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IU 20 and vocational partner present budgets as health-care costs squeeze schools
Summary
IU 20 and a vocational partner presented 2026–27 operating budgets and warned that rising health-care costs — including use of weight‑loss injectable drugs in some plans — are a major driver of projected district contribution increases. The board approved several student‑service contracts.
The Saucon Valley School Board heard detailed budget presentations Wednesday evening from a Bethlehem vocational partner and from Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 (IU 20), which together framed personnel and medical costs as the largest budget pressures for 2026–27.
Adam Lazarczyk, introduced by the board as the Bethlehem partner presenter, told the board that personnel costs typically account for about three‑quarters of partner expenditures and walked members through the proposed increases in his program’s budget. He itemized a rise in salary and benefit costs of roughly $1,371,000 and a combined increase of about $1,535,316 across operations, supplies and other accounts — a 10.13% increase over last year — citing a total expenditure figure near $17 million.
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