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Conestoga Valley faces multimillion-dollar gap; administrators offer millage scenarios and budget timeline
Summary
District finance officials said the draft 2025–26 budget projects $91M in revenue and $95M in expenditures, leaving a $4.2M deficit; using 50% of a potential state 'Ready to Learn' supplement and a 3% millage increase could trim the shortfall substantially, administrators said.
Conestoga Valley School District administrators on April 14 presented a draft 2025–26 budget showing $91,000,000 in expected revenue against $95,000,000 in planned expenditures, producing a projected $4,200,000 deficit.
Mrs. Huntzinger, who led the finance presentation, told the board the district budgeted a $1.0 million deficit for 2024–25 but now expects to close the year nearer $614,000 because real-estate tax collections and higher realty‑transfer receipts exceeded earlier estimates. She warned several revenue items remain uncertain, including how much of an additional $1.4 million in a proposed Ready to Learn adequacy…
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