Budget > Highlights

Expenditure Highlights

• Expenditures include a total of 5 new regular education teaching positions, 2 special education teaching positions, 5 special educational assistants, one secretary at the high school, one half nursing position, 3 custodians (high school), and one maintenance position at the high school.
• Instructional technology initiatives and enhancements impact the budget by $1,486,789.
• The expenditure total includes payment of $2,222,700 to regular charter and cyber charter schools for the cost of tuition for district residents enrolled in these State approved schools. This is a requirement as a result of Act 22 of 1997.
• Salary and employee benefits represent over 63% of the district's total expenditure budget.
• Over 59% of the district's budget is budgeted for direct instruction and instructional support.

Revenue Highlights

• The millage rate for 2009/10 was established at 24.95 mills. This represents a 2.0% increase over the 2008/09 rate of 24.46, or an increase of $73.50 for the average home assessed at $150,000. The net effect of the property tax reduction of $190.72 per homestead/farmstead is a decrease of $117.22 per average home/farmstead.
• 76.9% of the district's revenue comes from local sources, State sources represent 21.9%, and Federal sources represents1.2%.
• State instructional subsidy for 2009/10 represents approximately $1,248 per student.