NORTH PROVIDENCE – Final adjustments are being made to the School Department’s proposed budget for 2021-2022.
North Providence school leaders announced a few weeks ago that they’d be requesting a total budget of $61,769,242, compared to this year’s budget of $58,668,107.
After the initial budget presentation, School Committee Chairman Frank Pallotta requested several cuts to bring the total increase from 5.3 percent to under 5 percent, bringing the town’s share to about 3 percent.
The School Department had originally planned to request a total of $34,037,237 from the town, representing a roughly 3.5 percent increase of $1,186,977.
With the additional cuts, Pallotta said they’d be requesting $1,005,660 or an increase of 3.06 percent.