Wellesley Public Schools: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
Description of Financial Information Provided
This section includes detailed financial information for the reader to gain a broader understanding of the FY’26 Budget. Wellesley has provided detailed financial information by administrative unit or school level. Below is a description of the detailed information provided based on the school General Fund (Operating Budget): FY’26 General Fund Budget by Category and Type (2 Views): The Wellesley Public Schools have grouped similar expense types into four categories. These categories include 320: Instruction, 330: Administration, 340: Operations, and 360: Student Services. There are two types of expenses: salary and other compensation and expenses. FY’26 General Fund Budget by Type, Category and Budget Architecture: Like the previous breakout, this includes a summary of expenses by the three budget architecture categories: Level Service, Strategic Priorities, and Other Critical Needs. A separate column provides information on Upham Elementary closing. FY’26 General Fund Budget by State Function Code (2 Views): This breakout presents the FY’26 Budget by state function and object categories. FY’26 General Fund Budget by Category, Type and Local Object Code: This breakout presents the FY’25 Budget by category (320: Instruction, 330: Administration, 340: Operations, and 360: Student Services), type (salary and other compensation / expense) and object code (types of expense: teacher salary, instructional materials, etc.). FY’26 General Fund Budget by Type and Local Object Code: This breakout presents the FY’26 Budget by type (salary and other compensation / expense) and object code (types of expense: teacher salary, instructional materials, etc.). FY’26 General Fund Budget by Program and Local Object Code: This breakout presents the FY’26 Budget by program (Art, Athletics, Music, Mathematics, etc.) and object code (types of expense: teacher salary, instructional materials, etc.). FY’26 General Fund Budget by Building (Level 4): To provide the reader with greater clarity around the specific budget requests being made in FY’26, we have included building-based information. Each building has an introductory narrative that includes contact information, general information about the school, a list of recent accomplishments, enrollment trends and the FY’26 Budget architecture categories: Level Service, Strategic Priorities, and Other Critical Needs. These requests are further broken by type: salary and other compensation and expenses. The financials for each building by program and object code follow the narratives. Special Education (Level 4): Special education is a significant portion of the financial picture of Wellesley Public Schools. Therefore, we have included more in-depth information about this category. The narrative includes information about Wellesley’s in-district programs, out-of-district placement statistics, historical Circuit Breaker receipts, and calculation of the Special Education cost increases in FY’26. Financial information is provided in three different views: by type and object; by program, type, and object; and by program and location.
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