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Connellsville Area SD presents no‑increase millage and advances budgets to Wednesday agenda
Summary
The Connellsville Area School District moved its proposed 2026–27 real‑estate millage (16.2354 mills) and several budget items, including a $4.95 million Career & Technical Center budget, to the board meeting agenda for formal consideration; the transcript did not clearly record the district general fund total.
The Connellsville Area School District’s board advanced its proposed 2026–27 tax and budget items to the next meeting, with officials saying the proposed real‑estate millage will remain unchanged from the prior year.
At a pre‑agenda meeting, finance staff asked the board to place on Wednesday’s agenda a resolution establishing a millage rate of 16.2354 mills for the 2026–27 school year. "That is the same. That is no increase," said Mr. Ralston during the discussion, confirming the board would not raise the rate for taxpayers this year. The board did not take a final vote at the pre‑agenda session.
The finance report also included requests to place the final general fund budget and the Connellsville Area Career & Technical Center (CACTC) general fund budget on Wednesday’s agenda. The CACTC budget was listed at $4,948,756. The transcript’s presentation of the districtwide general fund total was garbled and not stated clearly; the amount is therefore not specified in this report.
Officials also asked to place on the agenda an Act 511 annual tax levy resolution and a homestead/farmstead exclusion resolution. The homestead/farmstead item in the packet listed a reduction of $276.31 affecting 8,914 properties. Finance staff told the board that changes in the homestead‑exemption list produced only a small net change in state reimbursement this year.
Board members asked for clarifying language to appear on the Wednesday agenda about the millage so the record would show explicitly that the rate is unchanged.
No final votes or approvals were recorded in the pre‑agenda transcript; each of the finance items was moved to be considered at the board’s next meeting.
What happens next: The budgets and tax resolutions will appear on Wednesday’s formal agenda for possible approval or amendment.
