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Duxburycommittee begins FY27 budget review; special-education data and Alden feasibility study top questions
Summary
The School Committee began FY27 budget deliberations, discussing contracted services trends, a proposed $1.75 million Alden feasibility study (with a $300,000 possible contribution from a restricted building-use revolving fund), and requests for clearer special-education metrics ahead of the Dec. 10 vote.
School leaders and committee members opened a series of budget discussions on Nov. 19 as they prepared for a Dec. 10 vote on the FY27 recommendation, focusing the meeting on special-education metrics, contracted services and a feasibility request for the Alden School.
Speaker 4 (district staff) said proposed increases in contracted services are not an unspecified buffer but reflect a three-year historical trend average and that FY24 was an outlier for medical-therapy contracted services. "It is based on our 3-year historical trend average," Speaker 4 said.
Regarding special-education funding,…
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