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Kutztown Area School District lays out referendum path and tax scenarios to close $1.9M gap
Summary
District staff presented 2025–26 budget options to the budget finance committee, saying a referendum on May 20 would lock in a proposed 10.629% increase (about $2.3 million), while smaller increases or a 0% scenario leave varying deficits; staff flagged uncertain state charter funding and a possible PDE special-education exception.
Presenter (S2) told the budget finance committee the district faces multiple revenue pressures for the 2025–26 budget and outlined two simultaneous paths: submit referendum language to the elections board by March 21 for the May 20 ballot or pursue lower tax-increase options and expense reductions.
The presenter said the district’s baseline assumptions had been updated since the Feb. 24 briefing and described how taxable assessed-value declines and state-policy uncertainty are tightening revenue. “There’s no way to move. So we essentially have two paths that must occur at the same time,” the Presenter said, describing a referendum path that would put a 10.629% increase on the ballot (projected to generate…
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