Daily News | Pa. auditor general accused Philly-area school districts of a ‘shell game’ to raise taxes
— three areas where districts are facing rising costs and are restricted from cutting back.
“Second-guessing the decisions of locally elected officials who are carefully planning to be able to maintain their educational programs in the face of increasing mandated costs, decreasing revenues, global pandemics, healthcare increases, or even late or uncertain budgets due to new legislative dynamics is simply counter to sound financial practice,” the association said.
“I do not at year-end transfer money out to qualify” for the tax exception, Scully said. He said that West Chester had received permission to raise taxes over the Act 1 limit in both 2017-18 and 2018-19 due to rising special education costs, but imposed lesser increases than it had been approved for — raising taxes 2.9% in the first year, when the index was 2.4%, and 2.8% the next, when the index was 2.3%.
“I am disappointed to hear the misleading rhetoric regarding this report,” North Penn Superintendent Todd Bauer said in a statement. He said North Penn had only actually used an Act 1 exception once in the last 10 years, to “support our special education programs.”
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