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After five years of financial recovery, Penn Hills School District has been officially released from financial recovery. Members of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Penn Hills administration and the public gathered Thursday, May 23, in the library of Linton Middle School to announce the district’s exit from financial recovery status.
The Penn Hills School District may be on its way out of its “financial recovery” status. A petition to the state Department of Education is in the works, state-appointed chief recovery officer Dan Matsook announced at a board meeting Wednesday, May 31. He said there will be a lot of
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Penn Hills property owners should expect to pay a little more in school real estate taxes.
The school directors voted 7-2 Wednesday night to advertise the district’s preliminary 2021-22 spending plan with a 0.4-mill tax hike, which is an increase of about 1.35%.
It equates to a property owner with a home assessed at $50,000 having $20 added to the $1,504 tax bill, according a presentation by district Business Manager Eileen Navish.
Owners of a property assessed at $75,000 would pay $30 more to the $2,257 real estate taxes, and taxes on a $100,000 home would add $40 to its $3,009 tax bill.
The current real estate tax rate is 29.6965 mills the highest of school districts in Allegheny County.