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West York Area SD board approves several budgets, rejects York County School of Technology budget 0-6
Summary
The board approved the district’s general operating budget and the York Adams Academy budget, approved an early-retirement incentive, and voted 0-6 to reject the York County School of Technology budget after debate over a 5% salary increase and staffing-cost drivers.
The West York Area School District board approved its general operating budget and the York Adams Academy budget and adopted a voluntary early-retirement incentive, but it rejected the York County School of Technology budget in a 0-6 roll-call vote after sustained debate over a proposed 5% salary increase that board members called unsustainable.
An unidentified board member argued during debate that "an increase that exceeds index is not acceptable and unsustainable," citing a county index benchmark and a concern that a 5% across-the-board act 93 increase could be fiscally untenable. Another board member noted a staffing-related driver in the York County…
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