Local school districts adopt budgets
Every year, school districts in Pennsylvania adopt a general fund budget by June 30, one of the most important responsibilities of a school district.
Following is a roundup of 2021-22 final budgets that local school districts have adopted in recent weeks.
Fayette County
Albert Gallatin Area School District: School board directors passed the $62,752,298 budget with a real estate millage rate increase of 0.657, setting the new millage rate at 15.592.
Connellsville Area School District: The district’s budget of $81,021,793 was approved without a tax increase. The millage rate was set at 14.2481 mills.
Frazier School District: Directors passed a budget of $19,600,005 with no millage rate increase. It remains at 20.0476 mills.
Laurel Highlands School District: The district’s $55,789,821 budget was passed with a millage rate increase of 0.7328, bringing the total millage rate to 19.0534.
Uniontown Area School District: The school board passed the $53.12 million budget and did not raise taxes. Taxes remain at 16.64 mills.
Brownsville Area School District did not provide budget information.
Greene County
Central Greene School District: The school board adopted a $33,864,771 spending plan that does not include a tax increase. The millage rate remains at 29.1175.
Jefferson-Morgan School District: The school board adopted a $15,019,000 spending plan. There is no tax increase, and the millage rate remains at 29 mills.
Southeastern Greene School District: The school district budget was approved without a tax increase. The millage is set at 23 mills for 2021-22.
West Greene School District: Directors approved a $15,250,107 budget. There is no tax increase, and the millage rate is set at 19.96 mills.
Carmichaels did not provide budget information.
Washington County
Bethlehem-Center School District: The board of directors adopted a $22.150 million general fund budget of approximately $22.150 million, which includes a .4578-mill increase. It raises the millage rate to 10.8643 mills.
California Area School District: The school board adopted a final general fund budget of $16,354,773. The millage rate was set at 12.8943 mills, an increase of .5078 mills.