Here Are the School Districts in the Philly Burbs and Lehigh Valley Most Often Asking for Higher Taxes

Pennsylvania homeowners' annual anxiety over higher property taxes has been soothed (in theory) since 2006, when state lawmakers adopted a law limiting local school taxes.

The Act 1 Index, as it's known, sets a cap on yearly increases.

But some end-arounds still exist, giving local school boards the ability to go above the Index cap because of school construction projects, pension obligations and special education costs. Earlier this decade, the number of districts seeking exemptions to the cap rose. But the trend has taken a downward turn in recent years.

• Pennsylvania School Districts Increasingly Seek Exemptions to Tax Hike Caps

• Lower Merion School Officials Defend Recently Rejected Tax Increase, Citing 'Unprecedented' Enrollment Growth, Pensions

• Lower Merion School District Loses Appeal on 2016 Tax Hike, Vows Legal Fight Not Over

Here are local school districts that have most often sought to circumvent the state tax cap.

Local

Breaking news and the stories that matter to your neighborhood.

Philadelphia 3 hours ago

Ex-Philly officer pleads guilty in shooting death of 12-year-old boy

New Jersey 3 hours ago

Fred Neulander, NJ rabbi who hired 2 men to kill his wife, dies in prison

!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var e in a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-"+e)||document.querySelector("iframe[src*='"+e+"']");t&&(t.style.height=a.data["datawrapper-height"][e]+"px")}})}();