(f) In a regional school district comprised of two members, if the revised budget is not approved by the local appropriating authorities of both members, the regional school committee shall again reconsider, amend, and adopt a revised budget and shall convene a district-wide meeting in accordance with M.G.L. c. 71, § 16B, at which the revised budget shall be placed before all voters eligible to vote at said meeting. If a majority of voters at this district-wide meeting votes to approve the revised budget, such vote shall constitute approval. If a majority of voters at this district-wide meeting votes to approve a greater or lesser amount for the budget, such amount shall be placed before the regional school committee. If the regional school committee by a two-thirds vote of the full committee ratifies such amount, it shall constitute approval. If the regional school committee rejects such amount, it shall again reconsider, amend, and adopt a revised budget and shall reconvene a district-wide meeting pursuant to the provisions of this section 603 CMR 41.05(3)(f).
(g) A district-wide meeting convened in accordance with 603 CMR 41.05(3)(f) shall only consider budgets based on the statutory assessment method.
(h) A regional school committee may reconsider, amend, and adopt a revised budget at any time prior to the approval of a previously adopted budget.
(i) If a local appropriating authority votes to approve an adopted budget subsequent to the required date for such action but prior to the regional school committee's revision of the budget, such vote shall be deemed valid.
(j) Whenever a member's assessment is reduced to a lesser amount than previously appropriated by the local appropriating authority, that appropriation shall automatically be reduced to the lesser amount.
Templeton already voted no on an override and also approved the Narragansett budget. Get to work cutting the general government budget and stop "waiting to see what Phillipston" does. We don't want a long repetitive attempt to jam through an override.
ReplyDeleteAgain, NRSD is a 2 town member district, both towns have to approve the school budget, via each town assessment, until that is done, there is no school budget. Phillipston has already done. Both towns have been "ordered" by DESE to pay via a 1/12 budget scenario, under what regional agreement, I do not know, but the 1/12 budget scenario stands until district wide meet (s) vote a budget or until December 1, when DESE will take over the district budget.
DeleteTempleton approved the requested budget. Most likely, the NRSD budget is what we'll end up with. Just like last time in 2012 or thereabouts. You don't "wait" around, you have layoffs.
DeleteTempleton voters did not approve the override, so start cutting the general government budget. Stop waiting around for a miracle to save those jobs.
An FYI, both times I have been at a district wide meeting, both times the school budget has been amended, to a lower amount. In 2013, Templeton eventually passed an override to pay the school assessment.
DeleteUnfortunately for anonymous, what Jeff has presented is the way this goes. There are procedures he or anyone else in the BOS seat has to follow. This is the same procedure as and every town in Massachusetts has to follow, and its the same thing we have done every time we are in this position. Stupidity, or ignorance is damaging to everyone else that doesn't have a clear understanding of the facts. People want to be educated, that is fine. There are plenty of recordings of meetings to watch over the years. Town Reports have been printed or a very long time. I suggest you sit down and educated yourself. I have, and after a good number of years, still have plenty to learn.
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