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Keystone Oaks superintendent says district is holding charter payments while Harrisburg considers budget
Summary
At a school board meeting, a board member reported both legislative chambers were called to Harrisburg on a possible budget, and Superintendent Dr. Straffy said the district would withhold charter school payments until the state budget is resolved.
A board member reported that both chambers of the state legislature had been called to Harrisburg and that votes on a budget agreement could come within a day or two, prompting immediate financial caution at the school district.
"Both sides of the legislature have been called to Harrisburg," the board member said, and indicated votes could occur "within the next day or two." The comment came during routine reports at the Keystone Oaks School District board meeting.
Superintendent Dr. Straffy said the district is responding by pausing charter school payments until the state budget situation is resolved. "I am holding back charter school payments right now, until we meet our state budget," she said during the finance discussion.
The board also heard that the Pennsylvania School Boards Association circulated a resolution urging local boards to contact legislators and press for passage of the state budget; one board member suggested placing the PSBA resolution on a future agenda for consideration.
Board members did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript on the matter; the meeting progressed with other routine agenda items and a subsequent voice vote on business later in the session. The board took no formal public-action vote in the transcript that specifically authorized withholding payments beyond the superintendent’s announced direction.
The pause on charter payments is an administrative step the district described as contingent on a state budget resolution; the superintendent framed it as a temporary measure pending legislative action in Harrisburg. The board adjourned its public-comment portion without comments and continued routine business.
