East Penn Looks Ahead to 2012-2013 Budget

East Penn Superintendent of Schools Thomas L. Seidenberger went into a bit of foreshadowing related to what the 2012-2013 budget process will be like at Monday night's meeting.

Seidenberger highlighted the many things that will make it more difficult to balance the next budget, including unknowns like Charter School tuition reimbursements, according to The Morning Call.

“We don’t know what the basic special education subsidy will be, if there is any at all,” Seidenberger said. “Last year, there were basically no salary increases, all employees took wage freeze. There will be salary increases.

“It promises to be an interesting budget season,” he said. One of the first decisions that the board will need to make about next year’s budget will actually happen at the board’s – whether not to stay within the index.

Newly elected board members and will be part of that decision process.