Finance Committee backs regional school assessment
Amherst Finance Committee voted 6-0 to recommend the $20.4 million regional school assessment. The committee backed Amherst's $20,434,781 share of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District's FY27 budget, sending the recommendation to the Town Council.
Finance Committee · Meeting of May 28, 2026
Amherst Finance Committee voted 6-0 to recommend the $20.4 million regional school assessment. The committee backed Amherst's $20,434,781 share of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District's FY27 budget, sending the recommendation to the Town Council. Members took no vote on a proposed change to lease language in the regional agreement and asked the town attorney whether it would cost Amherst authority over leases.
A long discussion of the elementary school budget, about $502,000 above the figure in the municipal order, ended without a vote. School Committee Chair Deb Leonard told members the special education share is "high and it's straining every town in the Commonwealth."
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of May 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.
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