Newton Public Schools FY26 Digital Budget Book

X.

SYSTEMWIDE EXPENSES AND PROGRAMS

(A) Systemwide Mandated Expenses and Staffing

1. Yellow Bus Transportation Rate increase for yellow bus and private school transportation budget, partially offset by increased bus fee revenue

69,030

Decrease yellow bus transportation budget due to eliminating 6:45 late buses

(75,000)

Decrease McKinney-Vento/Foster Care transportation based on projected needs and state credits

(20,000)

Subtotal Yellow Bus Transportation

(25,970)

2. Reduce Principals Professional Development in Secondary Education

(15,000)

TOTAL

$

(40,970)

(B) Systemwide Budget and Program Adjustments

1. Decrease Transportation expense budget for new transportation software, due to City agreeing to pay cost

(35,000)

2. Increase Central Staff budget for software, supplies, and professional development

20,910

3. Decrease budget for legal counsel

(25,000)

4. Increase budget for substitutes and absence tracking software

510,862

5. Family & Community Partnerships

Add Attendance Engagement Officer

1.0 1.0

86,000 66,500 15,350

Add Enrollment & Administrative Specialist

Add departmental supply budget

Districtwide shift to partially offset increases Decrease ELL secretarial salaries

-0.5

-23,226 144,624

Subtotal Family & Community Engagement

1.5

6. Business, Finance and Planning Office - lower lunch debt transfer

(4,000)

7. Secondary Education

Increase software budget for Yondr & professional development

32,000 32,000

Subtotal Secondary Education

$

8. Other districtwide programmatic changes

$

19,276

TOTAL

1.5 FTE

$

663,672

SYSTEM MANDATED EXPENSES AND STAFFING

0.0 FTE

$

(40,970)

SYSTEMWIDE BUDGET & PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS

1.5 FTE

$

663,672

TOTAL SYSTEMWIDE

1.5 FTE

$

622,702

TOTAL FY26 BUDGET INCREASE

-15.2 FTE

$ 10,316,617

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