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Harrisburg school board declines immediate re-entry into city—tax-abatement program, directs negotiation for future terms
Summary
After a lengthy discussion about the city—run LERTA tax-abatement program and its impact on district revenue, the board declined to rejoin for calendar-year 2026 and instructed administration and legal counsel to negotiate district-preferred changes for any successor program starting in 2027.
The Harrisburg School District Board on March 10 debated whether to rejoin the city's tax-abatement program known as LERTA (Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance). District staff reported the program expired Dec. 31, 2025 and noted that most prior approvals in Harrisburg had been residential and in many cases carried 100% exemptions for 10 years.
Dr. Stokes and the district solicitor described the fiscal trade-offs: LERTA can stimulate development, but approvals that reduce school-property tax…
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