Friday, January 25, 2013
Hatboro-Horsham School District officials said its annual disbursement from the federal government in lieu of taxes on Willow Grove air base is ‘guaranteed’ for a few years.
Calling it a “significant victory,” Hatboro-Horsham School District officials shared that for the next few years, administrators will not have to fret about how much – if any – federal aid will be received for Willow Grove air base. Robert Reichert, the district’s director of business affairs, said the district has been working for the last few years to “streamline the funding formula” in order to help stabilize payments. During Tuesday night’s school board meeting, Reichert said the district did just that. For this year, Hatboro-Horsham will receive $1.2 million, he said. For 2014 and 2015, the district is “guaranteed” $635,000 or $640,000 minimum. “We were able to get the past years payments that were due us,” Reichert said of the …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Hatboro-Horsham School District officials said moving forward the approximate $650,000 in federal impact aid for the former Willow Grove air base could be reduced.
The "looming question" for Hatboro-Horsham School District officials revolves around more than just whether federal dollars will be received in lieu of 1,100 acres of non-taxable land at the former Willow Grove air base. Since the federal government proposed an 8 percent across-the-board funding reduction effective in January 2013, Hatboro-Horsham officials are wondering how much federal aid will be forthcoming in future school years. "The one looming question every year that’s going to impact us is impact aid," Superintendent Curtis Griffin said during Monday's school board work session. "The immediate thing every year is will we receive federal dollars?" The answer, according to Bob Reichert, the district's director of business affairs…
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Hatboro-Horsham School District will receive $112,990 to cover instructional coaches, support staff for about 30 kindergarteners.
For the second year in a row, Hatboro-Horsham School District has received an unexpected windfall of state funding above the amount factored into the district’s 2012-2013 budget. On Monday, the Hatboro-Horsham School Board approved a budget supplement of $112,990. Those state funds, which were initially announced in June following the district's budget adoption, would cover the district’s accountability block grant. The state-funded grant provides for early education programs aimed at improving student achievement. District officials said the allotment would cover the expense of a kindergarten support teacher, a full-time assistant, a literacy coach an elementary math coach, as well as the expense of books, materials and supplies for about…
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
President Obama's proposal to eliminate funding for school districts near military installations could pose further budgetary concerns for Hatboro-Horsham.
The Hatboro-Horsham School District knew the approximate $650,000 earmark from the federal government would go away eventually – but the possibility of the loss beginning next year has made district officials “fearful.” Officials, during Tuesday night’s school board meeting, announced plans to lobby against President Obama’s proposal to cut federal impact aid for districts, including Hatboro-Horsham, that receive federal government funding for military land within the district’s coverage area. Each year, Hatboro-Horsham receives roughly $650,000 because the 1,100-acre Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove is not on the tax rolls, Superintendent Curtis Griffin said. If Obama’s proposal moves forward, Bob Reichert, director of …
Mike Shortall
9:23 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
Thanks, but no thanks ... No airport exists without growing and growing. Eventually that airport would become so busy, it would push everything else out. And an airport would severely limit what development could take place there. more ›