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Preliminary budget shows 3.99% draft increase; board reviews enrollment-projection and communications contracts
Summary
Administration presented a preliminary budget draft with a 3.99% recommended increase (up to the Act 1 index of 4.6 if the board chooses). Board reviewed enrollment-projection work (county contract ~ $13,000) and debated a communications contract cap (Turpany Communications, up to $15,000 proposed, with members noting actual use has been about $2,000 over two years).
JENKINTOWN, Pa. — At its March 10 work session the Jenkintown School District presented a high-level preliminary budget that would result in a 3.99% tax-rate increase in the draft; the administration said the board could elect to use the district’s full Act 1 adjusted index of 4.6.
The superintendent summarized key figures in the draft: revenues listed at $20,172,322; the general fund identified at just under $6,500,000; capital projects at about $743,000; and expenses year-to-date described as just over $10,600,000 (about 55% of the budgeted total). The administration noted final…
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