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Call for Independent Audit of BPS Spending and Staffing

Last activity April 9, 2026 (5 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    April 6, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

This City Council resolution calls for an independent performance audit of Boston Public Schools’ spending, staffing, and resource allocation. It would assess how funds and personnel are distributed at schools and centrally, address concerns about staffing reductions, and publish findings to improve transparency and student outcomes.

Affects Boston Public Schools students and families

Filed by Ed Flynn and Erin Murphy

Now with the City Council

About Education and Budget & Finance

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Official title

Resolution calling for an independent performance audit of Boston Public Schools' spending, staffing and resource allocation.

Timeline

  1. April 8, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.

    City Council

    On motion of Councilors Murphy and Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was not adopted: yeas 6 (Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy, Worrell), nays 5 (Durkan, Louijeune, Pepén, Santana, Weber), 1 present (Coletta Zapata), 1 absent (Mejia).

    Watch the meeting City video Minutes, April 8, 2026