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School subcommittee warns rising special‑education tuition, fixed costs leave little discretionary room in FY26 budget
Summary
At a School Committee budget subcommittee meeting, district staff said most of the FY26 budget is committed to salaries, special‑education tuition and operations, citing a spike in out‑of‑district tuition and urging a focused presentation to the Town Council on funding needs.
At a budget subcommittee meeting, district staff previewed the North Attleborough Public Schools’ FY26 budget strategy and warned that rapidly rising special‑education tuition and large fixed costs leave little room for new positions.
The unnamed district presenter (Speaker 3) told the subcommittee that the district has received roughly 4% annual budget increases in recent years but that most of that increase has gone to salary cost for more than 600 full‑time‑equivalent employees and to rising special‑education out‑of‑district tuition. "Most of what we do in a public school…isn't discretionary," the presenter said, adding that salaries, special education and operations account for about 96% of the school department’s costs.
Speaker 3 reported that about 24.5% of the district’s students are identified for…
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