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Article: EASD proposed tax hike may shrink by 20%; State funding will determine amount of increase
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- Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- May 7, 2003
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The proposed tax hike for property owners in Ephrata Area School
District may be cut by at least 20 percent, according to Roger
Brubaker, the district's business manager.
At the school board's work session Monday evening, a poll of the
board revealed that members were most likely to support a tax
increase of only .8 mills, down from the originally proposed tax hike
of 1 mill.
The district has a proposed a budget of about $40.6 million, which
includes $243,000 in state funding earmarked by Gov. Ed Rendell.
However, the district is not completely sure it will receive all of
those funds because the state has not yet approved its budget.
However, if all of the funds come through, then the tax ...