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Finance briefing: CrisisGo renewal and explanation of Act 1 tax index for Southeast Delco
Summary
Finance staff reported a CrisisGo renewal for $30,052.52 (10/1/2025–9/30/2028) and explained Southeast Delco's Act 1 index allows a 5.2% tax-rate cap for the district (higher than the 3.5% base), describing homestead-exclusion mechanics and a gaming-derived allocation used to offset potential tax increases.
The district's finance representative presented three finance items at the Oct. 16 committee meeting, including a renewal of the district crisis-and-response platform CrisisGo for $30,052.52 covering Oct. 1, 2025, through Sept. 30, 2028, and a discussion of the district's Act 1 index calculation.
Mr. Butler said most Pennsylvania school districts have a 3.5% base index for tax increases, but Southeast Delco's allowable rate for the year is 5.2%. He said that a district exceeding its index must submit exception documents to the Department of Education.
Explaining offsets that affect individual taxpayers, Mr. Butler described the homestead exclusion process and a gaming-derived allocation from the Department of Education that was identified to offset potential tax increases. He said last year about 5,000 district residents applied for the homestead exclusion and cited an identified allocation of a little over $1,500,000 that the district used to temper tax liabilities; some residents saw reductions in their tax liabilities as a result.
The finance report also listed a contracted charter-bus transportation arrangement to be paid from the general fund. No formal vote on these finance items is recorded in the committee transcript.
