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State Chapter 70 aid paid 54.2% of Monty Tech’s FY2026 operating budget; the member towns paid 38.0%.
Monty Tech operating budget by sourcenot from the books
State Chapter 70 aidMember towns’ assessmentsState transportation aidExcess & Deficiency (reserves)Regional Transportation Fund
State Chapter 70 aid
Member towns’ assessments
State transportation aid
Excess & Deficiency (reserves)
Regional Transportation Fund
FY2026
$18,762,805
$13,178,539
$2,000,000
$500,000
$200,000
FY2027
$18,872,680
$13,968,980
$2,075,000
$500,000
$100,000
The district’s own Budget Summary, a sheet it assembled: FY2026 approved, FY2027 proposed. Operating budget only; grants and revolving funds are outside it.
1 · The facts
$34,641,344
Monty Tech operating budget, FY2026
$18,762,805
state Chapter 70 aid, paid by the state
$13,178,539
assessed on the member towns
$2,000,000
state transportation aid
$500,000
from Excess & Deficiency, the district’s reserve
$200,000
from its Regional Transportation Fund
$1,334,521
of it assessed on Lunenburg, FY2026
$35,516,660
operating budget proposed, FY2027
$25,827
a pupil, all funds, no capital or debt (DESE), FY2025
$3,681,900
grant awards the district charts for FY2025
$5,189,760
of grants and revolving money in DESE’s FY2025 total
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Monty Tech’s spending by fund, FY2026
not published
2 · What it shows
1
The state’s Chapter 70 aid paid 54.2% of the FY2026 budget; the towns’ assessments 38.0%.
2
Lunenburg’s $1,334,521 was 10.1% of the towns’ assessments; it pays none of the Chapter 70.
3
The other 7.8%, $2,700,000, is state transportation aid and the district’s own funds.
4
This is the operating budget only; DESE’s $25,827 a pupil for FY2025 counts every fund.
Monty Tech’s operating budget, by source
FY2026 approvednot from the books
Sharenot from the books
FY2027 proposednot from the books
Sharenot from the books
State Chapter 70 aid
$18,762,805
54.2%
$18,872,680
53.1%
Member towns’ assessments
$13,178,539
38.0%
$13,968,980
39.3%
State transportation aid
$2,000,000
5.8%
$2,075,000
5.8%
Excess & Deficiency (reserves)
$500,000
1.4%
$500,000
1.4%
Regional Transportation Fund
$200,000
0.6%
$100,000
0.3%
Total Budget
$34,641,344
100.0%
$35,516,660
100.0%
The FY 2027 Budget Summary, PDF page 25. Excess & Deficiency is the sum of what it applies to operating and to capital. The five sum to the printed Total Budget in both years, checked by the generator.