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Local Aid Policy

The 2006 Education Aid Reform

Starting in Fiscal 2002, the state moved away from reliance on the statutory Chapter 70 formula, distributing education aid based on annually changing formulas written into outside Section 3 of …

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Posted byWill BrownsbergerFebruary 18, 2012January 30, 2018Posted inLocal Aid Policy

Education Aid in the Financial Crunch

During the financial crunch, the state abandoned some formula elements that were designed to better match aid to community ability to pay. The result over the past four years has …

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Posted byWill BrownsbergerFebruary 18, 2012July 13, 2014Posted inLocal Aid Policy

What’s wrong with Chapter 70?

The three pages linked to at the bottom of this page explore the implementation of the education aid reforms of 2006 through the financial crunch and consider alternative implementations for …

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Posted byWill BrownsbergerFebruary 18, 2012July 13, 2014Posted inLocal Aid Policy2 Comments on What’s wrong with Chapter 70?

Federal Reserve Bank Local Aid Proposal

An economist at the Federal Reserve bank of Boston has recently been doing work on the relative need for local aid of communities. Bo Zhao‘s work was the subject of …

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Posted byWill BrownsbergerMarch 3, 2011March 26, 2011Posted inLocal Aid Policy

Presentation to the Arlington Budget and Revenue Task Force.

Arlington has lost aid, but is still getting more aid than most comparable communities.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerFebruary 14, 2011March 26, 2011Posted inLocal Aid Policy2 Comments on Presentation to the Arlington Budget and Revenue Task Force.

Local Aid — Chapter 70 Comparison

The chapter 70 formula is shaped first by the constitutional mandate to equalize educational opportunity. So, the communities with lowest property wealth and incomes receive the greatest aid. Additionally, since …

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Posted byWill BrownsbergerJanuary 31, 2010July 13, 2014Posted inLocal Aid Policy

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