Article 10. Concord Public Schools Operating Budget

ARTICLE 10. To determine whether the Town will appropriate the sum of $47,632,034, or any other sum, for the necessary and expedient purposes of the public schools of the Town for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; and that the same be expended only for such purposes and under the direction of the Concord School Committee; and further that an additional sum of $69,906, or any other sum, be transferred from Free Cash, said sum representing the specific amount anticipated to be received by the Town in June 2025, on behalf of Concord Public Schools, through the McKinney-Vento Homeless Transportation program, for the purpose of reimbursing additional transportation expenses arising from students residing at the temporary housing shelter at 740 Elm St, Concord, MA, such sum requiring further municipal appropriation by Town Meeting; or take any other action relative thereto.

Article Explanation

This article provides for the annual operating budget for Concord Public Schools, which serves students in pre-school, kindergarten, and grades 1 to 8, as well as for the transfer to the schools of state funds received to reimburse transportation costs for students temporarily housed in Concord. The budget appropriation presented for Town Meeting approval is aligned with the spending guideline established by the Finance Committee in December 2024. 

Article Motion

Ms. Rankin moves that the Town take affirmative action on Article 10 as printed in the Warrant.