We've been around that 5% number five to 6%. The override number is 6.18%. It's right where we typically would have, you know, last year was 6 point something percent. I forget the the number off the top of my head. Um, but that's and that's not necessarily adding new positions. It was building a new program, which we did, but that's saving us funding. That's saving the community. Like I said, we're talking millions of dollars of savings based on programs we've built. Uh just to cover off on a question that Brandy had as well. Uh why if we waited a year would the uh override amount be more? And it's partly also and maybe Jim you can speak a little bit more to the volatility and the reasons uh we need uh those those funds in there. Right. So, we have a lot of things that can impact our budget, whether it be the 15 and a half% increase in special education out of district tuition for the same number of students for next year that we're expecting.
>> Thank you. >> Oh, I have a quick question. Can you go to slide 30? >> Yeah. >> So, Howard, you said the number was 500,000 from Boilston. Um, >> what you said more than that? >> Yeah. Yeah, that's what I Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> You said boil the change 838. >> So, is it boiling? >> That number is increases in dollars for your overall budget from the Boilston side compared to last year. >> Yeah. >> Okay. But you need to make sure you pull out capital >> out of it because that comes out of a different bucket. >> Capital is in in our capital budget. >> Capital this is our operating budget. >> Yeah. And you should also pull out uh vocational which is a small amount >> because that's a difference. >> We don't have vocational >> and you don't have vocational.
That's very important one. uh we have guidelines now regulations we don't have a policy this would say well we have to have a policy but actually take a look at that prior to uh next meeting first question >> yeah most of the rest of even the changes are minor they're vetted by the committee by John you have any questions which I haven't got anything in a while but that just send they come from are coming. So, >> okay. Uh, you'll hear more about more policies as we come to meet. Uh, Kico Michelle, I know you meet Thursday. >> Yeah, we were supposed to be on the 25th. We have weather. Um, so we're meeting this Thursday at 3:12 or I'm sorry, this Thursday, 3:12 at 9:00 a.m. at um, Cherry Brook and then we will have our regular meeting for this month on the 25th.
Mark March 20th marks the end of the second trimester with new class schedules on Monday, March 23rd. The third trimester marks my very last the very last trimester of my high school career. It is a little scary to think that in less than three months, me and my fellow seniors will be graduates. I wish my fellow students the absolute best. Make sure to finish strong. That's all I have for tonight. Thank you and have a great night. >> Thank you, Alina, for your report. Uh I just have a couple of things. Number one, uh just want to get in on the parade of congratulating all of our parents of the year. uh to hear uh the stories, the descriptions, the examples uh is a testament uh to the strong community that isa that moves that shakesa and that forms. So I just want to show my appreciation my gratitude uh to all of our parents here tonight.
>> Okay. So the 102 is actually cash that we have to maintain with with the county treasur's office and say $500 no more no less. So that's why it's always zero but the $500 is there. And if you want to scroll down a little bit further, Miss Jenna. So, as you can see, we still have 13.2% of our budget that is remaining. Uh, but please remember that out of that 13.2 is the rest of the benefits that get paid out over for payroll for the remainder of the year. So when we talked about doing raises and everything else, it still looks like we should be coming in between that 50 and $100,000 over for the portion of the year.
>> then there should be this district shouldn't be booking a a plane ticket or a hotel room anywhere else at that point. >> Yeah. So, I think as each individual board member need to work with our executive secretary or the superintendent. >> I I remember um two things. the when it first came up, we were talking about this and it was presented that triple I was separate from the 4500. I that's how I remember it. >> No, it was I was in there. We were We were in No, listen. Just let me finish and then I'll tell you what happened. So, that's how I how how it happened in the >> We talked about it. I'll say in close session when you all brought me in to tell me about >> myself. So after that, that's what happened. So after that, we came out to open session the next week and I had to ask permission to either go to triple I or Vegas.
Uh we had uh some many of you might have known we had some smoke uh some uh some smoke alarm issues at the high school. That was $140,000. We have a lot of things that we need uh those things to have uh some money in them. And so if we were to deplete them to kick the can down the road, we would need to ask for enough where we could start to restock that because we we need that volatility. If we don't have if we don't have that uh flexibility, uh we're cuts. That's that's their only other option. So, >> right, >> Paul, what's what's a 15% increase in special education uh worth in dollars? >> I think it's $686,000. >> Yeah, somewhere there. Yeah. Yeah. >> And that's a figure >> five we're five million >> this year probably the number total >> and that figure could change too if right the number of students that may come in that may come in right so that that's always that's not always it's not a constant it's yeah Joe to your point but I hearken back to that that first budget scenario we had with Tony Skavi and Mike was the assistant then and and [clears throat] no we were talking about the budget and people were like oh you made it work well we actually had a student leave the district and that was a $200,000 out of district student.
So So this your budget still is over the maximum amount we have available to you. >> So by 338,000. Is that what you're saying? Uh that sheet I gave you over there >> over there I think was about 250 now that you guys got us solved >> roughly approximately >> and that does not include any of those priority one at >> that's correct except for the fifth grade teacher >> right that's what I'm trying to wrap my brain around right now >> 520 >> and Howard we are saying if we don't meet your number it could be a prop 2 and a half or it is a prop two and a half. >> So you so we cannot at town meeting pass a deficit budget. >> Okay. >> Not it's not a lot. >> So at some point when we max out which is going to be basically close to that 500,000 probably a couple thousand dollar leeway you know here and there.
>> Did you send the meetings to Cherry Brook this? >> Cherry Brook this Thursday. >> Everybody make that change. um communications relation. >> Um yes, we had a meeting on March 2nd. Um I know that we are working on getting a date on the climate culture event to happen. So we're still working to that. um talked about student presenter that went out um as well as the newsletter and also discussed the communication plan which is five goals within that which we worked on a draft of that come out um after the next meeting. Our next meeting is Monday um April 6th at 1 p.m. >> Did you mention when the newsletter is coming up the on that? Not out yet. Soon. Very soon. >> It's >> final draft went out today. >> Yeah, the final final it's basically not. >> Is that accurate? >> Yes.
Um also want to share that to today uh the community input uh sessions uh with the search firm uh the next superintendent of Isuza Unified School District began. Uh there were eight meetings uh today. Uh tomorrow uh we have three opportunities for the community uh to uh get involved if they if they wish to. At 9:20 we have an online opportunity. Uh that meeting will be in English only at uh 5:00 pm. Uh we have um an online and uh that one will be in Spanish only. And then we have an in-person here at Sierra High School in this very room uh at 6 pm uh that'll be bilingual for those that prefer to uh participate in person. In addition, yesterday the survey launched for those who maybe can't make a meeting, don't want to make a meeting. There's an opportunity for anybody uh to go to our website and fill out the uh survey uh online.
There any questions on the district finance report? Anything that you'd else you'd like to see and want to talk about? We were talking about civics. Did you want to take a look at the tax credits for civics? >> Sure. >> Yeah. 526. Okay. Slow down. So, >> so with the sorry with a $9,000 balance, >> do we are we going to pull money from from tax credit to pay the remaining balance or we still have a couple fundraisers left and then parents will be making final payments. If they make a tax credit, then yes, but most kids balances are at or below 500. So, it's really it's easy for the parents to help. So a lot of it's her parents just haven't made their last payment yet. >> Yeah. And that's the only beginning. >> Yeah. >> Have we used tax credit money at all for the to help with the um trip the last two years, but we've been getting scholarships from German and that has actually helped cover the students who haven't been able to make their payment.
And my I was confused because in closed session we said that triple I was one thing, a whole another budget and that the 4500 was different. At that time I had proof via email that it was supposed to be 7500 or something like that but they never changed it in the policy. So at that time we decided to create a policy to ch to create an amount and you all voted for the 4500 and that's how we got the 400. And at the same time we even though in the week before it was said triple I was one 4500 was another you all voted to say whether I can go to Vegas or I could go to triple I only within a $200 range of each other. You all said no to Vegas and yes to triple I went to Triple I. Then when we came back, we talked about I talked about it with um and I don't know if you remember this, doc.
Like I can't control that. But we have students who are moving into our community that either we're going to be fiscally responsible or we're not. If they come after April 1st, the sending district is responsible for them. We've got families moving in now. And we had Chris, he bangs his head against the wall on a daily basis about this because we don't know >> and and it's we account for what we know today. >> We have we have a lot of volatility that we and so there there needs to be >> doesn't need to be a certain dollar amount but there needs to be friends in those >> but there needs to be a path to get to that >> correct to that figure. >> Right. So, so >> folks, I I I hate to interrupt, but um we um I was just kind of looking at the time and just looking at the balance of our time.
But if you're over that >> your only alternative is you want to do a budget that exceeds that is a prop two and a half over. >> Okay. So it be on a ballot. >> That would be a vote at town meeting and a vote at the ballot that we uh based on our last attempt last town meeting where we did two attempts to do debt exclusions for the fire station which passed at both town meeting and ballot and debt exclusion for the senior center which passed at town meeting but failed at the ballot and that was only for four mill. >> I know. Um, I I would caution that it would be a hard setup. >> Yep. >> Okay. >> And we're going to get an email from either you or Kristen that memorializes this change that you gave us today. >> Yes. >> Not Kristen, I mean April.
>> I was like, I know. >> Okay. Update on correct meets tomorrow. So, I'll have an update for you at the next meeting. I'll be attending that meeting uh tomorrow. Um Jordan Insurance Company. >> Yep. So, we met Thursday uh March 5th and we had uh USI there with us. We had gone out to RFP and we had uh one additional quote other than our renewal from United come in and that was from Anthem. We also went to Sigma and Etna and they declined to quote on us. Um but Anthem did have I would say a competitive f in some ways but then in others we would be seeing a um penalty to move because of our contract that we're in and we would potentially lose um or have to pay out on our pharmacy rebates. So it kind of made it a little bit clearer that it looks like we're going to be staying with United.
Uh we are sharing that on our social medias and on our parent squares uh as well. And then just lastly, want to uh show my appreciation to Glass Middle School. I was able to go to their fifth grade parent night uh where uh prospective uh parents and students uh are going to go to uh middle school uh going through that period right uh recently uh as a parent. I know that middle school can be uh scary. Um but uh they did a really good job of highlighting everything that the school has to offer. Uh and that really sets it apart from any other middle school uh in the area. And so just want to share my appreciation to the staff at Glaso Middle School and all the parents and students that showed up. Thank you. >> Good evening. Um, I would also like to again congratulate our parents of the year.
Um we don't tell them upfront you're going to be a scholarship pay because we want them to participate in all the fundraisers and do what they can. But we haven't the balance and the accounts for the tax credits has pretty much stayed the same from when trip was cancelled due to co. So basically within so if we're looking at this report we're looking at tax credits as one giant lump. So this is the tax credits for every activity that we have. We're talking civics specifically. The goal with the civics tax credits is to have enough money at the beginning of the year to already prepay for the trip. So that way all of the tax credits that come in, all the fundraising that they do are going towards the next year trip so that we always have that fund there so that they can always go.
We talked me and her talked about over the phone some a while ago and she confirmed yes, it was triple I was one thing. The $4,500 was separate and we should and she didn't say this, but so I say it. So then we should not have voted on whether I could go to or Vegas. What we should have voted on was whether I could go to Vegas or not like that, even though it was a no. So my that's how it went down um during that process of triple I and um and versus the 4500. So it's supposed to be separate. It was said that it was supposed to be separate. What's in writing? I don't know cuz I did not get to see this yet. So if it's in writing separate that they're one and the same. Personally, I think that it needs to go up cuz prices go up.
We really have some decisions I think we have to make. >> Um >> I think number one, we need to talk about we we're talking about stabilization fund usage. So, let's talk about the fact that we are still using the stabilization fund [clears throat] in both an override scenario and a non-override scenario. And If we don't uh if we do pass an override, we're still going to use that stabilization fund to the tune of of over $600,000. It reduces the amount that we need to use, but it doesn't eliminate it. And I think that's okay actually at this standpoint because there's a lot of potential developments that could come online. And um that does as as much as >> as much as we don't like to admit it sometimes uh carries with it new growth revenue um that could have an impact not just on services but also on the revenue picture.
Sorry about that. April, good. >> Yep. >> Just so we have that for to memorialize that for our budget as well too. >> You realize uh the former town manager of Berlin and Kristen is no longer there. >> I know that. I I said it by mistake. I don't She's an up now. I I know. uh lost for Berlin but I meant April. Sorry about that. >> Okay, great. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. Thank you very much. >> Appreciate it. >> Hard to read this here, but is it Avery Kapoor or Arvin Kapoor? >> Arf. >> Come on up from Boilston. Yeah. >> Thank you. All right.