$15M Funding Proposed For Centennial Under New PA Budget

WARMINSTER, PA —With the deadline to complete a new Pennsylvania state budget looming, State Rep. Brian Munroe hopes that it will include a 2024-2025 funding increase for the Centennial School District.

Munroe said that he and fellow state legislators are "hunkered down in Harrisburg to meet our constitutional requirement to get a budget done" with a deadline set for Sunday.

Munroe said the top of the priority list is funding schools.

He said the current proposal would result in the following increase of $15,145,90 for the Centennial School District, which covers Warminster and Upper Southampton Township.

"Funding our schools from Harrisburg will help prevent tax increases, not raise them," Munroe said. "This will be a tax savings for homeowners."

Munroe said that he voted yes on PA House Bill 2370 for $1.4 billion to help every state school, $1 billion to cut property taxes for homeowners, and $3.7 billion in cyber charter savings.

He also said that if the budget is not completed by Sunday, Munroe has instructed the controller's office to suspend his pay until it is completed.