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Brockton Releases "Eye-Opening" Independent Report On School District's $18M Budget Deficit
The report found that the deficit was caused primarily by overspending on personnel, transportation, and out-of-district tuition.
Updated on: September 11, 2024
BROCKTON - An independent report conducted after Brockton school and city officials discovered a surprise $18 million budget deficit in the school district's 2023 fiscal year has just been made public. The report, conducted by law firm Nystrom, Beckman, and Paris LLP found a culture of "incompetence, territorial boundaries, and woefully inadequate checks and balances," in the school district's budgeting process.
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"This report was truly eye-opening," Brockton Mayor Robert Sullivan said in a news conference on Tuesday.
The report found that Sullivan, as the Chair of the School Committee, and other city leaders including the city's CFO, the CFO of the school District, and the School Committee provided little or no oversight of the budget created by Superintendent Michael Thomas.
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