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Mount Lebanon board reviews preliminary 2026–27 budget, schedules Act 1 opt-out vote
Summary
Administrators presented a preliminary 2026–27 budget showing a $4,238,385 shortfall if the district holds millage flat; the board was told it may adopt an Act 1 opt-out resolution on Jan. 26 to certify a tax increase ceiling of 4.1%.
Administrators told the Mount Lebanon School District Board at its Jan. 12 meeting that the district’s preliminary 2026–27 budget shows a projected revenue shortfall of $4,238,385 if millage remains flat.
The presenter explained that Pennsylvania’s Act 1 of 2006 sets an annual inflation-based limit on property tax increases and that Mount Lebanon’s adjusted Act 1 index for 2026–27 is 4.1%. The district’s current millage is 30.95; applying the full 4.1% index would raise the millage to 32.2189 and increase real-estate…
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