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Acting chair outlines five-year deficit plan after state aid exceeds assumptions
Summary
The acting chair presented a draft five-year deficit-reduction plan that models modest city and state aid increases; committee members flagged a verbal carveout to preserve full state aid for staffing, transportation, sports and special education if federal funding falls. A school meal policy was deferred.
WARWICK — The acting chair opened the Warwick School Committee meeting on May 14 and introduced a draft five-year deficit-reduction plan that spreads projected shortfalls from fiscal year 2025 and 2026 over five years.
The plan models revenue using conservative assumptions: a 2.5% annual increase in city appropriation plus a separate city allocation dedicated to deficit reduction. Committee members discussed state-aid assumptions based on guidance from the auditor general to budget a 3% annual increase for planning purposes.
Committee discussion focused on how higher-than-expected state aid would be handled. The acting chair said the committee budgeted a 3% state-aid increase…
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