It's still inflation

...still

 Big h/t to Superintendent Bill Runey of Dighton-Rehoboth, quoted in the Enterprise coverage of "what's up with these overrides":

The “root cause” of all the overrides is that the state has not been increasing education funding to counteract rising costs, said Superintendent of the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District Bill Runey.

And how has this interacted with the end of federal pandemic aid?

 The end of federal money meant to help students recover from the pandemic disruptions is leading to overstretched budgets, Runey said. Districts knew they shouldn’t have used the money for costs that recur each year — like teacher’s salaries — but they didn’t really have a choice, he said.

“We had students who were struggling with learning loss. We had students who were struggling with emotional issues,” he said.

Those effects are lingering beyond the three years schools had access to the extra money, he said, and students still need services from psychologists and adjustment counselors.

“Those services don’t come from a laptop and they don’t come from new cafeteria tables, or a new basketball hoop. They come from people,” he said.

I will also note again: the only reason you're not seeing this in the cities yet is because they've been receiving Student Opportunity Act increases, which, rather than going to the additional teachers, additional services, additional supplies and so forth that were actually why we all pushed so hard for the change are going to cover inflationary changes.
We've got one more year and then that's gone, too. 
Action is urgently needed on INFLATION.