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Superintendent warns FY27 budget will far exceed town guidance as special-education costs surge
Summary
The districts'revised preliminary FY27 budget is $33.08 million (a 10.31% increase). Administration attributed almost half the increase to special-education drivers and presented scenarios that would require significant FTE reductions to meet town guidance of 3%–5%.
Superintendent Greg Martineau told the combined committee on Dec. 3 that the revised preliminary FY27 budget totals $33,082,680, a 10.31% increase over FY26 driven largely by special-education costs.
Martineau said staff identified $430,927 in nonprogrammatic reductions (instructional materials, leases, curriculum delayed or moved to grants) but that three special-education line items accounted for roughly 46.6% of the $3,092,738 increase: special-education transportation (+$311,915),…
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