BUTLER TWP — Regina Hiler, executive director of the Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School, presented the school’s budget proposal to the Butler Area School District board Monday, Feb. 27.

The vocational-technical school receives funding from each school district it serves to make up its budget. Hiler presented the proposed budget for the 2023-24 school year at a February meeting of the vocational-technical school’s Joint Operating Committee. The budget shows an operating cost of more than $6.51 million, about $207,000 more than the previous year.

The budget share coming from Butler school district is proposed at approximately $2.3 million. For the 2022-23 school year, that share is about $2.2 million.

Several line items decreased in the proposed budget compared to the current year’s budget, including salaries and employee benefits.

Line items that increased in cost in the proposed budget include supplies; property services such as the student information system, solicitor fees and contracted safety and security services; and “other purchased services.” The budgetary reserve also increased from about $85,000 to a proposed $92,000.

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