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Methacton board approves 2026–27 preliminary budget, authorizes Act 1 special-education exception
Summary
The Methacton School District board on Feb. 17 approved a 2026–27 preliminary budget that would require a 5.29% tax increase and authorized administration to apply for a special-education referendum exception under Act 1; the motion passed 9–0.
The Methacton School District Board of School Directors approved the district’s 2026–27 preliminary budget on Feb. 17, authorizing submission on PDE Form 2028 that reflects total expenditures of $143,485,304 and anticipated revenues of $141,714,243.
Miss Steffey, the district’s director of business services, told the board the package projects a shortfall that makes it necessary to seek a special-education referendum exception under Pennsylvania’s Act 1. The proposed plan would require a 5.29% property-tax increase; the district’s Act 1 index this year…
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