In the House, we just completed the budget for FY25. I was proud to deliver local aid to Franklin and Medway that will assist the Franklin Food Pantry ($50,000), the Medway Village Food Pantry ($50,000), the Franklin Performing Arts Company ($100,000), the SAFE Coalition ($50,000), the Franklin Downtown Partnership ($25,000), and the Medway Community Farm ($25,000). I was also happy to file an amendment that added $500,000 to the Genocide Education Trust Fund.
We voted to send $29,717,993 to Franklin and $11,042,877 to Medway for school aid through Chapter 70, which represents an increase of $104 per student over FY24 (nearly triple what the Governor proposed in her budget) and $2,983,453 for Franklin and $1,473,066 to Medway in Unrestricted General Government Aid (UGGA). This is on top of our vote to provide $939,828 to Franklin and $395,457 to Medway, critical tools to make improvements to local transportation infrastructure.
Overall, the FY25 House budget funds UGGA at $1.283 billion, and Chapter 70 education funding at $6.863 billion, representing a $309 million increase over the funding provided for Chapter 70 in the FY24 budget. The budget also funds the fourth year of a six-year implementation plan for the Student Opportunity Act (SOA), which was enacted in 2019 to ensure that public schools have the necessary resources to provide high-quality education to students, regardless of zip code or income level.
Click on the image below for the video of the highlights of the environmental and energy provisions in the budget from remarks I made on the House floor.
It was an amazing budget in challenging times and I am will keep you updated as the budget moves to the Senate later this month.
Jeff
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