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Boyertown Area SD finance committee advances balanced $159.2M budget with 1.9% tax increase
Summary
Interim CFO presented a $159.2 million balanced 2025–26 budget that includes a 1.9% tax increase, support-staff market adjustments and placeholders for five full-day kindergarten teacher and paraprofessional positions; accepting state adequacy funding limits the district from exceeding the Act 1 index.
Interim CFO Mr. Lince told the Boyertown Area School District finance committee the 2025–26 budget being proposed is balanced at $159.2 million and includes a 1.9% property-tax increase.
The proposed budget reflects a conservative alignment of revenues to recent actuals and personnel expenditures to staffing patterns, Mr. Lince said. "The budget is balanced with a tax increase of 1.9%," he said, and the plan incorporates a 3% support-staff salary increase plus a $250,000 market adjustment designed to move support positions toward 50% of the county average.
Why it matters: the district is using a combination of more accurate revenue projections, tighter personnel costing (accounting for vacancies and later start dates) and limited tax growth to preserve programs while…
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