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Highlands School District will not increase its property tax rate by more than its state-imposed limit for next school year.
The school board certified this week that the district will not increase property taxes by more than 4.3%, the inflation limit set for the district by the state under Act 1.
That does not mean a tax increase of any amount is certain. The action means the district will not seek to raise the tax rate by more than its limit through a voter referendum or by applying to the state Department of Education for exceptions to a referendum.
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The New Kensington-Arnold School District may have to raise property taxes and furlough employees as it goes into a difficult budget at the same time it negotiates a new contract with its teachers union, the school board’s former president said.
The district raised the property tax rate by 3 mills, to 88.27 mills, for the current school year.
“After years of neglecting the budget, we had to raise taxes this year,” board member John Cope said. “I don’t see a way we’re not going to raise taxes again.”