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Harrisburg officials present $227.75 million proposed final budget and ask community to weigh a 3% tax increase
Summary
District finance leaders presented a proposed $227,749,738 2026–27 budget that assumes 100% of the governor’s proposed basic and special-education formulas and a 3% mill increase (0.942 mills) to cover an $11.4 million funding gap; board members asked for updated long-range projections from PFM and more line-item detail before final adoption on June 30.
Harrisburg City School District budget officials on Tuesday walked board members through a proposed $227,749,738 budget for the 2026–27 school year that would include a 3% property-tax increase, equal to 0.942 mills, and an estimated $11.4 million rise in spending compared with the current year.
Dr. Marcia Stokes, who led the presentation, said the draft assumes receipt of 100% of the governor’s proposed basic education funding and special-education formula increases and includes a proposed adequacy supplement. She told the board the proposal relies heavily on state aid — “about 60–67% of our revenues” — and that, in the near term, local tax revenue would provide only a portion of the increase (about $600,000 of a $1.4 million local uptick under…
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