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Dover Area SD projects about $4.6 million preliminary deficit as special-education, transportation and loss of tax base drive costs
Summary
CFO Miranda Weaver told the Dover Area School District board the preliminary 2026–27 budget shows an approximate $4.6 million deficit driven by rising special-education placement costs, increased LAU/LIU charges, higher utilities and a substantial loss of tax base after Washington Township’s secession.
Miranda Weaver, the district’s chief financial officer, told the Dover Area School District board on Jan. 20 that the district’s preliminary 2026–27 budget shows “we're looking at a deficit about 4.6” million dollars as the district balances rising costs against constrained revenues.
Weaver said local revenue — chiefly real-estate taxes — remains the largest funding source and that the district’s historic average tax collection rate is about 96.5%. She flagged several drivers of the gap: escalating special-education costs (including tuition placements that range “anywhere from $30,000 to $95,000 per student”), sharply higher LAU service charges in some areas (which she said have risen as…
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