PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FROM GAMING FOR ALL HOMEOWNERS

     The state Department of Education has released information on the statewide distribution of $612 million in gaming funds for homestead/farmstead school property tax relief this summer.

     Berks County homeowners are in line to receive a total of $19.7 million in property tax relief. 

     The chart below shows the distribution, by school district, in Berks County.

Column 1 shows the amount flowing to each district for property tax relief.
Column 2 is an estimate of the number of approved homesteads/farmsteads.
Column 3 is an estimate of the amount of property tax relief that each homestead and each farmstead can expect to receive.  The relief will be reflected in school property tax bills that will be mailed out by the school districts after July 1. 

Berks County School Districts                           (1)                 (2)        (3)

Antietam SD

$458,061.67

1,938

$236

Boyertown Area SD

$1,784,136.31

11,238

$159

Brandywine Heights Area SD

$784,735.04

3,450

$227

Conrad Weiser Area SD

$1,016,013.45

4,881

$208

Daniel Boone Area SD

$1,191,151.43

5,002

$238

Exeter Township SD

$1,357,091.24

6,941

$196

Fleetwood Area SD

$1,123,804.22

4,189

$268

Governor Mifflin SD

$870,741.59

7,872

$111

Hamburg Area SD

$829,182.80

4,636

$179

Kutztown Area SD

$612,369.40

3,342

$183

Muhlenberg SD

$1,198,111.38

6,213

$193

Oley Valley SD

$630,055.52

3,764

$167

Reading SD

$3,673,459.81

9,001

$408

Schuylkill Valley SD

$587,919.37

3,725

$158

Tulpehocken Area SD

$644,348.33

3,065

$210

Twin Valley SD

$1,022,852.83

5,647

$181

Wilson SD

$1,381,635.01

9,409

$147

Wyomissing Area SD

$484,916.77

2,941

$165

 Total

$19,650,586.17

 

 

      For senior citizen homeowners, the relief for all homeowners is on top of the property tax rebate they may be entitled to via the state's dramatically expanded Property Tax and Rent Rebate Program.    
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