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Upper St. Clair School District unveils 2016-17 budget

By Terry Kish For The Almanac Writer@thealmanac.Net 2 min read

At the April 11 Upper St. Clair board of school directors’ committee of the whole meeting, superintendent of schools Dr. Patrick O’Toole and finance director Frosina Cordisco presented an update of the proposed 2016-17 budget.

A proposed 1.3033 mill tax increase is projected to generate an additional $2,792,951 to bring the district’s total projected revenue to $76,203,330. The effect of the millage increase per $200,000 of assessed value would be a $261.

Three percent of Upper St. Clair School District’s revenue comes from federal funding and 21 percent comes from the state, with the majority of revenue coming from local real estate taxes.

Projected expenses for 2016-17 are $77,151,851, leaving a shortfall of $948,521.

The budget’s key cost drivers in 2016-17 are salaries at $1.3 million, PSERS at $925,000 after state reimbursement, a three percent increase in health care cost of $245,000, and the 1:1 iPad Initiative, which includes an investment of $270,000 for iPads to be leased over three years at an estimated lease cost of $95,500 and $18,000 for iPad applications, and other iPad related expenditures and capital related expenditures for the iPad implementation.

The proposed budget includes no additional debt service or revenue for any major capital endeavor.

By far the biggest increase in expenses is in benefits for PSERS and health care. Health care has increased by $244,561. The PSERS contribution has increased $1,846,647. While the state reimburses half of the PSERS expenditure, Upper St. Clair’s portion is approximately $925,000.

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