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Budget
Harvard Public Schools Budgeting Process
Budget Planning for School Year 2026-2027
The Harvard Public Schools annual budget request for FY26 strives to align our financial expenditures with our Vision Statement, District Improvement Plan, and School Improvement Plans. These foundational documents chart our course towards sustained progress and excellence in education. Our commitment to this strategic approach has positioned our district as a high-performing school system, consistently attracting families seeking top-tier education for their children.
The School Department’s budgeting process beings at the start of each school year. Teachers actively participate by submitting their needs for curriculum materials and supplies, fostering a collaborative environment within departments and grades. School Principals review and align the funding decisions with their School Improvement plans and then present these school based budgets to the Superintendent. Other key cost center managers, such as those overseeing facilities, pupil services, and technology, contribute their expertise along stakeholder input to present their budgets to the Superintendent. The resulting budgets are then further refined through a series of reviews with the Superintendent, School Finance Director and the School Commmittee Budget Sub-committee in public meetings open to all community members.
On December 8, 2025, the Superintendent presented the FY27 Budget to the School Committee meeting with all cost center managers present to answer questions. The School Committee then voted on December 15, 2025 to approve the Superintendent’s recommended FY27 Budget. You can find video of the meeting by clicking this link.
The FY27 Budget Book and Budget Spreadsheet detailing each cost center’s request have been sent to the Town Hall and Finance Committee for review.
Current Budget:
Previous Fiscal Year Budgets:
FY25 Budget Hearing (video)
FY25 School Budget Spreadsheet
Previous Superintendent’s State of the School Address:
State of the Schools Presentation3/27/24.pdf
State of the Schools Superintendent's Address 3/27/24 (video)