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Select Board backs FY26 budget moves that tap future circuit-breaker funds to close Brookline schools shortfall
Summary
The Select Board approved the fiscal 2026 budget package after Town School Partnership agreed to use $1.2 million of FY27 circuit breaker funds in FY26 and to reallocate $970,000 from CIP contingency to reduce the schools' gap; the board and staff cautioned that this shifts pressure into future budgets.
The Brookline Select Board on April 29 approved the town's fiscal 2026 budget (warrant article 9) after the Town School Partnership reported an agreement to use FY27 circuit breaker funds in FY26 to close an estimated schools gap of roughly $1.18 million.
Chair Bernard Green told the board the Town School Partnership had agreed on a way to close the schools' budget gap but that using next year's circuit breaker funds now will create an obligation to offset the shortfall later, likely as part of an override on the May…
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