Proposed EF budget includes tax increase

The district’s finance and operations director said the basic education subsidy from the state is “ridiculous.”

Elizabeth Forward’s proposed budget for the 202526 school year will have a property tax increase to the index at 5.6%.

The 2025-26 assessed value was certified by the Allegheny County office of property tax assessment April 28, 2025, and the assessed value is decreasing by $4,436,970 from the printing of the 2024 tax bills in July 2024.

This decrease in assessed value generates a ...