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A budgeting oversight has led to the School District of Lancaster spending nearly $10 million it did not have during the 2024-2025 school year, according to the district. A budgeting oversight has led to the School District of Lancaster spending nearly $10 million it did not have during the 2024-2025 school year, according to the district.
Notes from the 2025 fiscal year audit shared by the school district showed that multiple factors contributed to a -$9.6 million fund balance.Superintendent Dr. Keith Miles told CBS 21 back then that 70% of that was to go to staff payroll, and the rest was dedicated to other priorities like facility maintenance and cultural navigators for social and emotional learning.Additionally, healthcare expenses required a $2 million transfer from the general fund, staff explained. Tuition expenses from cyber and charter schools exceeded the budget by $3 million, while transportation and building maintenance accounted for a combined $1.7 million over budget. Since 2017, the district has recorded a 12.9% rise in full-time employment numbers while experiencing a 12.15% decline in enrollment rates, contributing to budgeting difficulties, data shows. For reference, in that same time span, the district went from having 12.76 students per full-time staff member to 9.99 by 2025. From 2015 to 2024, the district reported a rise of nearly $15,000 to roughly $26,000 in general operating expense per student, marking a 74.5% increase. One of the long-term plans the district revealed is to include a local tax increase at the projected Base Act 1 index through 2031.After pounds of marijuana were seized from two Reading area smoke shops last September, authorities have arrested two people and are searching for a third.A Pennsylvania County has started a petition to try to prevent a former Big Lots distribution center from being converted into an ICE detention facility.A patient was flown to a hospital for treatment after being intubated on Sunday in Perry County.Neighbors of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Montgomery County residence have filed a lawsuit against the governor and his wife.Fairview Township police have arrested a man accused of attacking a coworker in December at a store in New Cumberland.
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