Request for a public hearing

Hold hearing on Boston Public Schools FY28 budget

Last activity June 26, 2026 (3 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    June 4, 2026

  2. In committee

    The committee decides whether to send it to the full council.

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City Council ordered a hearing to discuss the Boston Public Schools FY28 operating budget. The FY28 budget follows the FY27 total of about $1.73 billion and notes enrollment declines and prior cost pressures. The hearing aims to gather input from BPS and other stakeholders to shape budget priorities for the coming year.

Affects Boston Public Schools students, BPS staff, and City residents

Filed by Brian Worrell, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén, Erin Murphy, Julia Mejia, Ruthzee Louijeune, Ed Flynn, John FitzGerald, Sharon Durkan, Miniard Culpepper, Liz Breadon, and Benjamin Jacob Weber

Now with the Committee on Ways and Means

About Education and Budget & Finance

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Official title

Order for a hearing to discuss Boston Public Schools FY28 Budget.

Timeline

  1. June 10, 2026

    Tabled.

    City Council

  2. June 24, 2026

    Referred to

    City Council

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Later in session, Councilor Mejia doubted the decision of the Chair, recommending that this docket be placed in the Committee on Education. Seconded by Councilor Flynn. Recess. A roll call vote was taken to determine if the decision of the Chair should prevail. Decision of the Chair prevailed: yeas 6 (Breadon, Durkan, Louijeune, Pepén, Santana, Weber), nays 6 (Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).