How Will Sequestration Cuts Affect Nazareth?
The possible March 1 government spending cuts triggered by sequestration could affect residents in the Nazareth area.
If the "sequestration" -- which refers to a host of federal spending cuts -- were to happen, 90 fewer schools in Pennsylvania will receive funding. Will the Nazareth Area School District land among the 90? Superintendent Dennis Riker isn’t jumping to conclusions or making assumptions. Instead, he’s waiting for all of the facts to become available. “We [Riker and the Nazareth Area School Board] haven’t taken a stance because we don’t know how the district will be affected,” Riker said after Monday night’s school board meeting. Nazareth school officials have managed to reduce the projected property tax increase for the upcoming school year. And one new factor in the proposed spending plan is an unknown number of personnel cuts that equals $…
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sherry
11:37 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Another thing not to forget that the sequestration is just a cut in the increase afforded in the budget. Nobody is getting less money than last year. Only the amount of increase is being cut a little bit. Families all over the country have had their budgets cut in the last few years, it is time for the Federal government to join the party. While I wish the cuts were larger and better placed, … more ›