Judge orders Pa. school district to revoke tax increase, says it misled taxpayers
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Education officials fear a judge's decision ordering a suburban Philadelphia school district to revoke its tax hike could lead to lawsuits around Pennsylvania challenging other school districts' tax increases.
"I've never heard of this happening before ... a judge substituting his/her judgment of financial needs of the district in place of locally elected school board members," Jim Buckheit, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators, told The Philadelphia Inquirer.
He said he anticipates lawsuits against other districts that have healthy fund balances but raise taxes above the maximum amount allowed under state law.
On Monday, a Montgomery County judge ordered the Lower Merion School District to revoke its latest tax increase, saying the district misled taxpayers by projecting large budget deficits when it was socking away millions.
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