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Pittsfield School Committee member moves to accept reports on education spending and governor's budget update

January 08, 2025 | Pittsfield Public Schools, School Boards, Massachusetts


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Pittsfield School Committee member moves to accept reports on education spending and governor's budget update
An unidentified School Committee member moved that the Pittsfield School Committee approve "the reports of education spending outside the school committee budget, and the governor's budget update as outlined in the closure numbers 3 a and 3 b," saying earlier that whether a brief update could be provided at the first budget workshop "depends on the timing."

The committee chair (unnamed in the transcript) acknowledged the motion and second, asking, "Is there any further discussion?" and then called for a vote: "Hearing and seeing none, all those in favor of accepting the report on education spending outside the full committee budget..." The excerpt ends before a vote tally or formal outcome is recorded.

Committee discussion in the excerpt centered on scheduling: the member who moved the motion said the governor's budget was expected to be released the same day as the budget workshop and that if the timing allowed they "might see it for all of 5 or 10 minutes" and could give "some quick quick hits" at the meeting on the 22nd. No further details about the reports, the contents of closure numbers 3a and 3b, or the vote result appear in the provided transcript segment.

Because the transcript excerpt does not record a vote result or additional staff presentations, this report notes the motion, the scheduling question about the governor's budget release, and that the motion was seconded; the committee's final action on the motion is not specified in the available text.

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