Yeas & NaysBoston City Council votes

Docket 1031

Roll call 15 of 20 at the meeting of June 3, 2026: 13 yes, 0 no.

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The motion

Discussion on funding Boston Public Schools' 2026 operating budget needs.

The City's own summary of the docket.

This appropriation request was approved by the Boston School Committee on May 6, 2026, and is intended to cover projected deficits in health insurance ($18,087,750.00) and utility spending ($4,757,922.00), the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.

The clerk's full description

On the message and order, referred on May 20, 2026, Docket #1031, authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate the amount of Twenty Two Million Eight Hundred Forty Five Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Two Dollars ($22,845,672.00) for purposes of funding Boston Public Schools to meet operating expenses of the fiscal period commencing July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026. This appropriation request was approved by the Boston School Committee on May 6, 2026, and is intended to cover projected deficits in health insurance ($18,087,750.00) and utility spending ($4,757,922.00), the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.

How each councillor voted

13 recorded