Overview
- Superintendent Andrew Doster told families the district may suspend all operations on Jan. 30, 2026 if a state budget is not passed.
- Weeks of delayed subsidies have left the district with under half its annual revenue, and leaders say they cannot cover payroll or core costs past mid-January without funds owed since August.
- A shutdown would halt in-person and virtual instruction, transportation, food service, athletics, arts, and student support services.
- The Bucks County system serves roughly 900 students in three schools, with more than 90% from economically disadvantaged households.
- The school board will weigh short-term options on Nov. 19, as Doster urges lawmakers to act and other districts such as William Penn report January funding cliffs, with Philadelphia resorting to emergency borrowing.