Parkland School Board recently approved the budgets of its educational partners along with the designation of the district’s obligation to each one.

The 2018-19 budget of Lehigh Carbon Community College increases from $48.8 million in 2017 to $51.7 million in the new term.

LCCC’s budget is divided into two components - operating budget and debt service/capital budget.

Based upon enrollment, Parkland’s share of the LCCC operating budget for 2018-19 is $780,106, a $60,755 increase over the previous term.

Calculated on the district’s market value, the debt service/capital share for Parkland is $430,345 in 2018-19, a decrease of $87,874 over the former term.

The total Parkland appropriation for LCCC in the new budget year is $1,210,451 a decrease of $27,119.

Business Manager John Vignone explained market value is determined by a state agency and is the selling price of a property, which is different from the assessed valuation.

He noted Parkland’s market value declined somewhat over the previous year.

Of all the LCCC sponsoring school districts, Parkland has the highest enrollment at 17.56 percent and the greatest wealth, 24.692 percent, reported Vignone.

The 2018-19 Lehigh Career and Technical Institute general fund budget is $26.6 million, a $343,100 increase over 2017-18, and the academic center budget is $1.8 million, a $73,100 increase.

Parkland’s share of the general fund budget is $3.3 million, a $43,786 decrease.

The district appropriation for the academic center is $218,420, a $12,267 increase.

The 2018-19 proposed Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21 budget is $3 million, which covers curriculum and instruction, educational technologies, and building and maintenance costs.

Parkland’s contribution of $208,843 is based on the district’s market value/aid ratio combined with the weighted average daily membership.

This is a $301 decrease over the previous year.

Vignone said the CLIU 21 operating budget does not include special education or transportation to which Parkland also contributes.

He commented on the reason these items are separate from the general budget.

“The special education costs are student driven and change every month. We gain and lose,” Vignone said. “For transportation, we don’t even get billed for that until the end of May.”

Board members gave unanimous approval to the 2018-19 budgets of the three educational entities.