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Following the unusual April 17 decision to send the proposed 2024-25 operating budget back to committee this late in the process, Palisades School District officials provided an update May 1.

Last February, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court declared that our system for funding public schools, grades K-12, is actually unconstitutional; it deprives children living in poor communities …

The New Hope-Solebury School Board approved a 2% property tax increase when it adopted the final budget for the district’s 2023-24 fiscal year.The total expenditure budget is $48,447,416, which is …

The Neshaminy School Board approved a final 2023-24 budget June 27 that holds the line on property taxes.The board voted 8-0 to approve the $202.9 million budget that leaves total millage at 171.23, …

Souderton Area School District (SASD) unanimously approved the proposed 2023–24 budget on June 22. The $147,595,007-budget reflects the Act 1 index increase of 4.1%. The current tax rate is 31.440 …

For the third consecutive year, the Central Bucks School District is raising taxes. In a unanimous vote, the school board recently approved a 2.75 percent millage rate hike, meaning those with an …

The May 18 New Hope-Solebury School Board meeting was eventful as honors and mentions were made for prizes won and records broken but the main event was the presentation of the proposed final budget …

Neshaminy School District Business Administrator Donald Irwin recommended that the district take steps to levy an earned income tax at the Wednesday, March 29 Business Operations Committee …

The Palisades School District’s Fiscal Committee is recommending a no-tax increase budget for 2023-24. The announcement was made during the committee report at the March 15 school board meeting.

I read the (Jan. 5 opinion piece in the Herald concerning taxes and spending in New Hope-Solebury schools and was alarmed. I consulted my own tax records, reviewed board meeting minutes and …

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