Berwick Area SD presenter warns vocational fund balance would be depleted under current VOTECH proposal

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At a board meeting, a district presenter told directors a proposed vocational (VOTECH) budget that uses $700,000 of a roughly $1.2 million fund balance would leave the program with about $500,000 and risk instability next year; the presenter also highlighted rising outside cyber and pension costs and said a full three-year budget will be presented next week.

Presenter, speaking to the Berwick Area SD board, said the vocational-education program (VOTECH) has a roughly $1.2 million fund balance and that the current budget proposal would use about $700,000 of that balance, leaving approximately $500,000 for the following year. The presenter warned that drawing down the fund balance at that level would be difficult to sustain without either additional revenue or expense reductions.

The presenter said VOTECH requested a 4.9 percent increase from member districts but that even with the increase the program would not meet its proposed spending levels. "They have about a 1,200,000 I'll call it a fund balance. They're looking at 700,000 of that to be used," the presenter said, and cautioned board members that using the fund balance "will not work next year" if revenues and costs remain equal.

The board…

Berwick Area SD presenter warns vocational fund balance would be depleted under current VOTECH proposal

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