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MNPS finance committee outlines FY27 continuity needs, confirms insurance and pension cost increases as board weighs 4% COLA push
Summary
Metro Nashville Public Schools staff presented the proposed FY27 continuity and aspirational budget, reporting insurer-set increases (7.95% certificated; 16.8% support-plan) and an estimated $1.6 million pension uptick; board members pressed for details and several urged a 4% cost-of-living adjustment for employees.
Metro Nashville Public Schools officials on Wednesday told the finance committee that the district's FY27 budget work will focus first on "continuity of operations" costs needed to sustain current services and then on aspirational investments if additional funding is available.
Chief Robles, who led the presentation, said the district is incorporating insurer and pension board decisions into its FY27 planning. "Our insurance trust is 7.95%" for certificated plans and the Metro government support-employee plan is set at "16.8%," he said. Robles added the TCRS pension change will increase employer costs by about $1,600,000 given roughly 2,900 employees on that plan.
The committee was told those percentages represent the employer-side costs the district must budget; Robles clarified that MNPS typically covers about 75% of premiums for plans it administers, so employees will also see premium changes consistent with plan decisions. A board member asked whether the district or employees would bear the full increase; Robles said the figures reported were the employer portion the district must fund.
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