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Conestoga Valley SD reports $13 million year-end general fund balance; flags rising special-education costs
Summary
District staff gave a preliminary 2024–25 finance update showing an ending general-fund balance near $13 million, revenue overage of roughly $800,000 and growing special-education and cyber-tuition costs that officials say will strain future budgets.
Adele, a district finance staff member, told the Conestoga Valley School District board at its work session that preliminary 2024–25 results show revenues ahead of budget by about $800,000 and an ending general-fund balance of roughly $13,000,000, down from a $15,000,000 beginning balance.
"Overall, we were over budget revenues by $800,000 and that was primarily due to some of the additional ready to learn adequacy supplement funds that we received from the state in 24-25," Adele said. She cautioned the figures are preliminary while auditors finish their work.
Why it matters: the Pennsylvania Department of Education limits schools' unassigned fund balance as a share of budgeted expenditures; Adele said the district's…
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