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Timberlane budget committee authorizes RSA 32:11 application to cover FY26 shortfall; superintendent outlines FY27 cuts
Summary
The Timberlane Regional School District budget committee voted 6–3 to authorize the chair to apply to the New Hampshire Commissioner of Education under RSA 32:11 to expend excess anticipated revenue to cover FY26 overexpenditures. The superintendent said unanticipated revenue is estimated at about $580,000 and reported a roughly $2 million special-education overrun; he outlined proposed FY27 reductions including 13 eliminated positions and capital cuts.
The Timberlane Regional School District budget committee on March 19 voted to authorize the chair to submit an application to the New Hampshire Commissioner of Education under RSA 32:11 to expend excess anticipated revenue to cover fiscal-year 2026 overexpenditures.
“The mechanism allows the district to spend unanticipated revenue we have received throughout the year to meet required obligations,” the superintendent said when he proposed the motion and asked the committee to authorize the chair to sign and submit the district’s application.
Why it matters: the district is operating under a spending freeze and facing significant special-education cost pressures. The superintendent told the committee that contracted special-education services are running about $2,000,000 over budget for…
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