March 12, 2009, the House voted to match the local aid levels proposed in the Governor’s budget — relatively substantial overall increases in Chapter 70 and a protection of municipalities from a shortfall in the lottery fund.
The chart below gives an overview of trends in the major local aid programs — Chapter 70, Lottery Aid and Additional Assistance. See additional local aid analysis. For the Governor’s discussion, click here. For details on the Chapter 70 program and aid computations, click here.
Chapter 70, Lottery and Additional Assistance | Arlington | Belmont | Cambridge | All Districts (Regional and Municipal) | |
Chapter 70 Aid, H2 Gov | 6,229,294 | 4,603,815 | 9,316,701 | 3,948,496,062 | |
School Enrollment, FY09 | 4,469 | 3,677 | 6,115 | 944,224 | |
Chapter 70 Aid Per Pupil, H2 Gov | 1,394 | 1,252 | 1,524 | 4,182 | |
Foundation Budget FY09 | 38,070,505 | 31,086,767 | 62,523,714 | 8,811,314,229 | |
H2 Gov, Ch. Aid as % of Foundation Budget | 16.4% | 14.8% | 14.9% | 44.8% | |
Chapter 70 Aid in FY90 | 2,414,446 | 684,436 | 1,534,957 | 1,106,969,351 | |
% Change in Total Ch. 70 Aid FY90 to FY09 | 158% | 573% | 507% | 257% | |
Ch.70 Aid FY08 | 5,814,120 | 3,857,487 | 8,516,353 | 3,725,671,326 | |
$ Change in Ch. 70 Aid FY08 to FY09 | 415,174 | 746,328 | 800,348 | 222,824,736 | |
% Change in Ch.70 Aid FY08 to FY09 | 7.1% | 19.3% | 9.4% | 6.0% | |
Lottery Distributions FY09 (level from 08) | 4,950,398 | 1,982,683 | 8,781,240 | 935,028,283 | |
Additional Assistance FY09 (level from 08) | 4,491,775 | 827,483 | 17,956,060 | 378,517,988 | |
Total General Municipal Aid FY09 (level from 08) | 9,442,173 | 2,810,166 | 26,737,300 | 1,313,546,271 | |
Population est. on July 1, 2006 | 41,075 | 23,308 | 101,365 | 6,437,193 | |
General Municipal Aid per Capita (2008 and H2) | 230 | 121 | 264 | 204 | |
Total General Municipal Aid FY90 | 10,317,992 | 2,881,556 | 33,311,373 | 1,070,994,605 | |
% Change in Total General Municipal, FY90 to FY09 | -8.5% | -2.5% | -19.7% | 22.6% | |
% Change in Total of Ch.70 and General, FY90 to FY09 | 23% | 108% | 3% | 142% | |
1999 Income per Capita | 34,399 | 42,485 | 31,156 | 25,952 | |
2006 EQV Per Capita | 175,023 | 237,626 | 241,991 | 153,979 | |
Cost Inflation in Gov’t Services, 1990 to 2007 | 75% | ||||
Special Education Circuit Breaker Payments in FY08 | 1,235,087 | 815,861 | 2,720,406 | 191,262,539 | |
Chapter 90 Highway Aid in FY2008 | 593,427 | 403,501 | 1,908,524 | 150,000,000 | |
Municipal Partnership Act, Local Revenue Estimates (from MMA and the City of Boston, FY07) | |||||
Elimination of Telecom Property Tax Exemption | 281,330 | 122,396 | 2,358,345 | 78,123,635 | |
Local Option Meals Tax at 1% (2% would be authorized) | 390,053 | 171,767 | 3,812,860 | 126,360,000 | |
Community Shares of State-wide Aid Programs | |||||
Chapter 70 Share (FY2009) | 0.16% | 0.12% | 0.24% | 100.00% | |
Chapter 70 FY09 increment share (FY2008-9) | 0.19% | 0.33% | 0.36% | 100.00% | |
Lottery Share (FY2009) | 0.53% | 0.21% | 0.94% | 100.00% | |
Additional Assistance Share (FY2009) | 1.19% | 0.22% | 4.74% | 100.00% | |
Special Education Circuit Breaker Share (FY2008) | 0.65% | 0.43% | 1.42% | 100.00% | |
Chapter 90 Share (FY2008) | 0.40% | 0.27% | 1.27% | 100.00% | |
Telecom Property Tax Exemption | 0.36% | 0.16% | 3.02% | 100.00% | |
Local Option Meals Tax | 0.31% | 0.14% | 3.02% | 100.00% | |