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Pennsauken board approves $177.7 million 2025–26 budget, authorizes up to $6.6M from capital reserve for facility projects
Summary
The Pennsauken Township Board of Education approved the 2025–26 school district budget and three related resolutions on April 29, 2025, including a travel/reimbursement cap of $92,350, a public information spending cap of $90,000, and authorization to transfer up to $6.6 million from capital reserve for multiple facility improvements. No members of the public spoke during the hearing.
The Pennsauken Township Board of Education on April 29 approved the 2025–26 school district budget and three companion resolutions authorizing limits on travel and public-information spending and permitting a capital reserve transfer of up to $6,600,000 for facility projects.
The board approved a district-wide Grand Total budget of $177,729,061, which includes a General Fund total of $168,344,816 and a local tax levy of $47,594,677. The budget packet filed with the board lists a Special Revenue Fund of $6,887,676 and a Debt Services Fund of $2,496,569, with a stated Banked CAP request of $0 for the coming year.
The board also adopted a resolution capping reimbursable travel and professional development expenses for staff and board members at a maximum of $92,350 for the 2025–26 school year, citing N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-7.2 and related sections for prior-approval requirements. A separate resolution established a maximum budget line of $90,000 for dissemination of public information as required during budget preparation under N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-5.2.
Board members recorded motions to open and close the formal budget public hearing; no community members spoke during the hearing or the later general public comment period. The single motion to approve agenda items 1–4 (the budget and the three resolutions) was made by Mr. McDevitt and seconded by Mr. Alves and was recorded as carried.
The board approved a resolution authorizing the Business Administrator/Board Secretary to withdraw up to $6,600,000 from the district’s Capital Reserve Fund to pay a portion of a multi-part capital project. The project list in the resolution includes: an eight-classroom addition to Baldwin preschool, elementary-school intercom replacements, PHS and middle-school auditorium sound and projector replacements, asbestos floor repair at elementary schools, gym echo remediation at Carson and Franklin elementary schools, replacement of approximately 100 doors at PHS and MS, fire alarm replacement, Carson library partitioning, PHS auto shop paint booth and mezzanine addition, an administration building office addition and HVAC work, procurement-related transportation relocation, and the purchase of ten new buses.
Mrs. Young, board president, gave a brief administrative update during "good of the order," noting that Ms. Steer’s portion of the superintendent evaluation was expected the next day, that the county representative would notify the board by Friday, and that the evaluation committee hoped to meet by May 15 so the board could vote at its June meeting to meet QSAC requirements by July 1. "We should receive notification from the county representative by Friday," Mrs. Young said.
Procedural votes recorded in the minutes show motions carried for opening the public comment period, closing it, approving agenda items 1–4, and adjourning. The meeting adjourned at 7:18 p.m.
What the board approved and what remains to be scheduled: the district moved forward with the budget and authorization to use capital reserve funds; the superintendent-evaluation timeline remains an administrative item to be completed in May and June. Vote tallies by individual board member were not specified in the meeting record provided.
