…commission recommends that the formula be changed to calculate insurance costs and inflation rates based on actual averages from the state’s Group Insurance Commission. The foundation budget formula also “understates…
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PraacticalAAC Blog Post by Jeanne Tuthill
Jeanne Tuthill, an assistive technology specialist at the CCATT Center, has prepared a post for Carole Zangari’s PracticalAAC Blog, and we are pleased to share the blog with you: If…
Amherst-Pelham school district devises new funding formula
…Amherst, Pelham, Leverett and Shutesbury will meet at the middle school library at 9 a.m. Saturday in an attempt to come to an agreement on the funding formula that will…
Gov. Charlie Baker proposes major change to charter school funding formula
…for charter school tuition. Baker wants to give district schools an extra $20.5 million next year through the charter school reimbursement formula, for a total of $101 million, with most…
Orange: state shortchanges its SPED funding by $3.5 million
ORANGE — It’s not just rural schools feeling left behind by the 25-year-old formula for state aid, it’s schools with a high number of special education students too. Unfortunately, Orange’s…
Rural Schools Roundtable emphasizes funding difficulties for area’s rural schools
…roundtable. “It’s important to hear those (experiences) as they shape their report and recommendations.” The roundtable began with Stanton addressing the group about the inability of the state’s funding formula…
Hinds and Blais say launch of Rural Schools Commission ‘a big win’ for region
…creation of the commission was partly due to the discrepancies in funding between rural schools and their urban and suburban counterparts. Hinds and Blais said Chapter 70 school aid’s funding…
Mass. Schools Get More Money In The Latest Budget. A Lot More Is Likely On The Way
…in what officials then called the largest one-year hike in the last two decades. A commission that reviewed the school funding formula in 2015 concluded it underfunds public education by…
Students to ask state for more education funds
…formula, which hasn’t been revised in almost 25 years. The current formula disadvantages rural schools, says the Hampshire and Franklin County Rural Schools Coalition, because it links funding to enrollment….
ESE Issues Fiscal Conditions in Rural School Districts Report
…Rural Policy Advisory Commission on Fiscal Conditions in Rural School Districts. The report was part of a feasibility study requested by the legislature, relative to establishing a formula for aid…