Paid outside the general fund
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Funds outside the voted budget spent $16,680,612 in four years: 13.4% of school spending in FY2026.
| Revolving funds and lunch | Circuit breaker | Grants | Capital and other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $1,939,049 | $494,968 | $1,900,357 | $53,587 |
| FY2024 | $1,971,201 | $466,296 | $1,932,660 | $67,933 |
| FY2025 | $1,497,728 | $498,451 | $1,196,194 | $637,232 |
| FY2026 | $1,861,160 | $337,499 | $1,037,341 | $788,956 |
Spending in every school fund but the general fund. Spent includes what was still owed; only FY2026 owed any.
1 · The facts
$4,387,961
spent outside the general fund, FY2023
$4,024,956
spent outside the general fund, FY2026
16.4%
of all school spending, FY2023
13.4%
of all school spending, FY2026
$16,680,612
outside the general fund, four years
$7,269,138
revolving funds and lunch, four years
$6,066,552
grants, four years
$1,797,214
circuit breaker, four years
$1,547,707
capital and other, four years
$916,522
largest payee, THURSTON FOODS, four years
2 · What it shows
- 1
Spending outside the general fund was $4,387,961 in FY2023 and $4,024,956 in FY2026.
- 2
Four years: fees and lunch $7,269,138, grants $6,066,552, the circuit breaker $1,797,214.
- 3
The largest single payee outside the general fund was THURSTON FOODS: $916,522.
Related
| Function code | Spent | |
|---|---|---|
| 2200 SCHOOL LUNCH REVOLVING | 3400 Food Services | $3,040,477 |
| 2640 SPECIAL ED CIRCUIT BREAKER | 9300 Tuition to Non-Public Schools | $1,312,338 |
| 2781 FY22 #119 ESSER III GRANT | 2300 Teaching (heading only) | $1,051,770 |
| 1312 EXTENDED DAY REVOLVING FUND | 2000 Instruction (heading only) | $1,049,930 |
| 1305 AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FUND | 2000 Instruction (heading only) | $790,031 |
| 1301 CHAPTER 658 REVOLVING FUND | 3510 Athletics | $745,146 |
| 3109 FY24 CAPITAL PLAN-#6 5/6/23 | 0000 No function code | $663,032 |
| 1308 SCHOOL CHOICE REVOLVING FUND | 2000 Instruction (heading only) | $465,377 |
| 2640 SPECIAL ED CIRCUIT BREAKER | 9400 Tuition to Collaboratives | $456,071 |
| 2200 SCHOOL LUNCH REVOLVING | 5200 Insurance for Active Employees | $433,232 |
| 3105 FY23 CAPITAL PLAN | 0000 No function code | $388,738 |
| 2791 FY23 #240 | 2300 Teaching (heading only) | $360,499 |
| 2813 FY25 GRANT #240 | 0000 No function code | $357,180 |
| 2758 FY24 #240 | 2300 Teaching (heading only) | $346,968 |
| 2780 FY22 ESSER II #115 | 2300 Teaching (heading only) | $339,697 |
| 2814 FY'26 #240 | 2000 Instruction (heading only) | $321,215 |
| 2785 FY22 #240 | 2300 Teaching (heading only) | $293,420 |
| 3111 FY25 CAPITAL PLAN | 0000 No function code | $281,780 |
| 2595 ARPA FUNDS | 0000 No function code | $223,020 |
| 2583 GREEN COMMUNITIES GRANT | 0000 No function code | $207,493 |
| 1312 EXTENDED DAY REVOLVING FUND | 5200 Insurance for Active Employees | $205,702 |
| 2705 FY24 TITLE 1 GRANT #305 | 2000 Instruction (heading only) | $197,260 |
| 2839 FY26 TITLE I #305 | 2000 Instruction (heading only) | $191,985 |
| 2681 COMP SCHOOL HEALTH SERV GRANT | 3200 Medical/Health Services | $188,788 |
| 3112 FY26 CAPITAL PLAN | 0000 No function code | $177,864 |
The twenty-five largest fund-and-line pairs, FY2023 to FY2026.
Sources
- Lunenburg Budget Project — munis-school-journal.csv (every school journal line, FY2023–FY2026, our redacted reading of the Town’s Report 1)
- Lunenburg Budget Project — munis-school-journal-accounts.csv (every school account, with the FY2026 figures the report prints)
- Town of Lunenburg — period-13 MUNIS spreadsheets, school general fund and special funds, FY2023–FY2026 (munis-school-ytd.csv), tied account by account
- Town of Lunenburg — how the journal reached us, and what was redacted