Council Rock Votes To Stay Within Act 1 Tax Index For 2025-26

NEWTOWN, PA — The Council Rock School Board at its January meeting approved an Act 1 Index Resolution limiting local taxation to an increase of no greater than 4 percent for the 2025-26 school year.

“This is a motion to approve from zero up to the Act 1 Index of 4. That does not mean that this board is raising taxes by 4 percent,” said board member Michael Roosevelt. “It just means that this board will not exceed raising taxes by more than four percent. The tax rate will be somewhere between zero and 4. That’s something this board will be working on when we get to the budget.”

In other action, the board approved the purchase of 28 AEDs (automated external defibrillators) from Coro Medical LLC in the amount of $47,871.76. The units will replace existing units that are nearing the end of their lifecycle. In addition two new units will be added - one at the Chancellor Center and other at the SAIL House, the district's alternative school.

The board also approved the purchase and installation of 167 Smart Displays for the district’s elementary schools from Visual Sound in the amount of $586,553.45. That includes the cost of installation.

“This will put a smart panel in every classroom at the elementary level,” said the district’s business manager Tony Rapp. “Every classroom will be able to use a smart panel in their rooms. It will eliminate the projectors. This is a good thing for all of our elementary schools.”

Several schools already have the smart panels installed including the newly renovated Wrightstown, Sol Feinstone and Richboro elementary schools.

“This rounds us out to have all new and consistent smart panels in all of our elementary classroom,” said Superintendent Dr. Andy Sanko.

The purchase is part of a long-term plan to replace the aging interactive whiteboard/projector configurations in the classrooms with an interactive smart display