Feb 25, 2020, Ipswich (MA) Local News: Hearing Thursday on school district’s proposed $32.7 million budget http://thelocalne.ws/2020/02/25/hearing-thursday-on-school-districts-proposed-32-7-million-budget/
With town meeting just over two months away, final budgets are taking shape for the coming year.
The school district is proposing a $32,701,698 budget for the coming fiscal year, or FY21 which runs from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021.
That represents an increase of $1,609,622, or 5.2%, over this year’s budget of $31,092,076.
That, in turn, was an increase of $1,277,236, or 4.3% over the FY19 budget of $29,814,840.
There are 1,708 students enrolled in the district.
In FY21 under the proposed budget, school spending would account for 61.19% of all revenues raised by the town.
The final spending figures will ultimately be approved by voters at town meeting on May 12.
Numbers provided by schools superintendent Brian Blake project a drop in state and federal aid, and larger increases in special education and staff compensation.
Special education expenses are likely to jump by 10.5% to around $7.54 million, according to the draft budget….