FY2026 Superintendents Preliminary Budget Final-1

Acton-Boxborough Regional School District Comparative Analysis of Out-of-District Tuition Costs & Circuit Breaker ($ amounts in 000s)

Budget FY2026

FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025

Out-of-District Expenditures -

Gross Projected Tuition - Budget

$

7,655 $

8,114 $

7,881 $

6,837 $

6,909 $ 8,466

$ $ $

8,112

(3,000) 5,112 6.2%

Less - Circuit Breaker Offset - Budget $ (2,800) $ (3,599) $ (3,599)

$

(3,305)

$ (5,405) $ (3,652)

Net Appropriated Budget

$

4,855 $

4,515 $

4,282 $

3,532 $

1,504 $ 4,814

Change from Prior Year

-5.9% -7.0% -5.2% -17.5% -57.4% 220.1%

Circuit Breaker Reimbursement - Number of Eligible Students Eligible Claimed Expenditures

(projected)

80

77

82

68

61

59

$ $

7,356 $ 3,738 $ 2,821 $

7,175 $ 3,500 $ 2,625 $

8,166 $ 4,407 $ 3,305 $

7,718 $ 4,568 $ 3,426 $

8,848 $ 7,660 5,745 $ 4,680

Reimbursable Expenditures

Expenditures Reimbursed by State - $ $ 3,509 $ 3,509 Expenditures Reimbursed by State - % 75.0% 75.0% 75.0% 75.0% 75.0% 75.0% Circuit Breaker Fund Balance Analysis - Beginning Fund Balance $ 2,396 $ 2,821 $ 2,410 $ 2,403 $ 2,068 $ 719 Expenditures Reimbursed by State - $ $ 2,821 $ 2,625 $ 3,305 $ 3,426 $ 4,055 $ 3,509 Fund Bal. Available for Expenditures $ 5,217 $ 5,446 $ 5,715 $ 5,829 $ 6,123 $ 4,228 Budgeted Circuit Breaker Expenditure $ 2,800 $ 3,599 $ 3,599 $ 3,305 $ 3,546 $ 3,652

$

576

$

(287)

$

456

$

1,858

$

-

$

(563)

$

(404)

Usage Variance

2,396 $ 2,821 $

3,036 $ 2,410 $

3,312 $ 2,403 $

3,761 $ 2,068 $

5,404 $ 3,652

Actual Circuit Breaker Expenditures $

Ending Fund Balance

$

719 $

576 ^ (budgeted)

$- $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 $6,000 $7,000 $8,000 $9,000

Gross Tuition Budget

Amount in Thousands

Net Budgeted Tuition

Ending Fund Balance (CB)

FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026

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