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42.2% of the grant money that ran out in FY2025 was replaced from the general fund; the rest was not.
1 · The facts
$2,670,158
gross grant fall, in the areas where it fell, FY2025
16
areas of school spending where it fell
$1,127,647
fell in the 8 where the general fund rose
$1,136,013
the general fund’s rise in those 8
$1,542,511
fell in the 8 where it did not
$606,553
the general fund’s further fall in those 8
42.2%
of the fall replaced, by our classification
our estimate
—
which grant ended, and which posts it paid for
not published
2 · What it shows
1
$2,670,158 of grant spending fell in FY2025, across 16 areas of school spending.
2
In 8 of them the general fund rose $1,136,013; in the other 8 it fell a further $606,553.
3
By our classification 42.2% of the fall was replaced and $1,542,511 was not.
4
DESE reports a fund total; it names no grant and no post.
Grant spending that fell, by year and what the town did
Year
Grants fell, town rose
Town rose by
Grants fell, town fell
Town fell by
FY2025
$1,127,647
$1,136,013
$1,542,511
$606,553
FY2024
$243,262
$486,842
$688,125
$3,154,184
FY2023
$261,966
$131,522
$0
$0
FY2022
$533,165
$565,000
$402,993
$151,362
FY2021
$241,898
$193,751
$14,292
$0
FY2020
$300,193
$675,376
$174,979
$392,868
FY2019
$432,798
$641,831
$14,531
$0
FY2018
$691,382
$2,873,981
$61,070
$90,277
FY2017
$62,729
$218,918
$108,743
$355,992
FY2016
$114,732
$538,046
$68,785
$529,024
FY2015
$270,992
$479,906
$282,745
$382,341
FY2014
$738,033
$817,676
$110,694
$129,985
FY2013
$559,912
$1,018,653
$282,187
$141,318
FY2012
$611,331
$554,296
$158,730
$39,085
FY2011
$403,287
$562,077
$227,056
$269,567
FY2010
$716,553
$707,910
$74,313
$39,800
DESE’s End of Year Financial Report, each function compared with the year before. Sorting functions by the two signs is ours.
What was said
“We have a loss of $650,000 in ESSER funds, this is much more significant than we expected.”