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Fall River School Committee presses city over $6 million net‑school‑spending discrepancy; superintendent to submit numbers to DOR
Summary
Committee members said recent city financial sheets reduced prior reimbursement figures, creating a disputed $6 million shortfall in net school spending; the superintendent and CFO said they will submit a revised calculation to the Department of Revenue for clarification.
At the Feb. 11 meeting, several school committee members raised concerns about the city’s accounting of reimbursements and prescription rebates and argued the district had been under‑credited for net school spending over recent years.
Committee Vice Chair Colin Dias and others alleged the city’s chief financial officer removed large reimbursement amounts from prior calculations,…
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