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Panel urges stronger school fiscal transparency, recommends MOU and data analyst role
Summary
ERSC members urged specific accountability steps if an override passes: adopt an MOU between town and schools, integrate financial systems (Munis), publish a detailed PSB budget book, and hire analytic staff to measure whether school spending yields educational returns.
Members of Brookline’s Expenditures and Revenue Study Committee said improving fiscal transparency and analytic capacity at Brookline Public Schools is an essential condition for sustained fiscal stability.
Cliff Brown, an ERSC member, said the PSB needs staff who can "collect and analyze data" so the district and the community can see whether spending produces educational returns. "They need the right staff and the right capabilities," Brown said.
Sedef Cosme, chair of the schools subcommittee,…
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