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Local Aid - Section 3
Data Current as of:  8/9/2016




Local Aid Distribution

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SECTION 3.    Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 the distribution to cities and towns of the balance of the State Lottery and Gaming Fund, as paid from the General Fund in accordance with clause (c) of the second paragraph of section 35 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, and additional funds from the General Fund and the Gaming Local Aid Fund, shall be $1,021,928,272 and shall be apportioned to the cities and towns in accordance with this section.

          Notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 70 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, except for section 12B of chapter 76 and section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, for fiscal year 2017 the total amounts to be distributed and paid to each city and town from item 7061-0008 of section 2 shall be as set forth in the following lists. The specified amounts to be distributed from said item 7061-0008 of said section 2 shall be in full satisfaction of the amounts due under chapter 70 of the General Laws.

          For fiscal year 2017, the foundation budget category of "low income enrollment" for the purpose of calculating foundation enrollment shall be the number of students identified as economically disadvantaged by qualifying as a match in the Commonwealth's direct certification system through the EOHHS virtual gateway system in any of the last 4 enrollment collections dating back to the prior year under the programs, terms, and eligibility standards in effect for the Commonwealth in October 2015. Each district shall be assigned a low income decile based on its low income percentage which shall be calculated as its number of economically disadvantaged students over its total foundation enrollment. Each decile shall be assigned a low income rate, where the rate for the lowest percentage decile shall be $3,775 and each subsequent decile shall increase by $40 up to the highest percentage decile rate of $4,135. All other foundation budget categories for each district shall be calculated in the same manner as in fiscal year 2016. The target local share shall be calculated using the same methodology used in fiscal year 2016. Preliminary local contribution shall be the municipality's fiscal year 2016 minimum required local contribution, increased or decreased by the municipal revenue growth factor; provided, that if a municipality's preliminary local contribution as a percentage of its foundation budget is more than 2.5 percentage points lower than the target local share, the preliminary contribution shall be recalculated using the municipality's revenue growth factor plus 1 percentage point; and if a municipality's preliminary contribution as a percentage of its foundation budget is more than 7.5 percentage points lower than the target local share, the preliminary contribution shall be recalculated using the municipality's revenue growth factor plus 2 percentage points. Minimum required local contribution for fiscal year 2017 shall be, for any municipality with a fiscal year 2017 preliminary contribution greater than its fiscal year 2017 target contribution, the preliminary local contribution reduced by 85 per cent of the gap between the preliminary local contribution and the target local contribution. No minimum required local contribution shall be greater than 90 percent of the district's foundation budget amount. Required local contribution shall be allocated among the districts to which a municipality belongs in direct proportion to the foundation budgets for the municipality's pupils at each of those districts. For fiscal year 2017, the "foundation aid increment" shall be the difference between: (a) the positive difference between a district's foundation budget and its required district contribution; and (b) prior year aid. The "minimum aid increment" shall be equal to $55 multiplied by the district's foundation enrollment minus the foundation aid increment. Each district shall be held harmless to the aid amount calculated using the district's fiscal year 2016 percentage of low income foundation enrollment applied to the district's fiscal year 2017 total foundation enrollment multiplied by the fiscal year 2016 low income rates for elementary and secondary students adjusted for inflation.

          Chapter 70 aid for fiscal year 2017 shall be the sum of prior year aid plus the foundation aid increment, if any, plus the minimum aid increment, if any, plus additional aid resulting from the calculation of fiscal year 2016 low income aid, if any. No non-operating district shall receive chapter 70 aid in an amount greater than the district's foundation budget.

          If there is a conflict between the language of this section and the distribution listed below, the distribution below shall control.

          The department of elementary and secondary education shall not consider health care costs for retired teachers to be part of net school spending for any district in which such costs were not considered part of net school spending in fiscal year 1994, and in which such district has not accepted the provisions of section 260 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014.

          No payments to cities, towns or counties maintaining an agricultural school under this section shall be made after November 30 of the fiscal year until the commissioner of revenue certifies acceptance of the prior fiscal year's annual financial reports submitted pursuant to section 43 of chapter 44 of the General Laws. Advance payments shall be made for some or all of periodic local reimbursement or assistance programs to any city, town, regional school district or independent agricultural and technical school that demonstrates an emergency cash shortfall, as certified by the commissioner of revenue and approved by the secretary of administration and finance, under guidelines established by the secretary.

 

Local Aid Distribution


Municipality
7061-0008
Chapter 70
Unrestricted
General
Government
Aid
ABINGTON 7,579,849 1,891,429
ACTON 0 1,344,968
ACUSHNET 6,250,222 1,457,837
ADAMS 0 2,250,995
AGAWAM 19,138,982 3,542,159
ALFORD 0 13,493
AMESBURY 8,995,077 1,870,518
AMHERST 6,020,943 8,094,716
ANDOVER 9,768,234 1,718,058
AQUINNAH 0 2,247
ARLINGTON 11,012,669 7,294,509
ASHBURNHAM 0 764,476
ASHBY 0 421,006
ASHFIELD 93,413 178,502
ASHLAND 5,935,803 1,300,239
ATHOL 22,469 2,545,528
ATTLEBORO 35,659,451 5,485,230
AUBURN 8,983,238 1,646,647
AVON 1,414,471 666,409
AYER 0 727,877
BARNSTABLE 9,847,098 2,022,453
BARRE 0 864,738
BECKET 76,563 87,318
BEDFORD 4,352,414 1,103,725
BELCHERTOWN 13,673,306 1,635,974
BELLINGHAM 8,433,985 1,631,492
BELMONT 7,111,769 2,170,979
BERKLEY 3,934,448 585,020
BERLIN 449,505 193,850
BERNARDSTON 0 279,649
BEVERLY 7,750,842 5,614,909
BILLERICA 18,904,494 5,598,864
BLACKSTONE 125,414 1,316,049
BLANDFORD 43,655 122,086
BOLTON 4,568 189,835
BOSTON 216,128,435 182,163,335
BOURNE 5,034,613 1,409,475
BOXBOROUGH 0 242,536
BOXFORD 1,683,463 467,404
BOYLSTON 465,438 329,343
BRAINTREE 16,598,479 5,501,967
BREWSTER 968,749 379,639
BRIDGEWATER 76,038 3,501,957
BRIMFIELD 1,223,352 374,868
BROCKTON 171,012,998 20,131,981
BROOKFIELD 1,419,330 474,733
BROOKLINE 12,729,627 6,104,455
BUCKLAND 0 294,407
BURLINGTON 5,961,486 2,518,004
CAMBRIDGE 13,287,462 20,655,784
CANTON 5,320,092 2,061,875
CARLISLE 906,850 210,922
CARVER 9,863,519 1,404,600
CHARLEMONT 61,250 168,067
CHARLTON 21,633 1,392,991
CHATHAM 0 144,704
CHELMSFORD 10,746,368 4,880,124
CHELSEA 71,681,078 7,896,731
CHESHIRE 0 590,656
CHESTER 126,262 173,105
CHESTERFIELD 133,114 132,749
CHICOPEE 59,936,745 11,071,877
CHILMARK 0 3,606
CLARKSBURG 1,783,225 349,773
CLINTON 12,016,981 2,263,387
COHASSET 2,499,864 494,676
COLRAIN 5,395 277,497
CONCORD 3,030,314 1,115,436
CONWAY 617,374 171,837
CUMMINGTON 73,684 80,210
DALTON 236,011 1,093,940
DANVERS 6,629,052 2,738,485
DARTMOUTH 9,622,951 2,423,784
DEDHAM 4,525,098 3,144,221
DEERFIELD 1,085,623 461,807
DENNIS 0 523,637
DEVENS 308,558  
DIGHTON 0 743,465
DOUGLAS 8,644,415 701,668
DOVER 728,362 184,957
DRACUT 19,068,977 3,368,801
DUDLEY 18,150 1,717,908
DUNSTABLE 2,961 236,487
DUXBURY 5,031,584 852,276
EAST BRIDGEWATER 10,479,107 1,439,210
EAST BROOKFIELD 186,016 278,851
EAST LONGMEADOW 10,115,944 1,391,745
EASTHAM 349,191 143,247
EASTHAMPTON 7,873,092 2,702,553
EASTON 9,823,611 2,105,551
EDGARTOWN 684,494 64,046
EGREMONT 0 60,665
ERVING 451,195 64,624
ESSEX 0 235,409
EVERETT 64,492,532 6,642,634
FAIRHAVEN 7,526,930 2,168,152
FALL RIVER 107,141,308 22,912,863
FALMOUTH 5,918,282 1,332,997
FITCHBURG 47,404,728 8,205,292
FLORIDA 544,087 47,857
FOXBOROUGH 8,810,280 1,432,154
FRAMINGHAM 42,091,391 9,565,912
FRANKLIN 27,903,911 2,375,806
FREETOWN 452,684 913,004
GARDNER 19,225,095 4,074,379
GEORGETOWN 5,407,948 688,782
GILL 0 233,871
GLOUCESTER 6,413,737 3,840,097
GOSHEN 96,111 76,920
GOSNOLD 16,414 2,016
GRAFTON 10,827,425 1,503,368
GRANBY 4,600,550 848,957
GRANVILLE 0 154,155
GREAT BARRINGTON 0 729,697
GREENFIELD 12,140,007 3,052,555
GROTON 0 744,800
GROVELAND 42,110 699,891
HADLEY 985,814 436,378
HALIFAX 2,746,462 872,805
HAMILTON 0 645,991
HAMPDEN 0 661,509
HANCOCK 205,060 54,286
HANOVER 6,795,549 2,036,793
HANSON 58,345 1,231,266
HARDWICK 8,393 447,619
HARVARD 1,896,961 1,423,910
HARWICH 0 414,160
HATFIELD 814,996 300,011
HAVERHILL 49,625,635 9,449,911
HAWLEY 35,202 41,610
HEATH 0 80,447
HINGHAM 6,950,213 1,517,438
HINSDALE 104,683 214,083
HOLBROOK 5,617,684 1,418,691
HOLDEN 5,318 1,838,299
HOLLAND 919,098 194,067
HOLLISTON 7,363,120 1,488,960
HOLYOKE 70,897,779 9,764,983
HOPEDALE 5,999,100 626,968
HOPKINTON 6,152,833 755,305
HUBBARDSTON 0 433,114
HUDSON 11,490,541 1,917,322
HULL 3,789,356 2,037,652
HUNTINGTON 257,686 331,372
IPSWICH 3,178,710 1,543,414
KINGSTON 4,276,885 922,882
LAKEVILLE 73,946 786,715
LANCASTER 8,468 919,079
LANESBOROUGH 762,663 331,669
LAWRENCE 178,458,236 18,878,674
LEE 2,029,359 598,798
LEICESTER 9,661,287 1,669,447
LENOX 1,226,895 512,497
LEOMINSTER 43,889,797 5,502,877
LEVERETT 285,371 171,624
LEXINGTON 11,631,074 1,473,560
LEYDEN 0 79,165
LINCOLN 1,012,673 654,570
LITTLETON 3,895,818 683,464
LONGMEADOW 4,587,691 1,343,327
LOWELL 138,588,381 24,218,151
LUDLOW 13,564,533 2,937,246
LUNENBURG 6,351,257 1,016,777
LYNN 151,448,721 21,527,404
LYNNFIELD 4,206,331 999,980
MALDEN 48,846,419 12,062,930
MANCHESTER 0 213,824
MANSFIELD 18,610,109 2,144,712
MARBLEHEAD 5,644,629 1,094,898
MARION 694,733 216,950
MARLBOROUGH 24,140,701 5,234,015
MARSHFIELD 14,297,323 2,082,916
MASHPEE 4,493,526 353,752
MATTAPOISETT 799,465 389,693
MAYNARD 4,733,058 1,510,550
MEDFIELD 6,063,084 1,393,771
MEDFORD 11,719,376 11,662,844
MEDWAY 10,301,469 1,173,042
MELROSE 8,166,076 4,931,008
MENDON 17,749 392,923
MERRIMAC 39,015 808,989
METHUEN 42,147,523 5,227,821
MIDDLEBOROUGH 17,709,989 2,370,560
MIDDLEFIELD 13,200 51,114
MIDDLETON 1,606,481 526,087
MILFORD 22,246,573 2,936,797
MILLBURY 7,019,398 1,702,613
MILLIS 4,725,652 1,006,662
MILLVILLE 70,899 391,647
MILTON 6,409,833 3,089,454
MONROE 49,377 17,679
MONSON 7,455,965 1,255,118
MONTAGUE 0 1,377,972
MONTEREY 0 44,455
MONTGOMERY 21,042 83,443
MOUNT WASHINGTON 32,776 28,822
NAHANT 499,903 363,294
NANTUCKET 3,067,074 76,182
NATICK 9,117,845 3,663,916
NEEDHAM 8,671,395 1,678,488
NEW ASHFORD 179,597 19,530
NEW BEDFORD 132,385,625 22,118,299
NEW BRAINTREE 0 126,928
NEW MARLBOROUGH 2,287 56,309
NEW SALEM 0 99,760
NEWBURY 16,844 497,951
NEWBURYPORT 3,851,292 2,452,232
NEWTON 21,180,365 5,650,430
NORFOLK 3,380,055 922,065
NORTH ADAMS 13,676,653 4,265,701
NORTH ANDOVER 8,181,977 1,970,470
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH 20,297,411 2,766,235
NORTH BROOKFIELD 4,236,418 766,149
NORTH READING 6,937,937 1,707,214
NORTHAMPTON 7,313,539 4,226,061
NORTHBOROUGH 3,849,770 1,072,503
NORTHBRIDGE 15,403,891 2,029,585
NORTHFIELD 9,265 347,389
NORTON 12,603,140 1,998,387
NORWELL 3,535,958 1,030,723
NORWOOD 5,941,876 4,472,340
OAK BLUFFS 910,282 69,927
OAKHAM 5,880 184,471
ORANGE 5,222,159 1,553,879
ORLEANS 353,840 165,157
OTIS 0 34,972
OXFORD 10,408,194 1,977,095
PALMER 10,784,150 1,928,274
PAXTON 0 520,297
PEABODY 19,070,452 6,940,639
PELHAM 228,151 153,051
PEMBROKE 13,344,512 1,616,268
PEPPERELL 0 1,435,056
PERU 89,842 109,808
PETERSHAM 429,223 110,229
PHILLIPSTON 0 177,359
PITTSFIELD 40,155,219 8,301,569
PLAINFIELD 39,513 48,238
PLAINVILLE 2,864,951 729,447
PLYMOUTH 24,315,047 3,767,571
PLYMPTON 721,030 228,107
PRINCETON 0 284,682
PROVINCETOWN 280,401 132,996
QUINCY 26,763,766 18,359,642
RANDOLPH 15,693,730 4,997,749
RAYNHAM 0 1,093,347
READING 10,465,569 3,117,100
REHOBOTH 0 1,002,278
REVERE 56,509,506 9,890,756
RICHMOND 353,789 104,025
ROCHESTER 1,788,722 408,373
ROCKLAND 13,635,665 2,541,816
ROCKPORT 1,439,096 420,726
ROWE 134,795 3,788
ROWLEY 25,266 519,243
ROYALSTON 0 172,860
RUSSELL 168,465 237,470
RUTLAND 0 889,450
SALEM 21,600,632 6,632,742
SALISBURY 33,688 607,522
SANDISFIELD 0 33,319
SANDWICH 6,902,818 1,083,723
SAUGUS 5,488,812 3,527,509
SAVOY 510,509 111,407
SCITUATE 5,346,391 1,934,249
SEEKONK 5,086,215 1,183,182
SHARON 7,138,517 1,345,974
SHEFFIELD 16,826 234,244
SHELBURNE 0 251,447
SHERBORN 575,738 208,269
SHIRLEY 0 1,261,506
SHREWSBURY 19,524,868 2,678,416
SHUTESBURY 619,856 163,053
SOMERSET 6,388,179 1,474,727
SOMERVILLE 20,010,098 24,226,179
SOUTH HADLEY 7,876,784 2,511,183
SOUTHAMPTON 2,507,986 612,659
SOUTHBOROUGH 2,877,481 420,544
SOUTHBRIDGE 20,433,070 3,382,636
SOUTHFIELD 0  
SOUTHWICK 0 1,212,854
SPENCER 49,601 2,174,754
SPRINGFIELD 319,871,030 36,399,631
STERLING 0 666,595
STOCKBRIDGE 0 95,843
STONEHAM 4,059,406 3,573,444
STOUGHTON 15,330,032 3,079,009
STOW 2,257 404,767
STURBRIDGE 3,769,084 744,926
SUDBURY 4,688,560 1,345,946
SUNDERLAND 855,618 485,985
SUTTON 5,355,735 750,569
SWAMPSCOTT 3,392,987 1,244,577
SWANSEA 7,327,857 1,805,899
TAUNTON 55,809,496 8,087,075
TEMPLETON 8,256 1,340,791
TEWKSBURY 13,012,055 2,676,112
TISBURY 635,297 94,282
TOLLAND 0 17,772
TOPSFIELD 1,140,038 589,756
TOWNSEND 0 1,263,653
TRURO 315,880 28,927
TYNGSBOROUGH 7,262,434 929,209
TYRINGHAM 38,498 12,208
UPTON 19,248 511,914
UXBRIDGE 9,275,834 1,323,004
WAKEFIELD 5,844,577 3,239,210
WALES 938,888 227,105
WALPOLE 7,848,821 2,450,510
WALTHAM 10,863,166 9,233,209
WARE 9,369,357 1,659,994
WAREHAM 12,708,042 1,902,369
WARREN 0 869,917
WARWICK 0 122,284
WASHINGTON 3,051 90,816
WATERTOWN 4,540,881 6,413,489
WAYLAND 4,042,462 869,138
WEBSTER 11,989,003 2,380,650
WELLESLEY 8,198,827 1,245,571
WELLFLEET 185,664 56,200
WENDELL 0 167,569
WENHAM 0 411,859
WEST BOYLSTON 2,957,025 766,089
WEST BRIDGEWATER 3,631,699 628,755
WEST BROOKFIELD 201,348 468,318
WEST NEWBURY 0 284,899
WEST SPRINGFIELD 24,082,496 3,446,013
WEST STOCKBRIDGE 0 93,488
WEST TISBURY 0 178,595
WESTBOROUGH 5,881,737 1,114,216
WESTFIELD 33,656,694 6,052,967
WESTFORD 16,706,565 2,043,382
WESTHAMPTON 465,470 139,329
WESTMINSTER 0 629,429
WESTON 3,299,788 359,663
WESTPORT 4,425,482 1,169,792
WESTWOOD 4,971,878 701,474
WEYMOUTH 27,883,625 8,383,979
WHATELY 256,850 129,036
WHITMAN 78,029 2,328,272
WILBRAHAM 0 1,407,209
WILLIAMSBURG 528,925 291,099
WILLIAMSTOWN 960,921 917,995
WILMINGTON 11,167,160 2,390,882
WINCHENDON 11,366,930 1,617,597
WINCHESTER 7,924,363 1,422,626
WINDSOR 26,342 99,850
WINTHROP 6,450,815 4,053,454
WOBURN 8,583,684 5,756,326
WORCESTER 235,402,232 39,957,279
WORTHINGTON 237,091 120,775
WRENTHAM 3,709,903 896,437
YARMOUTH 0 1,213,987
Total Municipal Aid 3,934,938,180 1,021,928,272
 
Regional School District 7061-0008
Chapter 70
Unrestricted
General
Government
Aid
ACTON BOXBOROUGH 14,696,071  
ADAMS CHESHIRE 10,234,243  
AMHERST PELHAM 9,431,797  
ASHBURNHAM WESTMINSTER 10,675,483  
ASSABET VALLEY 4,744,172  
ATHOL ROYALSTON 17,267,570  
AYER SHIRLEY 8,144,051  
BERKSHIRE HILLS 2,839,128  
BERLIN BOYLSTON 1,091,688  
BLACKSTONE MILLVILLE 10,826,779  
BLACKSTONE VALLEY 8,153,324  
BLUE HILLS 4,689,160  
BRIDGEWATER RAYNHAM 20,968,661  
BRISTOL COUNTY 3,015,502  
BRISTOL PLYMOUTH 10,847,624  
CAPE COD 2,130,477  
CENTRAL BERKSHIRE 8,629,219  
CHESTERFIELD GOSHEN 741,100  
CONCORD CARLISLE 2,321,678  
DENNIS YARMOUTH 6,993,814  
DIGHTON REHOBOTH 12,696,956  
DOVER SHERBORN 1,908,294  
DUDLEY CHARLTON 24,151,183  
ESSEX NORTH SHORE 3,454,325  
FARMINGTON RIVER 427,060  
FRANKLIN COUNTY 3,475,026  
FREETOWN LAKEVILLE 10,849,513  
FRONTIER 2,804,715  
GATEWAY 5,580,489  
GILL MONTAGUE 6,152,674  
GREATER FALL RIVER 15,901,659  
GREATER LAWRENCE 22,517,145  
GREATER LOWELL 23,860,787  
GREATER NEW BEDFORD 24,808,344  
GROTON DUNSTABLE 10,706,573  
HAMILTON WENHAM 3,554,656  
HAMPDEN WILBRAHAM 11,651,894  
HAMPSHIRE 3,210,153  
HAWLEMONT 619,422  
KING PHILIP 7,399,780  
LINCOLN SUDBURY 2,953,706  
MANCHESTER ESSEX 2,926,838  
MARTHAS VINEYARD 2,814,000  
MASCONOMET 5,034,459  
MENDON UPTON 12,253,186  
MINUTEMAN 2,198,257  
MOHAWK TRAIL 5,973,434  
MONOMOY 3,244,363  
MONTACHUSETT 13,920,325  
MOUNT GREYLOCK 1,733,153  
NARRAGANSETT 9,834,774  
NASHOBA 6,756,060  
NASHOBA VALLEY 3,658,184  
NAUSET 3,421,279  
NEW SALEM WENDELL 677,181  
NORFOLK COUNTY 1,216,940  
NORTH MIDDLESEX 20,107,493  
NORTHAMPTON SMITH 903,575  
NORTHBORO SOUTHBORO 3,034,084  
NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN 8,818,904  
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE 4,666,196  
OLD COLONY 3,240,924  
OLD ROCHESTER 2,819,494  
PATHFINDER 5,422,745  
PENTUCKET 12,968,282  
PIONEER 4,107,161  
QUABBIN 16,463,038  
QUABOAG 8,615,171  
RALPH C MAHAR 5,375,880  
SHAWSHEEN VALLEY 6,350,691  
SILVER LAKE 7,980,074  
SOMERSET BERKLEY 4,137,139  
SOUTH MIDDLESEX 4,386,161  
SOUTH SHORE 4,288,630  
SOUTHEASTERN 14,945,909  
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE 1,927,571  
SOUTHERN WORCESTER 10,147,042  
SOUTHWICK TOLLAND GRANVILLE 9,715,578  
SPENCER EAST BROOKFIELD 13,553,834  
TANTASQUA 8,545,571  
TRI COUNTY 5,630,378  
TRITON 8,564,841  
UPISLAND 842,602  
UPPER CAPE COD 2,968,265  
WACHUSETT 26,385,616  
WHITMAN HANSON 24,436,230  
WHITTIER 8,938,032  
Total Regional Aid 693,075,439  
Total Municipal and Regional Aid 4,628,013,619 1,021,928,272