Act 1, Take Two
210, 102, 61, 133, and 228. Those numbers represent the total number of school districts that received referendum exceptions in the last five fiscal years
210, 102, 61, 133, and 228. Those numbers represent the total number of school districts that received referendum exceptions in the last five fiscal years
This week’s Brief pointed out the rather complex process under which the County, municipalities, and school districts will have to adjust their millage rates when
The Department of Education just granted 199 Pennsylvania school districts an exemption enabling them to raise taxes by more than the "index" calculated by the
Taxpayers living in Monroeville have to be upset. Consider that at the end of 2011 Allegheny County raised property taxes 20%. As reassessed values were
A column over the weekend pointed out that while state law spells out what has to happen to tax rates after an assessment in Allegheny
Death and school tax increases? About a quarter of the school districts in Allegheny County have applied for an exception to possibly exceed their Act
When the state passed Act 71 of 2005 it required Allegheny County, its 128 municipalities, and 43 school districts to follow new requirements for property
After a May vote to hold the line on taxes and spending that would have led to 23 staff layoffs, the Plum School Board made
As we pointed out recently in a blog and a Policy Brief there were around eleven school districts in Allegheny County that sought permission from