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Orange: state shortchanges its SPED funding by $3.5 million
…percent of the $20,103,315 grand total — but there’s concerns the state’s Chapter 70 formula for school aid, established with the 1993 Education Reform Act, is falling short of adequately…
Mohawk supt. seeks ‘rural school aid’
…proposal to establish rural school aid as part of the state’s Chapter 70 educational aid formula. Part of the plan is to support state legislation that would get this additional…
Dozens of lawmakers asking for education aid increase beyond Baker budget proposal
…must be made in a lean budget year. The $39.55 billion fiscal 2017 budget proposed by Gov. Charlie Baker includes a $72.1 million increase in Chapter 70 local education funding,…
Governor Baker signs FY16 Budget
…The budget increases Chapter 70 education funds to approximately $25 per student. A link to the Chapter 70 funding per town can be found here. There was also an increase…
Gov. Baker agrees to major spending increase in his final budget
…aid, economic and workforce development, behavioral health care and local aid, Baker said. It provides almost $6 billion in Chapter 70 local school funding, a $495 million increase over fiscal…
Mass. Schools Get More Money In The Latest Budget. A Lot More Is Likely On The Way
…education. The budget plows nearly $270 million more into school spending, pushing total Chapter 70 aid to nearly $5.18 billion. It’s the same amount the Senate had passed in May…
Governor Baker outlines plans for local aid increases
…least $20 per pupil to all of the state’s 322 school districts. Chapter 70 aid and local property taxes are the chief sources of funding for K-12 education in Massachusetts….
Rural schools develop state aid proposal
…a draft proposal that seeks more Chapter 70 state aid for rural schools with the highest enrollment declines, the lowest per capita income and flat-level state aid to education. The…
Increased rural school aid ‘a tremendous win,’ administrators and legislators say
…full funding of the Student Opportunity Act, increased Chapter 70 aid and early education grants, among others. With those increases, the rural school aid line item now stands at $15…