Columbia Borough School District receives $179,599 tax equity grant, will vote on use at upcoming meeting | Community News | lancasteronline.com

MORGAN HUBER | FOR LNP | LANCASTERONLINE

When: Columbia Borough school board meeting, Feb. 3.

What happened: The school district received a $179,599 state Ready to Learn tax equity grant for 2026-27, Keith Ramsey, business manager, said.

Background: This is the second year the district received the grant in this amount. For the 2025-26 year, the money was committed to a 3% tax reduction.

New grant: Kathleen Hohenadel, finance committee chair, presented five potential uses for this funding, including reducing debt, mitigating or replacing the loss of revenue, supplementing senior tax rebates, supplementing the amount for homestead and farmstead exclusion, or mitigating or preventing a millage increase.

What's next: The board will vote at the Feb. 19 meeting what it will use the grant for.
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