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Council Approves School Bargaining Funding, Multiple Grants; Readies Hearings on Housing and Labor Items
Summary
At the Oct. 29 meeting the council passed supplemental appropriations to cover Boston Public Schools cost items in a SEIU contract and approved a series of workforce and education grants. Several policy petitions and hearing orders (living wage, property‑tax reclassification, youth office codification) were referred for committee review.
The Boston City Council approved multiple budget and grant dockets Wednesday, including supplemental appropriations to cover collective bargaining costs in the Boston Public Schools and a package of workforce development grants.
By roll call the council approved Docket 1924, a supplemental appropriation to reduce the fiscal year 2026 reserve for collective bargaining and to provide $977,749 for Boston Public Schools related to the agreement with the Administrative Guild, SEIU Local 888. The roll call for Docket 1924 recorded 12 affirmative votes.
A related BPS request, Docket 1925 (a matching supplemental appropriation), also passed on a roll…
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