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Barnstable School Committee adopts $96.37 million FY26 budget, approves fees and tuition increases
Summary
The Barnstable School Committee on April 2 approved a $96.37 million fiscal 2026 budget and several related measures including revised meeting dates, a fee schedule, daycare tuition increases and an accounts-payable warrant. The committee relied in part on district savings and revolving funds to balance the budget.
The Barnstable School Committee voted to adopt a $96,370,478 operating budget for fiscal year 2026 at its April 2 meeting and approved related fee and tuition adjustments intended to shore up district services.
The budget vote authorizes an appropriation of $89,896,868 from the town, expenditures not to exceed $1,947,778 from the circuit-breaker special education revolving fund, up to $200,000 from the transportation-fee revolving fund, up to $600,000 from the school choice tuition revolving fund and up to $3,725,832 from the school department savings account. The motion carried following a roll-call style vote with committee members in favor.
Why it matters: Committee members and speakers said the district faces constrained state aid and ongoing cost pressures, forcing the committee to use one-time savings and revolving funds to maintain personnel and services. Committee…
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