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Superintendent presents $130.5 million school budget, cites special education and transportation as main cost drivers
Summary
Superintendent Langless told the council the proposed Lewiston Public Schools budget is up about 11% to $130,508,007.20, increasing the local tax request by roughly $3.9 million; she attributed most of the increase to special-education growth, higher transportation costs and utility and workers-compensation spikes.
Superintendent Langless presented the Lewiston Public Schools proposed fiscal-year budget and asked the council for input as the district prepares to return to the council on May 5 and for a referendum on May 12.
"So I think the big question is, well, why the increase?" Langless said during the workshop presentation, laying out cost drivers that she said had pushed the district’s spending higher. She reported the proposed budget is up about 11% to $130,508,007.20 and that the local share would rise by about $3.9 million.
Langless told the council the district is serving approximately 5,400 students across 12 facilities with more than 1,000 full-time staff and has the highest share of economically disadvantaged students and of students qualifying for special education in the state. She said special…
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