Budgets

The School Committee's most significant fiscal responsibility is the review and approval of the District operating budget for each fiscal year, and the presentation of the budget at the Town Meetings. The School Committee may also present a capital budget for separate approval by Town Meeting. 

The budget process usually begins in the autumn of each school year, when the Superintendent and Central Office staff send out guidelines for expenditures in each category for each school in the District. Each school or department then submits a budget request to the Central Office staff, where it is reviewed and then presented to the School Committee. Committee members are given an opportunity to review these budgets with principals and/or regional department leaders, usually at extra meetings scheduled for this purpose in January and early February each year. The Acton-Boxborough Regional School District budget must be voted and assessments for each town set at least 45 days in advance of the first Town Meeting, which is currently the Acton Town Meeting, held starting the first Monday in April. Once voted, Regional District assessments can only be lowered. Once voted at Town Meeting, the District budget establishes the funding available for expenditures in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1 following the Town Meetings.

At quarterly School Committee meetings, the committee receives an update showing the funds budgeted, spent, and remaining or each category of expenditure for the current fiscal year. The committee also votes to accept or reject all bids for goods and services to be contracted by the District, as recommended by the Superintendent. In addition, the committee must approve payroll and expense warrants, which list all money to be spent in a given period of time with the name and address of the recipient, the budget category line item charged with the expense, and the amount paid.

FY25 Budget Material
FY25 Budget Page
FY25 Budget Binder (Coming February 2024)


FY24 Budget Material
 
FY24 Budget Binder

FY23 Budget Material
FY23 Budget Binder

FY22 Budget Material
School Committee FY22 Budget Saturday
 
FY22 Budget Binder: [Table of Contents, Budget Binder and Presentations]

FY21 Budget Material

School Committee FY21 Budget Saturday
FY21 Budget Binder: [Table of Contents, Budget Binder and Presentations]

FY20 Budget Material

School Committee FY20 Budget Saturday
FY20 Budget Binder: [Table of ContentsBudget Binder and Presentations]

FY19 Budget Material

School Committee FY19 Budget Saturday
FY19 Budget Binder: [Table of Contents, Budget Binder and Presentations]

FY18 Budget Material

January 21 School Committee FY18 Budget Saturday
FY18 Budget Binder: [ Table of Contents, Budget Binder, Presentations and Slides

FY17 Budget Material

January 23, 2016 School Committee FY17 Budget Saturday

Budget Archives

February 16 Open Budget Hearing-Required by Law 
[Agenda Packet l E&D Use Memo l Handouts at Meeting]

The final decision on the school budget is made when citizens vote the assessments at the Acton and Boxborough Town Meetings in April and May.

FY16 Budget Info

Proposed Budget (Voted 2-12-15)
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