The North Allegheny school board is poised to adopt a more than $182.2 million budget for the 2021-22 school year that will keep the property tax at the current rate.

The board approved a final version of the budget in May and is expected to ratify the spending plan at its June 23 meeting. By law, school districts must submit a balanced budget by the end of the fiscal year on June 30.

If approved by the board, the rate used to calculate property tax bills will remain at 19.1408 mills.

A mill equals $1 for every $1,000 of a property’s assessed value. At a rate of 19.1408 mills, the annual tax bill for a property with an assessed value of $200,000 will continue to be $3,860.16.

This is the second consecutive year that the board has avoided a tax increase. The last tax increase was for the 2019-20 school year, when the rate was hiked 3.7%. It was the second tax increase in as many years after a three -year period in which the rate was unchanged.

District officials estimate the property tax will generate nearly $117 million next year, which is the district’s largest source of income. Money collected from income and business taxes will raise the funding from local sources to more than $139.3 million.

The district’s total revenue from the state next year will be a little more than $38.36 million. Total revenue from the federal government will be more than $4.38 million.

To help erase a $6.7 million hole in the budget without a tax increase, district officials will use a blend of federal stimulus money, cuts and delayed spending.

North Allegheny received a $1.9 million one-time stimulus payment this year that will be used to balance the budget.

Another $2.1 million in personnel costs were trimmed by cutting new elementary literacy coaches, curriculum coordinators and additional principals for the North Allegheny Cyber Academy.

The district also saved money this year on substitute teachers and retirement costs as fewer staff members than expected retired.

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