Attleboro Public Schools — Financial

The most recent alerts show that Attleboro Public Schools’ budget picture is being shaped mainly by rising fixed costs rather than new programs. In February, school-committee members voted 9-0 to pull another $400,000 from the Special Education Stabilization Fund to cover FY26 special-education transportation costs, and the superintendent's state-of-the-schools remarks that same night noted that special-education transportation 'has had a deficit for three years running.'

The next development came in March, when the superintendent told the committee that the state expects roughly a 10% federal cut to Title I funding for FY27, even though the program had been level funded at the federal level. The cut is expected to affect Title I reading teachers who run primary reading interventions and summer reading programming, though the exact dollar figure won't be determined until June.

Finally, in April, the School Committee adopted a FY27 budget of $117,152,040, about $5 million -- a 4.4% increase -- over the $112,174,457 budget adopted for FY26. The increase covers elevated health-insurance costs, special-education transportation expenses, and staffing costs, without funding any new programs. Together, these alerts show the district balancing ongoing pressure from special-education transportation and an expected Title I cut against a budget increase that is largely committed to existing obligations.