In the March 24 issue of the Current, an article entitled “Cape schools adopt budget above cap” did not clearly represent the School Board’s budget actions.
On March 22 the board unanimously voted to adopt a school budget in the amount of $17,502,204, which represents an increase of $946,343 over this year’s budget.
The amount of increase consists of $400,000 of voter-approved debt that the Town Council exempted from inclusion in cap. That leaves $546,343 in new expenditures, which is an increase equal to the council’s 3.3 percent cap on increased spending.
The board also unanimously adopted a second motion requesting an additional $58,500 for extending the laptop program into tenth grade. They specifically asked for these funds outside the adopted budget proposal and outside the 3.3 percent cap.
Together, these two motions form a request from the Town Council for school spending of $17,560,704, a 6.07 percent increase, including the exempted $400,000.
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