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Wissahickon board approves preliminary $140.9 million budget, authorizes state exception request
Summary
At a special meeting the Wissahickon School District board approved a $140,939,281 preliminary budget and authorized staff to apply for a special-education exception to exceed the Act 1 index, seeking a 5.1% cap. The vote passed 7–0 with two absences.
Wissahickon School District — The Wissahickon School District Board of Directors on Tuesday evening approved a preliminary $140,939,281 budget and authorized administration to file for a state special-education exception that would allow the district to exceed the statutory Act 1 index and seek a maximum tax increase of 5.1 percent.
The move is procedural: the board approved the preliminary budget for submission to the state, not a final tax rate or the final budget. Steve, the finance committee presenter, told the board the administration’s plan shows $140,939,281 in total expenditures and projects $139,569,544 in revenue, creating a shortfall in the preliminary plan. “This preliminary budget is … for a $140,939,281,”…
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