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Staff said they expect the adjustment and the revised projections for the billing year to reduce an earlier projected deficit in the high‑school water line (the presenter previously anticipated roughly a $100,000 overage) and that updated, itemized numbers would appear in the quarterly report to be shared with the committee.

State budget news: staff reported receiving an email from the executive director of the Massachusetts School Business Association that House Ways and Means proposed a supplemental budget including additional circuit‑breaker funding. Under the current reimbursement rates reported to the committee the district receives about 44% reimbursement for transportation costs and 75% for tuition (the maximum under the program). The House Ways and Means proposal would add funding for FY26 intended to ensure both transportation and tuition circuit‑breaker reimbursements can be funded at the 75% level. Staff said they will forward the email and provide more detail as it becomes available.

Warrant committee and schedule: staff also told the committee that the town warrant committee recommended the school budget articles at its recent meeting, a step staff characterized as forward progress toward the town meeting/override votes. The committee will debrief the override on April 30 and planned additional schedule items including quarter‑3 reports on April 16.

Ending: staff said a full quarterly report with the water‑line adjustments and detailed FY25/FY26 projections would be provided at the next meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Milton School Finance Subcommittee - April 9th, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Finance staff told the Milton finance committee they received about $81,498 in corrections tied to a high‑school water‑meter error; roughly $62,000 will be credited to FY25 accounts and $25,703 will be treated as prior‑year revenue to the town general fund.","taxTitle","Milton Public Schools, School Boards, Massachusetts","taxId",71056,"location","Massachusetts","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6072406,"Committee reviews proposed non‑override cuts: $237,000 target could affect athletics, clubs and special‑education aides",434,3271000,3705000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3027251-2fe82f20d3559065239d1f6d847b08a0&start=3271&end=3705","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3027251-2fe82f20d3559065239d1f6d847b08a0/thumbnail_3271000.jpg","/articles/6072406/Massachusetts/Committee-reviews-proposed-nonoverride-cuts-237000-target-could-affect-athletics-clubs-and-specialeducation-aides","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6072406-9a16b68cbe88cb08f924284a64ad5c45/orig.mp4?Expires=1771178589&Signature=hIWa7wqeTJ5bD5waO6~AFpFgyUwK2MgLCHMR~EsegQORUbqrJyyGEL~O-iMmB9mPS05HJJu3GAf-o6DOZcY7iqwBm6gc392cCwHHkk8DXDnZPuhfOQN7H4xMMLTgmNSQHsWwBe7mFYL4JPdXzjwskF-XMbxa-659yKDFnxtoI3NmEXtEtiMEa3c3slZoPfcpEDLGPnUlCugZrmvPmofaKTOYixHwvQbmdZd7N8KdaeLaTIrreDe5xPcMYJhKRZGfmrP8YC6BR~H1Jxigw-O6H3j~uMEBkeEUR1ym0h-qll~NZdDeQm4ZolRLVlm6lflpJ0~gBJiiYDNRslxhVvGDEA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Committee discussion turned to a list of proposed non‑override budget cuts that staff said would total roughly $237,000 if implemented by taking funds from athletics and clubs and by adjusting stipend lines.

Staff said the $237,000 figure was the total reduction being considered across athletics and clubs and identified options including running fewer teams (for example suspending freshman teams in some sports) and reducing certain stipend lines. The transcript records staff saying the district could either eliminate the clubs and student‑activities funding line entirely or take a share from clubs and athletics to reach the target.

Special education staffing: committee members questioned whether cuts to instructional assistants (IAs) — a line described in the transcript as 10 positions in a proposed reduction — would risk noncompliance with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Committee members asked whether some IAs were assigned to students who no longer require one‑to‑one support. Staff said they had conferred with special‑education administrators (named in discussion as Danielle) and that a recent review of IEPs and supports suggested some reassignment or attrition could reduce the IA count without creating compliance risk. Staff said Danielle has worked two years reviewing IEPs and that changes are part of ongoing MTSS and inclusion work.

Why it matters: IEPs are legally required. Committee members repeatedly asked staff to confirm that any IA reductions would not jeopardize services in active IEPs and requested that staff present programming implications for next week’s meeting so committee members could see concrete scenarios under a non‑override budget.

Outcomes and directions: staff agreed to present detailed options at the next meeting, including which clubs are cost neutral, which activities are required for accreditation, and what the financial and service impacts would be if particular teams or stipend lines were reduced. No formal vote on reductions was recorded in the meeting; committee direction focused on getting a scenario analysis for decision making.

Ending: Staff committed to provide a program‑level break down of revenue vs. expenses for clubs/activities and a clearer mapping of IA assignments to active IEPs before the next committee meeting.","Finance staff outlined potential non‑override reductions totaling about $237,000 that could come from athletics and extracurricular stipends; the list also includes proposed reductions in instructional assistant roles that raised questions about meeting students’ IEPs.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6072411,"Milton schools propose higher community‑schools and activity fees; theater fee to rise per production",2435,539000,2974000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3027251-2fe82f20d3559065239d1f6d847b08a0&start=539&end=2974","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3027251-2fe82f20d3559065239d1f6d847b08a0/thumbnail_539000.jpg","/articles/6072411/Massachusetts/Milton-schools-propose-higher-communityschools-and-activity-fees-theater-fee-to-rise-per-production","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6072411-72b86dde22b4fe30fefda11522a7fd57/orig.mp4?Expires=1771178589&Signature=Li88~V2nJGBv8eimnl~uk0o8uLi69oTo2KjDDCizO0GDdnYAJbpEFTNVXONoanJg5FrXt53U7SBJDHGAwSgEXQcNP23EUG2vPtk9kFfa7KkyceOiX-JohneRmoRnjMJP9pfE6aR4k6VnNSGsAPhZ189wUoqr7mbJDmYL3Q3jIuO48aNzntKyfI1b4tSJmvJoTP1JwkNp861nQFl-8H2~4JOvZrRfXf89Ik6WucnAOWpDDif7t7U82Yi6m-e8EOHCOoBAHLYwMo-MDSTPR2lZq71dTrF1M48qLjBa7rHwx6lLFX2vZWO~mTXEfzsZstx7A9QWt-rHwcDPhZI7Coq0cA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Milton Public Schools Finance Committee on a morning meeting reviewed proposed FY26 fee changes, including a 17% increase for the district’s community‑schools before‑ and after‑school program and a proposal to change theater fees to $100 per production with a $500 family cap.

The committee was told the 17% increase is intended to keep the community‑schools wraparound program self‑sustaining. Staff presented a three‑year projection showing an end‑of‑year surplus of about $895,000 under current assumptions; with a $250,000 operating chargeback and a 17% fee increase for FY26, the program’s projected surplus would fall to about $225,000. With additional hypothetical increases in later years the surplus could decline to $60,000 and then turn into a deficit absent further adjustments.

Why it matters: community‑schools operations are funded through fees and program revenue rather than the district’s operating budget. Staff said the program previously drew more than $500,000 from the operating budget in one year and that the proposed increase aims to avoid repeated chargebacks that pressure the town operating budget.

Committee members asked for more detail on enrollment and wait lists, and asked staff to return with a fuller program update. Martha Sandoval, identified in the discussion as the community‑schools director, was credited by staff for work on program expansion and managing capacity; speakers asked staff to provide updated wait‑list and registration numbers to judge how a fee change would affect access.

Student activities and theater: staff recommended holding most student‑activity fees steady for FY26 while doing more analysis of stipends and participation because student activities vary widely in time and material costs. Staff proposed treating theater productions differently, moving from a $25 user fee to $100 per production to reflect the time and materials for music/drama productions. The presenter said a family cap similar to athletics (staff proposed $500) would be considered.

Committee members suggested interim, limited adjustments to club fees because many club fees have not changed since FY2018. In discussion staff offered specific, draft adjustments to be reflected in the fee schedule for the committee’s next review: a $40 fee at one secondary school activity line (to align with a $37.50 baseline elsewhere) and a $27.50 line referenced for high‑school clubs; staff also agreed to update the fee schedule to show recommended changes and to return the full document to the committee for final review.

Other fees: staff identified rental fees and a high‑school security fee that have not been updated since earlier years (some not updated since 2013) and said they will review those fee lines next year because they feed a facility revolving fund.

Committee direction and next steps: staff agreed to prepare an updated fee schedule for the full committee meeting the following week, provide a fuller community‑schools program update (including wait‑list and capacity data), and perform a deeper analysis tying specific stipends to program frequency and cost before proposing broad student‑activity fee increases.

Ending: The committee scheduled a follow‑up review of the fee schedule at its next meetings and asked staff to return more granular stipend, participation and wait‑list information before any final FY26 fee adjustments are adopted.","Finance committee reviewed FY26 fee proposals including a 17% proposed increase for before/after community‑schools programming, a $100 per‑production theater fee with a proposed $500 family cap, and targeted changes to club/activity fees while postponing broad student‑activity increases pending deeper stipend and participation analysis.","actionData","errors"]

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Committee reviews proposed non‑override cuts: $237,000 target could affect athletics, clubs and special‑education aides

Milton schools propose higher community‑schools and activity fees; theater fee to rise per production