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Unexpected special-education costs force $224,307 restoration in Hardyston budget
Summary
Administrators said new special-education placements and provider needs required adding $224,307 back into the proposed budget, which was offset by targeted cuts elsewhere.
Business Administrator Sue Verso told the board that changes in student needs required the district to add $224,307 back into the 2026–27 budget to cover out-of-district placements, a re-registered behavior technician and two paraprofessionals.
Verso said the district found approximately $224,753 in offsets—through transportation reassignments, staffing adjustments and reallocation of preschool funding—enough to cover the special-education additions. The board’s adopted budget reflects those restorations alongside other cuts.
Board discussion emphasized that special-education costs are a principal uncertainty in the budget. The administrators said they moved certain transportation and utility allocations to preschool funds where permitted and trimmed other supply lines to manage the increase.
