Finance committee reviews IU21 and district budget lines, outlines timeline
March 09, 2026 | Whitehall-Coplay SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania
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At a March 9 finance/personnel committee meeting of the Whitehall-Coplay School District, business staff summarized intermediate‑unit and district budget highlights and flagged upcoming timeline steps for the 2026–27 budget.
Mr. Malay told the committee that the CLI/Intermediate Unit (IU21) curriculum and instructional technology budget in the packet totals (as presented in the meeting record) with a district contribution shown as $53,273 and a reduction from the prior year of $1,049. He said those attachments will be placed on the March board agenda for formal action.
Mr. Malay also reviewed district operating and capital figures included in the meeting materials. He reported the district operating budget and a combined debt service/lease/capital figure (numbers stated in the record) and said the district’s contribution on the larger IU/cooperative items represents a modest net reduction from last year (meeting remarks quantified a reduction of $6,848 across noted items).
Staff provided procurement information about fuel purchasing: the district will participate in a cooperative bid that staff summarized as roughly 57,600 gallons of diesel plus an additional volume figure noted in packets; once bids return the board will consider formal approval.
The committee acknowledged a planned transition of the district’s education law group: attorneys in the education practice at Fox Rothschild will move to McNees Wallace Nurick LLC effective April 1; staff said there will be no fee increases through June 2027 under the same fee schedule.
The committee closed with an index/tax note (index 3.5; adjusted district figure 4.7) and a budget timeline: staff said the proposed final budget will return to the board on April 13 for next steps.
Context and caveats: Several figures were read aloud from meeting attachments that contained occasional transcription errors; staff identified the IU contribution and stated the reductions quoted above. Any final dollar amounts and packet language will be verified in the March board materials before formal adoption.
Mr. Malay told the committee that the CLI/Intermediate Unit (IU21) curriculum and instructional technology budget in the packet totals (as presented in the meeting record) with a district contribution shown as $53,273 and a reduction from the prior year of $1,049. He said those attachments will be placed on the March board agenda for formal action.
Mr. Malay also reviewed district operating and capital figures included in the meeting materials. He reported the district operating budget and a combined debt service/lease/capital figure (numbers stated in the record) and said the district’s contribution on the larger IU/cooperative items represents a modest net reduction from last year (meeting remarks quantified a reduction of $6,848 across noted items).
Staff provided procurement information about fuel purchasing: the district will participate in a cooperative bid that staff summarized as roughly 57,600 gallons of diesel plus an additional volume figure noted in packets; once bids return the board will consider formal approval.
The committee acknowledged a planned transition of the district’s education law group: attorneys in the education practice at Fox Rothschild will move to McNees Wallace Nurick LLC effective April 1; staff said there will be no fee increases through June 2027 under the same fee schedule.
The committee closed with an index/tax note (index 3.5; adjusted district figure 4.7) and a budget timeline: staff said the proposed final budget will return to the board on April 13 for next steps.
Context and caveats: Several figures were read aloud from meeting attachments that contained occasional transcription errors; staff identified the IU contribution and stated the reductions quoted above. Any final dollar amounts and packet language will be verified in the March board materials before formal adoption.
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