The Hollidaysburg Area School Board has approved a final 2021-22 general fund budget… but it includes a tax increase of 0.3365 mills. That means those residents with a property valued at $168,981 can expect to pay about $57 more per year in real estate taxes. The tax increase was passed on to property owners, despite the fact that several area residents showed up at the meeting… pleading with the board not to raise taxes… saying that a tax increase would be devastating to some… especially senior citizens who they say cannot afford another tax increase. They said some already have trouble affording groceries. But district leaders said they had no choice but to approve an increase after facing a $3 million deficit due in part to inadequate state funding, which has dropped to 45% of the district’s revenue, the lowest in the county.
