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East Haven Board approves superintendents 2025-26 budget after medical-cost projection increase
Summary
The East Haven Board of Education voted to approve the superintendents proposed 2025-26 budget after staff presented revised medical-claims projections that would raise the districts request. The board approved the adjustment on a recorded roll call.
The East Haven Board of Education on Monday approved the superintendents proposed 2025-26 budget after staff presented updated medical-claims projections that would raise the districts budget request.
District finance staff reported that a late update to medical-claims experience pushed the projected medical rate upward. The change reflected replacing two months of older experience with October through December actuals, increasing the projected medical claim rate from a 10.4 estimate to 10.7 and raising the districts estimated costs for next year.
RJ, a district staff member who reviewed the numbers for the board, said the update increased the claim projection by about $300,000 and showed two scenarios: maintain the five-year-average projection (a 9.5 rate) or fully fund the higher 10.7 estimate. RJ said fully funding the 10.7 estimate would increase the districts budget request by roughly $1.2 million.
Board members discussed the tradeoffs of using a five-year average projection versus funding the more recent trend. After discussion, a motion that included the medical adjustment passed on a roll call vote. The boards recorded votes were: Miss DePalma, yes; Miss DeLongo, yes; Mr. Hennessy, no; Miss Johnson, yes; Miss Putney, yes; Miss Santiago, yes; Mr. Stacy, yes; Miss Torello, no; Dr. DeLucia, yes. The motion carried.
Board members asked that staff submit the revised budget to the town following the vote and circulate the updated totals to board members. Staff indicated they would provide the revised submission documentation if the board approved the change.
The motion and final totals were discussed during the meeting; participants noted slightly different references to the precise dollar totals in the audio, so the boards formal budget submission and posted documents will be the authoritative source for exact figures.
What to watch next: staff said they will deliver the revised budget to the town and circulate the updated packet to board members after the meeting.
