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Lower Moreland administration recommends withholding 20% of charter tuition while Pennsylvania budget remains unsettled
Summary
District officials told the board they plan to temporarily withhold 20% of public charter and cyber-charter tuition invoices — the district's estimated portion of unpaid state aid — until the Commonwealth passes a budget; the approach was presented as a temporary, legally reviewed measure and will be monitored for risk and timing.
A recommendation from Lower Moreland Township School District administrators to temporarily withhold 20% of each public charter and cyber-charter tuition invoice drew extended discussion at the board meeting as members pressed for legal and financial context.
The proposed strategy, summarized by district staff and included in a board memo, would delay 20% of payments that become due during the state budget impasse and hold those amounts until the Commonwealth enacts a budget and funding is restored. The administration told the board the 20% figure corresponds to the district’s share of state revenue currently withheld by the impasse.
"Under Pennsylvania law, we're required to pay…
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