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Jenkintown board adopts 4% tax increase in final 2025–26 budget, approves package of contracts
Summary
The Jenkintown School District on June 9 approved its final 2025–26 budget under option 2, a 4% tax increase that sets aside $150,000 for capital projects, and voted to approve a consent package of bills and contracts including facility and substitute-service agreements.
The Jenkintown School District board approved the district—s final 2025—26 budget on June 9, advancing a proposal that raises the tax rate by 4% and designates $150,000 for capital projects.
The board voted by voice during its combined work session and business meeting to accept consent items numbered 4.1 through 4.27, a package that the presiding official described as including payment of bills (about $2,600,000), treasurer reports, contract awards and the real-estate tax-levy and homestead/farmstead exclusion resolutions.
Why it matters: Board members framed the decision as an attempt to balance operating…
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