KARNS CITY –Karns City Area School Board has unanimously approved the district’s $27 million preliminary budget for the 2026-27 school year with no proposed tax increase.

The preliminary budget, passed Monday, May 11, projects expenditures to settle at $27,099,552. While this number is a slight increase from the previous year’s $26.69 million budget, no tax increase is expected for any of the three counties in the district.

In the current fiscal year, Butler County’s rate is 105.64 mills, Armstrong’s is 39.30 and Clarion’s is 40.14 mills.

Superintendent Eric Ritzert noted that a reassessment in Clarion County will change the millage. It’s not a tax increase, he explained, rather an adjustment to the reassessment conducted by the county.

The total estimated fund revenue, including revenue from taxes, comes to about $36 million.

The budget will be finalized with a June 15 vote.