract and a title search for district land; also approved grants and vendor agreements including Project Lead The Way ($10,000) and FMX.
At its Jan.15 meeting, the Southern York County School District board received a comprehensive budget update and approved a package of operational and capital actions.
Budget update: Business officers told the board the preliminary 2026‑27 budget deficit without a tax increase was about $5.0 million in November. Subsequent adjustments — including a reduced projected cyber charter rate, lower electricity adders and other offsets — and a recommended contingency reduction (from $400,000 to $300,000) reduced the shortfall to approximately $4.6 million. The district began the fiscal year with an approximate fund balance of $27 million and has earmarked about $7.4 million for capital…
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