$60M Madison Schools Budget Heads To Selectmen, Finance Boards

MADISON, CT — Last month, the Madison Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved the recommended 2022-2023 budget.

The budget will now be submitted to the Board of Selectmen and then move on to the Board of Finance.

The recommended budget is $60,255,417, which represents a 1.66 percent increase over the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

The General Education portion of the spending plan, $33,898,092 is $1,178,847 more than the previous fiscal year which represents a 1.99 percent increase. The Special Education/Student Services portion of the budget, $11.2 million, is $44,000 less than last year.

The district notes that the priorities in creating the spending plan included:

• Respond to and prioritize anticipated educational needs from the COVID pandemic.
• Review line items and reallocate funding, based on expenditure history, to fund priority needs.
• Include known costs, and project anticipated contractual settlements, associated with employee contracts.
• Align staffing profiles in accordance with enrollment projections, class size policy, state mandates and programmatic needs.
• Align per pupil core allocation funding levels for students based on projected Pre-K – 12 enrollments.
• Where possible, pre-purchase electricity and diesel fuel, while estimating pricing based on the natural gas market.
• Realize efficiencies in the following areas: energy conservation, preventative facilities maintenance, collaborative staffing arrangements with the Town of Madison, participate in purchasing consortiums.
• Prepare for new state guidelines and legislation
• Support and prepare for district reconfiguration to K-5/PreK-5
• Include health insurance funding projections

Here's the full 2022-2023 budget summary:

MPS 2022-2023 Budget Summary by Ellyn Santiago