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Finance committee moves to advertise proposed final 2026-27 budget after detailed presentation
Summary
The North Penn School District finance committee voted to advertise the proposed final 2026-27 budget for public review after a presentation detailing revenue and expenditure changes, including higher special education and software costs and a $3.3 million capital set-aside.
The finance committee of the North Penn School District voted to advertise the proposed final budget for budget year 2026-27 for public review and comment, a procedural step that will put the draft on display ahead of a final vote in June.
Miss Houser, the district’s CFO and budget presenter, told the committee the proposed final is the draft the district must publish for 30 days before final adoption and that committee action tonight would send it to the work session for formal advertising. "The proposed final budget is essentially the draft budget that we make available for the public to review and comment on before we have the final vote on June 18," she said.
Why it matters: the proposal lays out revenue and expense changes that will shape tax bills and school services next year. Miss Houser said local revenue is based on a 3.5% index and that she has reserved funds to cover potential assessment appeals; she cited a local revenue figure of about $260,000,008.93. The presentation identified increases in special education costs, higher contract and software/license expenses, and an estimated $2 million increase in charter-school tuition payments.
Key budget details presented by Miss Houser include state basic education funding of about $19.3 million and special education funding around $8.1 million, gaming revenue projected at about $8.2 million, and federal title grants near $2.4 million. On the expenditure side, she highlighted object-level increases: roughly $821,000 in other professional services, higher outsourcing and charter payments in the 500 series (about $2 million), a roughly $457,000 increase in supplies, a $1 million uptick in technology licensing and related software, and a $3.3 million set‑aside for capital spending.
Miss Houser also described personnel-related assumptions: medical and prescription costs budgeted at 14.6% higher and overall salary increases embedded in the draft (she said the salary projection for next year is about 3.7%). She warned there remains a projected deficit near $750,000 before transfers to capital and said some fund balance will be used to finance capital priorities.
Board members pressed for clarifications on charter payments, staffing assumptions and the level of detail the public will receive. Miss Houser said more detailed line-item information will be posted on the district website and on the state form (Form 20-28) within the next 10 days. "We will put it in the tax section on the website as well to remind people," she said.
Votes at a glance: committee members approved routine assessment stipulations and refunds presented earlier in the meeting (including settlements for RE Plus Airport Square, Lansdale Fee Owner LLC, Vivi North Wales parcels, 212 Church Road LLC and a refund to Spectrum Partners) and voted to move advertising of the proposed final to the work session for public display. Those items passed by voice votes; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the meeting transcript.
Next steps: the proposed final budget will be posted and available for public comment before a final adoption vote scheduled for the district’s June meeting. Committee members said they expect to revisit some line items at the June finance meeting and that material changes are not anticipated but small tweaks remain possible.
