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Southington superintendent frames proposed budget as driven by salaries, benefits and special-education costs
Summary
At a public workshop the Southington superintendent outlined the proposed school budget, citing salaries and health insurance as primary cost drivers, 43 requested staff positions, and rising special-education and ESY costs; board members pressed for follow-up data on cost drivers and funding oversight.
The Southington School District superintendent presented highlights of the proposed budget at a public workshop, telling the board that salaries and benefits remain the largest drivers of school spending and that several other factors — health insurance increases, transportation and special-education costs — are pushing this year's request higher.
"Salaries and benefits are the major drivers of essentially any school district's budget," the superintendent said, adding that the district had compiled 43 staffing requests and that the total of those requests initially produced a 9.51% increase before…
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