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Subcommittee recommends carryover and grant spending totaling $15.9 million; three measures forwarded to full committee
Summary
The Budget & Finance Subcommittee recommended three expenditures — a $15,749,906 carryover appropriation and two DESE grants of $25,000 and $100,000 — forwarding each to the full Springfield School Committee after roll-call votes; recorded roll-call responses are summarized below.
The Budget and Finance Subcommittee voted to recommend three spending items to the full Springfield School Committee on May 13.
The largest measure (Item A) is a recommendation to appropriate $15,749,906 in carryover and surplus funds to pay for investments the district previously requested but could not fund during the budget cycle. The Superintendent told the committee the memo before members documents those departmental requests and said the funds "are directly in alignment with our priority of getting as much money to our students as possible." A roll call was recorded and the clerk announced the motion passed with sufficient votes. The transcript records Ms. Raiford voting "Yes" and the chair abstaining; the clerk stated the motion carried.
Item B is a $25,000 expenditure from a DESE 422C CTE Partnership Planning Grant for Aspire Academy, a High School of Commerce program. Executive Director Michael Calvinist described the funds as one-time planning money to support a freshman class in early education and health assisting and said the planning funds must be spent within a year. Committee members moved and seconded the recommendation; the clerk recorded Ms. Crawford "Yes," Ms. Hurst "Absent," and Ms. O'Nailer "Yes," and the clerk announced the matter passed.
Item C would expend $100,000 from DESE to support the district's implementation of updated regulations on time-out practices, with money earmarked for staff training, stipends and sensory materials to strengthen oversight and reporting. Committee members confirmed it is a one-year grant; a motion to recommend carried on roll call (the transcript records Ms. Crawford "Yes," Ms. Hurst "Absent," and Ms. O'Nailer "Yes").
All three items will be presented to the full school committee for final votes next week, the clerk said.
Votes at a glance - Item A: Recommend appropriation of $15,749,906 in carryover and surplus funds — motion recommended to full committee (clerk: recorded Ms. Raiford Yes; chair abstained; clerk announced sufficient votes). - Item B: Recommend expenditure of $25,000 (DESE 422C CTE planning grant) for Aspire Academy — motion recommended to full committee (recorded Ms. Crawford Yes; Ms. Hurst Absent; Ms. O'Nailer Yes). - Item C: Recommend expenditure of $100,000 (DESE grant) to support implementation of revised time-out regulations — motion recommended to full committee (recorded Ms. Crawford Yes; Ms. Hurst Absent; Ms. O'Nailer Yes).
Next steps: All three recommendations will be placed on the full school committee agenda for final action at the next meeting.
