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The fastest-growing bus line: 10.1% a year, and $67,555 past its FY2026 budget.
Circuit breaker, transportation, paid that year
Spent
Voted
1 · The facts
$633,291
special education vans, not the Dee Bus contract
+10.1%
a year, special education, since FY2019
$67,555
special education past its FY2026 budget
$649,953
budgeted for FY2027
$94,993
repaid by the state, special education only
—
special education vans and monitors
not published
—
one van, one school day
not published
2 · What it shows
1
Special education buses spent $67,555 more than their FY2026 budget, and no transfer covered it.
2
It grows fastest of any bus line, and nothing published counts what it buys.
Special education transportation by year
Year
Voted
Revised
Spent
Spent past the revised budget
FY2026
$565,734
$565,735
$633,291
$67,556
FY2025
$445,328
$445,328
$434,922
-$10,406
FY2024
$335,947
$338,837
$401,402
$62,565
FY2023
$329,360
$326,360
$320,244
-$6,116
FY2022
$297,843
$253,343
$241,390
-$11,953
FY2021
$380,409
$421,521
$260,921
-$160,600
FY2020
$446,658
$446,658
$223,350
-$223,308
FY2019
$417,585
$414,808
$322,047
-$92,761
FY2018
$490,000
$425,000
$366,184
-$58,816
FY2017
$489,250
$489,250
$360,537
-$128,713
FY2016
$469,046
$473,371
$460,508
-$12,863
FY2015
$415,488
$415,770
$480,819
$65,049
FY2014
$395,702
$395,702
$444,752
$49,050
FY2013
$348,060
$418,814
$440,499
$21,685
FY2012
$270,000
$270,660
$309,766
$39,106
FY2011
$300,000
$328,259
$267,248
-$61,011
FY2010
$300,000
$249,837
$226,876
-$22,961
Town general fund. Voted before the year; revised is the budget at the close, after any transfer; spent is paid plus still owed. A negative last column is money left unspent.
What was said
“Budgeted for Special Education Transportation: $649,953”