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Framingham schools vote to submit FY26 budget request to mayor despite $5 million gap
Summary
The Framingham School Committee voted unanimously to send a $13 million-over-base FY26 budget request to Mayor Sisitsky while officials warned the district faces a roughly $5 million shortfall and possible program or staffing cuts if additional revenue is not found.
The Framingham School Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to submit its Fiscal Year 2026 budget request to Mayor Charlie Sisitsky after the district reduced its initial ask by about $1.05 million since the previous meeting.
Executive Director of Finance and Operations Lincoln Lynch told the committee the revised request represents a 7.54% increase over FY25 — “just over $13,000,000” — and that the district had cut $1,050,607 in the prior week to lower the ask. Lynch said the city’s target contribution is $8,609,620 and that, if the current request is approved and the city holds to that target, the district will face roughly a $5,000,000 budget gap going into municipal negotiations.
"We are really going to have to make some tough decisions and really look at that, in order to bring our request down," Lynch said, adding…
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