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Regional vocational school invited to MSBA eligibility phase, district asks member towns to budget $800,000 share
Summary
Superintendent John Evans told the Finance Subcommittee that the regional career-technical school entered the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) eligibility phase in December 2024 and is asking member towns, including the City of Framingham, to budget $800,000 of the anticipated $2 million feasibility-study cost for FY2026.
John Evans, superintendent of Keith Tech, told the Framingham City Finance Subcommittee on Feb. 11 that the regional career and technical school district was invited into the Massachusetts School Building Authority eligibility phase in December 2024 and will begin the formal eligibility work in August 2025.
Evans said the district expects to need $2,000,000 to fund a feasibility study and schematic design required by the MSBA and that, depending on the reimbursement rate, member communities would only pay the non‑reimbursed share. "If there was a 60% reimbursement from the MSBA, we are calculating that the actual cost for us from our member communities would be $800,000 of actual dollars," Evans said. He asked the subcommittee to consider the $800,000 figure when Framingham prepares…
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