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TECCA subcommittee reviews draft FY27 budget, approves March minutes
Summary
The TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School (TECCA) Board Financial Subcommittee met March 23, 2026, approved minutes from March 2 and reviewed the draft FY27 budget presentation ahead of a BESE meeting on the school’s certificate renewal. Staff were directed to add multi‑year financials and comparative per‑pupil tuition data to the packet.
The TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School (TECCA) Board Financial Subcommittee met March 23, 2026, and reviewed a draft presentation of the school’s FY27 budget while approving minutes from its March 2 meeting.
Dr. Patrick Lattuca, representing TECCA, presented the draft FY27 budget slides and told the subcommittee that TECCA’s Material Terms of Certificate renewal is on the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) agenda for March 24, 2026, where the school will seek a four‑year renewal. He said TECCA is coordinating with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and BESE to find a sustainable approach to fluctuations in the percentage increases applied to student tuition.
Subcommittee members suggested staff prepare a comparative analysis showing per‑pupil tuition in districts comparable to TECCA for the board to review. Ms. Gale Clark presented the FY27 financials in OBL format and said staff will update the presentation to include FY25 budget and FY25 actuals, FY26 budgeted and projected figures, and the FY27 budget to illustrate year‑to‑year changes.
Dr. Jean Kenney asked that projected numbers reflect a possible 300‑student enrollment increase if that increase is approved. Dr. Lattuca said the requested 300‑student increase was denied.
Procedural actions recorded in the meeting included a roll‑call approval of the March 2, 2026 minutes (Dr. Kenney — yes; Ms. Magley — yes; Mr. Helsing — yes; Dr. Einsel — yes) and a motion to adjourn that passed; the meeting ended at 2:24 p.m. The subcommittee confirmed it will meet again Monday, April 13, 2026 at 1:00 p.m., and a revised budget presentation will be circulated to subcommittee members before the full‑board presentation planned for April 9.
Attendees listed in the minutes included board members Grace Magley, Sandra Einsel, Jerry Helsing and Jean Kenney and TECCA staff members Patrick Lattuca, Heidi Nelson‑Buffa, Kayla Guilbert, Gale Clark, Lisa Johnston, Amy Muldoon and Meredith Arieta‑Heaney. Dr. Einsel departed at 2:00 p.m.; Amy Muldoon departed at 2:08 p.m.
