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Committee hears school budget update; preliminary data show 4.3% education spending change
Summary
Education Finance Director Kelly Murphy told the Ways & Means committee that 84% of school budgets have been submitted so far, representing about 88% of long-term weighted ADM, and that current data point to roughly a 4.3% change in education spending though figures remain preliminary and subject to town-meeting votes.
The Ways & Means Committee received a status update on school budget submissions on Feb. 17. Kelly Murphy, the state’s education finance director, said the office had collected budgets from roughly 100 of about 122 districts so far and that the current compilation represents about 88% of long-term weighted average daily membership.
Murphy said the office has collected 84% of district budgets to date and that the aggregated figures point to an…
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