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Superintendent's 2026-27 budget highlights insurance shock, special-ed pressures and proposed staff additions
Summary
Superintendent presented a proposed 2026-27 education budget with a 6.61% increase driven largely by projected benefit/insurance costs, growing special-education needs, and requests for several new positions (math specialists, BCBA/RBT); administration outlined contingency options and reserve use.
The Cromwell School District superintendent presented a proposed 2026-27 budget on Feb. 3 that would increase spending by 6.61%, with health-insurance uncertainty and special-education costs described as the two largest budgetary risks.
Superintendent and budget staff told trustees that administration modeled a 25% insurance increase for budgeting but warned that the preliminary Cigna renewal (discussed earlier in the meeting) came in at 52% and that Aetna had proposed about a 72–73% increase before declining the bid. Administration said it will present multiple budget scenarios once brokers return…
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