Mars Area tentatively OK’s budget
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District’s board voted to tentatively adopt a 2022-23 $56 million budget at a meeting Tuesday night.
The budget breaks even, with $1,043,116 from the district fund balance used to fill a potential deficit. The use of the assigned fund balance is approximately $831,836 less than last year’s budget. Expenditures and revenues add up to $56,683,376 each, an increase of $1,610,326 from last year. There is no tax increase in the budget.
Board members will approve the final version of the budget at their second meeting in June, after the budget has been posted online for 30 days for public viewing.
“Our budget number is still significantly higher than it’s been in prior years,” business manager Debbie Brandstetter said Tuesday. “Part of the driver behind our deficit this year is the fact that were not able to take the cyber (charter school) number back down to where we were pre-pandemic.”
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