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Westford proposes FY27 budget that leans on temporary offsets and modest fee increases
Summary
Superintendent presented a FY27 $71.49M budget balanced with $176K in additional revolving-account offsets, modest subscription efficiencies and a small comp-reserve draw; staff warned those offsets aren't sustainable and projected a FY28 shortfall of roughly $465K.
Superintendent (speaker 6) presented a FY27 budget proposal to the Westford School Committee on Dec. 1 that would increase the district's budget to $71,491,045 (a roughly 3.3% increase over FY26), funded through a combination of recurring revenue and one-time offsets. "This year, we're looking at a reduction of $233,000," the superintendent said, and added that the proposal increases non-general fund offsets by about $176,462 to help present a balanced FY27 budget.
Finance staff (Jenny, speaker 12) walked the committee through the non-general fund guidebook (NGFG) line by line, outlining changes to…
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