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The New Kensington-Arnold School District is going forward with a preliminary 2021-22 budget carrying a 6.8% property tax increase despite Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal that boost funding for public schools.
Wolf released his budget proposal Tuesday. It contains nearly $2 billion extra for schools a more than 20% increase paid for with an increase in the state’s personal income tax rate.
New Kensington-Arnold’s preliminary budget, which the school board approved Tuesday night, still carries a 6-mill property tax increase. The board authorized business Manager Jeff McVey to ask the state to allow the district to increase the tax rate by more than its state-imposed inflation limit of 4.4% without voter approval.