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Coatesville preliminary 2026'27 budget shows $12.6M gap; trustees advance resolution and schedule special meeting
Summary
District staff presented a preliminary $256.7 million budget with $244.0 million in projected revenue and a roughly $12.6 million gap driven by special-education, professional services and debt; trustees moved the preliminary-adoption resolution and scheduled a special board meeting for June 9 per Act 1.
Coatesville Area School District administrators presented the 2026'27 preliminary budget to the finance committee, reporting proposed expenditures near $256.7 million and projected revenues of about $244.0 million, yielding an estimated budget gap of approximately $12.6 million.
Lori Diefendorfer, who led the revenue-and-expense review, said major cost drivers include a $4.25 million increase in professional and technical services (including special education), a $4.22…
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