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Beverly committee warns of rising budget pressures; tables band trip bus request, discusses CTE access
Summary
Committee members flagged growing FY26 cost pressures (higher health-care and reduced federal Title I funding), tabled an out-of-state band-bus request pending policy and safety details, and debated limited seats and costs for career-technical programs at Essex Northshore and Salem.
At the March 11 Beverly School Committee meeting, the superintendent warned that level-service budget pressures have grown since an earlier estimate, driven by rising health-care costs and an expected reduction in Title I funding tied to state income changes. The district's FY26 level-service request rose from roughly $4.83 million to about $5.8 million in the superintendent's update, which committee members said must be reconciled as the budget moves through the city's process.
Committee members pressed staff for details on high-dollar capital requests…
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