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Abington board adopts $216 million preliminary budget, authorizes referendum-exception advertisement
Summary
The Abington Board of School Directors voted Feb. 10 to adopt a $216,004,564 preliminary general fund budget for 2026–27 and to authorize the administration to advertise for a referendum-exception related to middle-school debt. The budget assumes a 3.5% Act 1 index and includes a projected 33.59% PSERS contribution rate.
The Abington Board of School Directors on Feb. 10 adopted the district's preliminary 2026–27 general fund budget of $216,004,564 and authorized the administration to advertise its intent to request a referendum exception from the Pennsylvania Department of Education related to debt for the proposed Abington Middle School.
Miss Denicola presented the budget during the board's orientation period, saying the proposal assumes an Act 1 index of 3.5 percent and a projected Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) employer contribution rate of 33.59 percent. She said total revenues are estimated at $213,571,491 and total expenses at $216,004,564, producing a budgeted use of fund balance of $2,433,073. Denicola also outlined revenue and expense line items, including $150,183,544 in budgeted real estate taxes and roughly…
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