Ellwood City Area School District is funded by a combination of: a local earned income tax 1%, an Emergency and Municipal Services Tax of $10 on each person, a property tax, a real estate transfer tax 0.5%, coupled with substantial funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal government.

The district is funded by a combination of: an income tax, a property tax, a real estate transfer tax 0.5%, coupled with substantial funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal government.

He predicted that Mr. Gulotta will survive if county officials make "the painful but absolutely essential" decisions and "face up to the fact there may have to be some modest increases in property taxes coupled with some serious spending cuts."