When: Lampeter-Strasburg school board meeting, May 17, in person for members, Zoom for staff and YouTube for others.
What happened: The board approved an agreement with the West Lampeter Township tax collector authorizing the school district to collect its own real estate taxes.
Why itâs important: An agreement with Dee Dee McGuire, West Lampeter Townshipâs tax collector, appoints school district Business Manager Keith Stoltzfus as deputy tax collector to collect all school district taxes, as posted.
What it means: Stoltzfus said the agreement is a formality and just means the district will collect its own taxes. He said the district received 9,000 tax bills in the fall.
Lancaster County school district superintendents will join state lawmakers and education funding activists in a virtual forum on education funding at 2 p.m. Thursday.
The forum, moderated by Democratic state Rep. Mike Sturla, of Lancaster, will feature presentations and discussions about how to make basic education funding more equitable in Pennsylvania. The public is invited to view the forum at RepMikeSturla.com.
Sturla is expected to speak on his legislation that would accelerate full implementation of the stateâs fair funding formula established in 2016. Currently, only new additional money allocated in each yearâs state budget runs through the formula. Sturlaâs bill would establish a plan so all basic education dollars would flow through the formula in 10 years.