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Norwich Public Schools proposes 5.9% budget increase as special-education costs climb
Summary
Superintendent told the council the proposed $101.0 million schools budget (about a 5.9% increase) assumes volatile state reimbursements while district programs such as Rose City School and Resilience aim to reduce expensive outplacements that have risen about 11% for the top ten cases.
Norwich Public Schools leadership presented a proposed $101.0 million operating budget, describing efforts to control rising special-education and outplacement costs while finishing a multi-school construction program that will reshape school footprints.
Superintendent Susan (presenting for the Board of Education) said the district’s accountability index rose to 56.5 this year, a gain that she said ‘‘outpaced the state's growth’’ and reflected instructional and program improvements. The schools’ proposed operating budget increases the district total from about $96.6 million to roughly $101.0 million, a…
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