CHRIS MORELLI cmorelli@lockhaven.com
MILL HALL The Keystone Central school board got an in-depth look at the proposed 2021-22 budget during Thursday night’s voting session.
KCSD superintendent Jacquelyn Martin and business manager Susan Blesh made the presentation. The budget features zero tax increase. The proposed final budget adoption will take place at the voting session on Thursday, May 13 with final budget adoption scheduled for the voting session on Thursday, June 17.
“We thought we were close to closing the budget gap … we’ve been able to do that,” Martin told the board.
The tentative budget for 2021-22 features expenses at $82,987,797 and revenue at $77,722,918. ESSER grant funds are $5,264,879. There would be no shortfall and no use of budget reserves. There would be $15,599,731 in reserves remaining.
CHRIS MORELLI cmorelli@lockhaven.com
MILL HALL In a year that has been anything but normal, the Keystone Central school board heard some good news at Thursday night’s work session.
KCSD superintendent Jacquelyn Martin said that the district will receive millions of dollars in federal stimulus funding. Earlier this week, it was announced that Pennsylvania schools would get nearly $5 billion from the federal COVID-19 aid package. According to the Department of Education’s website, KCSD is expected to receive $10,677,162.
“(We) are continuing to look at how we believe we can best effectively use this one-time stimulus money,” Martin explained. “We’ve been attending seminars and presentations, making sure that we have the best information. I’ve been collaborating with other superintendents on how they plan to strategically use these funds.”