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Board authorizes $500,000 budget increase to cover unexpected out-of-district special-education placements
Summary
The Barker board declared approximately $500,000 in unanticipated out-of-district special-education costs an ordinary contingent expense and authorized increasing the 2024–25 budget to $19,395,718, funded from surplus revenues (motion carried 7-0).
The Board of Education approved a resolution authorizing a $500,000 increase to the 2024–25 budget to fund unexpected out-of-district special-education placements, raising the budget from $18,895,718 to $19,395,718. The resolution said several new students with Individualized Education Plans transferred into the District after the budget vote and that the additional costs could not have been anticipated when the budget was presented to voters.
The resolution declares the additional placement costs an "ordinary contingent expense" under Section 1718 of the New York Education Law and directs the superintendent or designee to make required budget-code transfers. The motion passed unanimously: Yes 7, No 0. Administration said surplus revenues (including an Inflation Reduction Act allocation and interest earnings) will cover the increase, and the Board carried the motion on the recommendation of the administration.
