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Millersburg Area SD hears budget showing deficit driven by cyber-charter and special-education costs
Summary
The district’s proposed 2024–25 budget shows a projected shortfall driven mainly by cyber-charter payments and rising special-education costs; the board was presented with staffing adjustments, a teacher step correction of $360,000 and a proposed 5.4% adjusted millage index, which the presentation estimated would raise the median homeowner’s tax by about $119 per year.
The Millersburg Area School District board received a high-level presentation of the proposed 2024–25 budget on a meeting item that identified cyber-charter and special-education spending as the chief drivers of a projected deficit.
The secretary, who presented the budget, said the district is budgeting a teacher step correction of “$360,000” for next year and an adjustment for secretaries totaling “$46,000.” He reported the district has budgeted roughly “$2,200,000” for cyber-charter costs and said special-education expenditures have risen sharply in recent years.
The nut graf: The board was told those three categories — cyber-charter payments, special-education placements and…
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