Board Approves Proposed Final Budget At the April 16 Regular Meeting the School Board unanimously approved the 2012-13 Proposed Final Budget in the amount of $80,623,500 at a millage rate of 27.13 which is an increase of .5 mills over the previous year's budget. The Board plans to continue budget discussions at the May 14 Discussion Meeting. Budget Newsletter Check your mailbox for a budget newsletter from Board President Josephine Posti outlining the major challenges of the 2012-13 budget. Budget Update 4.03.12 The School Board continued discussion of the budget at the April 2, 2012 Discussion meeting. The Board reviewed each item on the reduction list. An updated list has been posted. Special Budget Meeting The School Board held a special meeting on March 26, 2012, in the Jefferson Middle School Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the 2012-13 budget. This included a discussion of the items on the budget reduction list. Budget Update At the Dec. 12 School Board Discussion meeting, the majority of the Board indicated they were in support of presenting a preliminary 2012-13 budget in January with the intent to apply for the exceptions to the Act 1 Index. This preliminary budget must propose a millage increase which exceeds the Index in order to become eligible for exceptions to the Index. This does not require the Board to levy a tax increase, it only preserves the Board’s right to use exceptions to the Index if they choose. The budget is approximately $2.4 million out of balance primarily due to increases in health care costs, PSERS rate increase and salary increase. 2012-13 Budget Presentation(PPT) 2012-13 Draft Preliminary Budget Summary 2012-13 Preliminary Budget

School Board Begins Discussions  of Budget Issues for 2012-13
At the September 19 School Board meeting, Business Director Jan Klein presented the Board with issues to consider in advance of  discussions to develop the 2012-13 budget. The meeting video and PPT presentation is available online.