Category: Taxes

• Charter Schools Costs Cyber Charter Schools Taxes

  PSBA Releases White Paper on Charter/Cyber Charter Costs

  At the 2010 PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference, attendees were provided with the most recent analysis of the costs for charter and cyber charter schools.  The report includes five significant recommendations aimed at producing an equitable financial relationship between districts and charter schools.  Because of the inequities in what charter schools…

  October 16, 2010
• Act I School Board Taxes

  Act I Exceptions…Shared Knowledge

  I knew it would happen.  I’ve left some information out of my previous discussion on Act I.  Specifically, there are exceptions to the rule (or why else would it be a rule, right?). Here’s what I believe I know.  (And please don’t shoot me if I’m still wrong on some…

  January 10, 2010
• Taxes

  School taxes in Pennsylvania may soar to pay for pension promises – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

  As I’ve known, but am now much more sensitive to, budget planning is not always within the control of local school boards. This article describes just one of the many pressures on districts that communities need to be aware of. School taxes in Pennsylvania may soar to pay for pension…

  November 29, 2009