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Killingly schools report $31.1M in expenditures; special-education outplacement shows $652,000 shortfall
Summary
Business Manager Christine Clark reported Feb. 28 expenditures and encumbrances of $31,122,241 (65.68% of budget), projected salary/benefits savings and a roughly $652,000 deficit in special-education outplacement tuition accounts; the district is assuming a 70% excess-cost reimbursement rate pending confirmation.
Business Manager of Financial Affairs Christine Clark told the Killingly Board of Education on March 26 that, as of Feb. 28, 2025, the district’s expenditures and encumbrances totaled $31,122,241, or 65.68% of the fiscal-year budget.
Clark said the district projects salary savings of about $350,000 and benefits savings of about $384,000, primarily from vacated positions; those projected savings are expected to partially offset a roughly $652,000 deficit in special-education outplacement tuition accounts. Clark noted that excess-cost reimbursement could be 78.8% but, until confirmed, the district is assuming a 70% reimbursement rate for budgeting purposes.
Other figures Clark reported: an estimated combined cost for school-resource officers (SROs) and additional security officers (ASOs) of $400,587, unpaid meal charges of approximately $39,000, and three outstanding purchase orders from 2023–24 totaling $82,686. The company Spirol donated $15,000 to support the KHS robotics competition.
Clark said she will investigate all possible funding sources to cover the unpaid meal charges and the special-education deficit; the board asked for upcoming town budget meeting dates, which Superintendent Susan Nash provided. The board approved monthly check authorization later in the agenda.
The financial figures presented are the district’s internal calculations and include assumptions that could change pending state reimbursement confirmations.
