Formal position, not binding

Use supplemental budget to restore BPS employee funding

Last activity July 9, 2026 (2 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    July 6, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

    The council votes to adopt or reject it.

  4. Adopted

The City Council filed a resolution on July 8, 2026 to use a supplemental budget from the City’s reserve fund to reinstate up to about 400 Boston Public Schools employees who were slated for layoffs. The measure argues restoring these frontline workers will support students, particularly those with disabilities, and asks for swift action before the upcoming school year.

Affects Boston Public Schools employees and students and families affected by layoffs

Filed by Brian Worrell, Benjamin Jacob Weber, Enrique Pepén, John FitzGerald, Miniard Culpepper, Erin Murphy, and Ed Flynn

Now with the City Council

About Budget & Finance and Education

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Official title

Resolution to use a supplemental budget to restore funding for Boston Public Schools (BPS) employees.

Timeline

  1. July 8, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the resolution failed to be adopted.

    City Council

    Councilor Culpepper in the chair. Councilor Breadon in the chair. On motion of Councilors Flynn and Murphy, the rules were suspended; the resolution failed to be adopted: yeas 6 (Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy, Weber, Worrell), nays 3 (Durkan, Pepén, Santana), present 2 (Breadon, Louijeune), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).