Local Aid Reference
This page collects links regarding local aid. Increasing aid allocations to the communities that I represent is a top priority for me, as it is for most state representatives.
For basic reference, see the following pages:
- My communities’ numbers
- Local aid history
- Changes by community — 2002 to 2011
- General government aid — comparisons across communities
- Education aid — comparisons across communities
In addition to the major local programs examined on the pages listed above, the special education circuit breaker is a very important program. The Governor has proposed cutting this program in FY2011, but relatively modestly: See the Governor’s education budget.
For a list of posts related to local aid developments more generally, click here.
Here are some additional resources:
- Most of the state aid data in the charts on these pages come from the states Department of Revenue. The Division of Local Services maintains a municipal databank including full data on local aid.
- For education aid distribution computations, see the Department of Education’s Chapter 70 page.
- For the Governor’s proposal to study the Chapter 70 formula, see outside section 41 of House 2. This is a proposal which echoes legislation pending in the 2009-10 legislative session.
- Spreadsheet regarding comparative and historical local aid prepared in 2008 during the FY2009 budget process. This includes some detail not available via the links above — it highlights the high relative value of the special education circuit-breaker for my communities — but otherwise, offers a basically similar analysis.