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Whitehall-Coplay School District committee flags $6M budget gap, backs 4.7% proposed tax index
Summary
Finance committee presented a draft 2026–27 budget that leaves an approximate $6 million unfunded gap and agreed to present a proposed final budget using the Act 1 index of 4.7% at the April 27 board meeting while staff and members study cuts and alternatives.
Whitehall-Coplay School District finance committee members were warned Tuesday that the district faces a significant shortfall for the 2026–27 school year and agreed to present a proposed final budget using the Act 1 index of 4.7% at the April 27 board meeting.
The committee convened to put a number on the proposed budget and heard that the district’s audited fund balance as of June 30, 2025, is about $9.5 million while the current package of revenues and expenditures leaves roughly a $6 million unfunded gap. “I’m not one for alarm bells … but it’s alarm bell time for our district,” the finance committee chair said, urging board members to engage now rather than waiting for the final meeting.
Why it matters: the committee must balance the statutory limits on tax increases…
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