School Budget Status and Transfers
At a glance
- What: The schools' year-to-date budget, discretionary spending freeze and quarterly budget transfers.
- Latest: as of Oct 7, 2026 the schools had used 95.2% of the budget (as heard) and discretionary spending was frozen. Quarter 1 FY27 transfers, mostly for three bargaining unit contracts unsettled when the budget was written, were approved Oct 14.
- Related: Amended FY27 Budget, School Capital Improvement Plan
Discussion time
About 2 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 - School Committee | 2 |
Log
- 2026-10-14 - School Committee - Business manager reported budget use and the spending freeze; quarter 1 transfers approved.
- 2026-09-16 - School Committee - Business manager reported about $2 million available with 94% of the budget used after encumbering salaries.
- 2026-09-02 - School Committee - Received the omnibus transfers closing out FY26 and the August 25 year-to-date FY27 report (first payroll not yet included); approved the FY27 revolving, gift and student activity account list (from auto-captions).