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Legislators urge action on rising health, special‑education and transportation costs
Summary
State legislators told the Northborough–Southborough Regional School Committee that rising health‑insurance, special‑education and transportation costs are driving local budget pressure and urged restarting the Foundation Formula Review Commission and stronger advocacy for circuit‑breaker and regional transportation reimbursement.
State legislators briefed the Northborough–Southborough Regional School Committee on Jan. 21 about state‑level steps they are pursuing to ease pressure on local school budgets.
Superintendent Greg Martineau framed the problem in the meeting’s opening remarks, saying the district is seeing “double digit increases in health care” and a sharp rise in special‑education placements and transportation that together account for a large share of budget growth. He asked the panel and local…
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