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Northern Lehigh School Board adopts preliminary 3.5% tax cap, sets special meeting to study building project
Summary
After hours of presentations and public comment, the Northern Lehigh School District board approved a preliminary 3.5% tax increase (preliminary millage set) by a 5–4 vote and scheduled an April 28 special meeting for a financial deep dive on a potential facilities bond and common campus plan.
The Northern Lehigh School District Board of Education on Monday approved a preliminary budget carrying a 3.5% maximum tax increase, setting preliminary millage rates at 26.2543 mills for Lehigh County and 78.4733 mills for Northampton County.
The vote, which passed 5–4, came after the district’s business manager reviewed projections showing a roughly $1.5 million gap in the preliminary 2025–26 budget after proposed one-time uses of fund balance. Administration said the recommended one-time uses total about $1,000,082 for items including network upgrades, a high-school flooring match and middle-school water-softening work; the district’s fund balance stands near $18 million as of the 2023–24 year-end presentation.
Why it matters: the preliminary cap frames how…
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