Schools rely on local funds as they await state budget

Public school districts have two principal sources of revenue: their state subsidy and local funding. The latter comes primarily from property taxes.
In Lancaster County, the state share of district funding ranges from a low of about 17 percent for Manheim Township School District to 45 percent for SDL and 48 percent for Columbia Borough School District, the two highest.

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  1. Time they get a budget and stop all this fighting among themselves and think what is best for the people and the state!!!! and stop acting like a bunch of kids because they can't get their own way.

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  2. Time they get a budget and stop all this fighting among themselves and think what is best for the people and the state!!!! and stop acting like a bunch of kids because they can't get their own way.

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