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Showing posts with label chap 70. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chap 70. Show all posts
Sunday, April 28, 2024

NEPM: "Massachusetts schools need more funds, some point to flaw in education finance law"

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Why are so many school districts faced with funding issues this year?  There is a common thread and it points to a flaw within the Student O...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Joint Budget Subcommittee get the details on the current $10.1 million budget deficit

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The Joint Budget Subcommittee heard from Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and School Superintendent Lucas Giguere as they outlined the chal...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

Worthy reads on School Funding Topics via Tracy Novick

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Two pieces from Tracy Novick on school funding that are worth reading.  In the first, she takes the Boston Globe to task for misrepresentin...
Monday, November 27, 2023

Reminder: MASC Workshop scheduled by School Committee for Nov 27, 2023 at 6 PM

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Franklin Public Schools Franklin School Committee School Committee MASC Workshop November 27, 2023  6:00 - 7:30 PM Municipal Building – 3rd ...
Friday, July 7, 2023

Going forward from FY 2024, what is sustainable? (audio)

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FM #1020 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1020 in the series.  This session of the radio show shares the conversation with ...
Monday, October 31, 2022

CommonWealth Magazine: "ed reform money reaching poorer districts"

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"THE LOW-INCOME, HEAVILY IMMIGRANT city of Chelsea is getting over $2,600 per pupil more in state education aid than it did two years a...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Insights on the House Ways & Means budget vs. Gov Baker's H2 budget starting point

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For those closely following the State budget process (it does have significance to the local budget process) Tracy Novick's analysis of ...
Sunday, March 13, 2022

Joint Budget Subcommittee gets first view of projected budget deficit for FY 2023 (audio & transcript)

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FM #751 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 751 in the series.  This session of the radio show shares the Joint Budget Subcomm...
Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Recap: School Committee hears of budget and asks good questions

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Quick recap: Sara Ahern and Miriam Goodman presented the Superintendent's recommended budget to the School Committee on Tuesday. An incr...
Sunday, January 30, 2022

circuit breaker, charter school, and regional transportation reimbursement all see increases in H2

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Via Tracy Novick, we get an statewide overview of the Governor's budget with a focus on education funding (Chap 70). "Governor Char...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

CommonWealth Magazine: "State budget writers forecast continued growth in tax revenues"

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"Budget officials on Friday revised upward their revenue forecast for the current fiscal year by $1.5 billion and then projected the st...
Monday, December 13, 2021

"School funding is both enormously important and extremely complicated"

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It is timely that the Franklin School Committee has a workshop scheduled to help the new members understand the Franklin school budget. Whil...
Friday, November 12, 2021

FM #655 - Finance Committee Mtg - 11/10/21 (audio)

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FM #655 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 655 in the series.  This session of the radio show shares the Franklin, MA Finance...
Thursday, November 11, 2021

Recap: Finance Committee hears of FY 2022 overall budget reduction of $454K

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Quick Recap: New growth had been forecasted to be $1,199,593 and is being revised down to be $1,105,000; the $94,593 less revenue is one pie...