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William Penn SD proposes 4.45% property tax increase to balance 2026–27 budget
Summary
William Penn School District administrators proposed a 4.45% real-estate tax increase to generate about $2.3 million to cover rising contract costs, benefits and planned restorations to staff and programs; the proposed budget will be presented May 26 with a final adoption required by June 30.
Debbie Mazlowski, chief financial officer for William Penn School District, told the Budget and Finance Committee the district is proposing a 4.45% increase in real-estate taxes that would raise roughly $2.3 million to address higher contract and benefit costs and the district's staffing priorities for 2026–27.
"If we look at the revenue we are looking to increase taxes 4.45% which will give us about $2.3 million in real estate taxes to assist with the increases in the costs here," Mazlowski said during the May committee meeting.
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