LEWISTON – The School Committee adopted a budget of nearly $50 million Monday, including a give-back to the city of more than $1 million.

If approved, the numbers will ensure that the school portion of the local tax bill will not rise.

“It’s nice to see a city councilor vote for a budget,” joked committee member John Butler Jr. after the unanimous vote that also included Larry Poulin, the City Council’s representative.

The budget came together despite late numbers from the state and still-emerging details about federal money.

“When I say this is a working budget, I mean it,” Superintendent Leon Levesque said. “It’s fluid and constantly changing.”

Levesque smiled, teetered in his seat and rolled his eyes.

New state figures released on Monday invalidated some numbers in half-inch-thick bound copies of the budget that were printed on Friday.

Much of the recent news has been good.

The budget includes more than $33.7 million in state aid and $15 million in money from local property taxes.

The state aid numbers include a boost of $3.5 million. Almost $2 million of that is planned money for the new Geiger Elementary School. The give-back to the city absorbs another million.

The remaining money helped to reinstate a few items that were cut when budget talks began weeks ago. They included a program for teen parents and a $49,000 upgrade to technology in the elementary schools. Levesque also added $91,000 for a social worker to help increase school attendance.

“We’re here to help kids,” Levesque said. “Sometimes they come from families that need help.”

Councilors applauded the addition.

“If you don’t get them, they become dropouts,” Butler said.

Levesque is scheduled to brief the City Council on the school budget on April 16. A city-wide referendum is scheduled for May 5.