Marcia Stokes, chief financial officer
The Harrisburg school board advanced a $227.1 million budget with a proposed a 1.5% property tax increase Tuesday.
The budget will be up for final approval at a board meeting next week.
The district’s Chief Financial Officer Marcia Stokes gave a budget presentation on the 2026-27 budget, with a 1.5% property tax hike—lower than the 3% initially proposed last month.
As long as the district gets an adequacy supplement from the state for the next five years, Stokes said, the district would be projected to have a balanced budget for the next five years with the smaller hike. And, if it does not receive the supplements (awarded annually), Stokes said, there are enough factors within board control to adjust the budget accordingly.
For a property assessed at $100,000, a 1.5% increase would mean the property owner’s bill would go up by $47.10 for the school portion of the property tax.
The district is waiting to officially adopt its budget until June 30, when the state’s budget is due to be passed. A substantial portion, 67%, of the district’s revenue comes from the commonwealth.
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