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Agency of Education: preliminary district budgets show smaller sample increase than December 1 projection
Summary
Agency of Education staff told the Ways & Means Committee that 29 of 119 district budgets received to date suggest a 3.5% education-spending increase in the sample, below the December 1 projection of 5.8%; staff cautioned the sample is small and figures may change as more budgets arrive.
The Ways & Means Committee heard preliminary school-budget data on Jan. 27 from the Agency of Education, which said 29 of the state's 119 district budget records (about 24%) have been submitted so far and seven of those are still pending superintendent signature.
Kelly Murphy, education finance director at the Agency of Education, said the agency's provisional sample shows education spending rising about 3.5% compared with fiscal 2026, lower than the 5.8% increase reported in the December 1 letter. Murphy emphasized the sample's small size…
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