Norwin expects to have about $4.66 million more for the upcoming school year than the current fiscal year without raising local taxes, due in large part to a $4.3 million increase in state revenue, school officials were told.

Ryan Kirsch, Norwin’s director of business affairs, told the school board Monday that the state’s allocation to Norwin is projected to increase from $35.4 million to $39.7 million, while the money from local sources would increase by about $430,000.

The revenue is projected to be $91.2 million, up from $86.5 million in the 2024-25 school year. Kirsch said he will present the board with a preliminary budget with revenues and expenditures in April.

Kirsch said that there was a $2.9 million increase in the assessed value of property in North Huntingdon, Irwin and North Irwin, which will generate an additional $273,000 in revenue.

There may have been less development within the district — North Huntingdon, Irwin and North Irwin and 18 properties in Allegheny County — in the past year, Kirsch said. By comparison, for the previous year, there was a $4.3 million increase in the value of assessed property.

The school board in January approved a resolution that it would not raise real estate taxes above the state-determined inflationary index of a 5.1% increase, which is equal to a 4.67-mill increase on the current level of 91.63 mills, Kirsch said. A maximum tax hike would generate about a $2 million increase in local revenue, Kirsch said. If increased to the maximum level, that would mean a tax hike of about $105 a year, or $8.80 per month, for the owner of a property with a median assessed value of $22,640.

The millage Norwin levies includes 1.2 mills for the Norwin Public Library, as approved by a districtwide referendum.

Norwin is projecting that it will receive an additional $4.3 million in revenue from the state, but anticipates that its federal funding will drop by about $104,500, Kirsch said.

The board in the past has adopted a preliminary budget with a deficit, then taken steps to reduce expenses, while also increasing taxes or holding the line on real estate taxes, as it did in the 2021-22 and 2023-24 school years. The board had raised property taxes by 5.83 mills for the 2024-25 school year, but has averaged increases of 2-to-3 mills since the 2016-17 school year, Kirsch said.