BETHEL — SAD 44 stands to lose about $175,000 in state aid and may have to pay $125,000 toward teacher retirement accounts, Superintendent David Murphy said Tuesday.

He said the Finance Committee is working on a 2013-14 budget, which is expected to be brought to the board in May and to voters after that.

This year’s budget is $9.9 million.

Murphy said he learned the district has received two grants totaling $55,000 from the Oxford County Emergency Management Agency to improve safety. Nearly $50,000 is for a new portable generator for the three elementary schools in Bethel, Woodstock and Andover. Telstar Regional Middle/High School has one.

Another $5,000 is for 40 Safety Mates, hand-held devices that can quickly provide instructions for life threatening medical situations. Murphy said building and transportation director Ron Deegan will lead the training sessions for the new machines.

Also on Monday, the board:

* Appointed Brian LaVerdiere as a new maintenance employee. He replaces 30-year veteran Larry Coffin, who retired in February.

* Appointed retired fifth-grade teacher, Linda Kuzyk, as an educational technician for the Title I program at Crescent Park Elementary School in Bethel.

* Appointed Michelle Brown, LCSW, as a social worker at Telstar Regional Middle/High School.

* Granted approval for the superintendent to transfer up to 5 percent of the total appropriation for any cost center to one or more other cost centers.