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, 2019 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 $1,098,945,897 and shall be apportioned to 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 2019 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 distributed from said item 7061-0008 of said section 2 shall be deemed in full satisfaction of the amounts due under chapter 70 of the General Laws.
For fiscal year 2019, 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, as maintained in the executive office of health and human services virtual gateway system: supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), Medicaid (MassHealth) and foster care. Each decile shall be assigned a low income rate, where the rate for the lowest percentage decile shall be $3,619.57 and each subsequent decile shall increase by $40 up to the highest percentage decile rate of $3,979.57. The foundation budget rates for the employee benefits and fixed charges category shall be increased to $481.69 for pre-school and half day kindergarten; $963.36 for full day kindergarten; $963.40 for elementary; $979.63 for middle school; $892.16 for high school; $3,371.83 for in-school special education; and $1,330.21 for vocational. For fiscal year 2019, limited English rates shall be treated as an increment added to the total rate for each enrollment category as follows: $1,117.32 for pre-school and half day kindergarten; $2,248.25 for full day kindergarten; $2,232.23 for elementary; $2,354.36 for middle school; $1,744.94 for high school; and $1,530.34 for vocational. Total English language learner increments shall be allotted in a manner consistent with the fiscal year 2018 English language learner allotment of rates. All other foundation budget categories for each district shall be calculated in the same manner as in fiscal year 2018. The target local share shall be calculated using the same methodology used in fiscal year 2018. Preliminary local contribution shall be the municipality's fiscal year 2018 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 2019 shall be, for any municipality with a fiscal year 2019 preliminary contribution greater than its fiscal year 2019 target contribution, the preliminary local contribution reduced by 100 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 per cent 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 2019, the "foundation aid increment" shall be the difference between: (i) the positive difference between a district's foundation budget and its required district contribution; and (ii) prior year aid. The "minimum aid increment" shall be equal to $30 multiplied by the district's foundation enrollment minus the foundation aid increment.
Chapter 70 aid for fiscal year 2019 shall be the sum of prior year aid plus the foundation aid increment, if any, plus the minimum aid increment, if any. No non-operating district shall receive chapter 70 aid in an amount greater than the district's foundation budget. Transitional relief, if any, shall be added to the chapter 70 distribution of this section but shall not be added to base aid for the calculation of chapter 70 aid for fiscal year 2020.
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 for any district that has not accepted the provisions of section 260 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014, provided that any district for whom such costs are not so considered shall have included as part of net school spending an amount equal to the increase in the foundation budget for the district associated with health care costs of retired teachers.
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 agricultural 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 7,816,931 2,033,977
ACTON 0 1,446,332
ACUSHNET 6,323,332 1,567,707
ADAMS 0 2,420,641
AGAWAM 19,367,102 3,809,114
ALFORD 0 14,510
AMESBURY 9,127,527 2,011,489
AMHERST 6,088,203 8,704,774
ANDOVER 10,595,662 1,847,539
AQUINNAH 0 2,417
ARLINGTON 11,765,923 7,844,260
ASHBURNHAM 0 822,091
ASHBY 0 452,735
ASHFIELD 93,413 191,955
ASHLAND 6,115,970 1,398,231
ATHOL 13,837 2,737,372
ATTLEBORO 37,773,985 5,898,624
AUBURN 11,066,959 1,770,746
AVON 1,807,404 716,633
AYER 0 782,733
BARNSTABLE 10,568,941 2,174,876
BARRE 0 929,909
BECKET 76,563 93,898
BEDFORD 4,884,615 1,186,907
BELCHERTOWN 13,814,846 1,759,269
BELLINGHAM 8,573,845 1,754,449
BELMONT 9,036,713 2,334,595
BERKLEY 3,981,188 629,110
BERLIN 459,075 208,459
BERNARDSTON 0 300,724
BEVERLY 8,135,812 6,038,076
BILLERICA 19,202,874 6,020,823
BLACKSTONE 156,507 1,415,233
BLANDFORD 43,655 131,287
BOLTON 4,568 204,142
BOSTON 220,001,735 195,892,075
BOURNE 5,155,183 1,515,701
BOXBOROUGH 19,141 260,815
BOXFORD 1,726,753 502,630
BOYLSTON 599,925 354,164
BRAINTREE 17,817,105 5,916,623
BREWSTER 997,669 408,251
BRIDGEWATER 76,038 3,765,882
BRIMFIELD 1,239,312 403,120
BROCKTON 175,377,972 21,649,227
BROOKFIELD 1,445,497 510,512
BROOKLINE 14,774,677 6,564,518
BUCKLAND 10,478 316,595
BURLINGTON 6,560,142 2,707,773
CAMBRIDGE 15,454,156 22,212,508
CANTON 6,127,065 2,217,268
CARLISLE 961,959 226,818
CARVER 9,961,139 1,510,457
CHARLEMONT 92,255 180,734
CHARLTON 21,633 1,497,974
CHATHAM 0 155,609
CHELMSFORD 11,047,148 5,247,915
CHELSEA 77,427,579 8,491,869
CHESHIRE 0 635,171
CHESTER 55,349 186,151
CHESTERFIELD 133,114 142,753
CHICOPEE 63,834,816 11,906,309
CHILMARK 0 3,878
CLARKSBURG 1,794,475 376,134
CLINTON 12,409,849 2,433,967
COHASSET 2,649,798 531,957
COLRAIN 0 298,410
CONCORD 3,429,247 1,199,501
CONWAY 623,884 184,788
CUMMINGTON 73,684 86,255
DALTON 236,011 1,176,385
DANVERS 6,838,332 2,944,871
DARTMOUTH 9,841,531 2,606,453
DEDHAM 5,241,212 3,381,186
DEERFIELD 1,104,883 496,611
DENNIS 0 563,101
DEVENS 308,558  
DIGHTON 0 799,496
DOUGLAS 8,722,775 754,549
DOVER 812,073 198,896
DRACUT 19,297,217 3,622,690
DUDLEY 18,275 1,847,378
DUNSTABLE 2,961 254,310
DUXBURY 5,252,875 916,508
EAST BRIDGEWATER 10,609,367 1,547,676
EAST BROOKFIELD 186,016 299,866
EAST LONGMEADOW 11,253,729 1,496,634
EASTHAM 359,871 154,043
EASTHAMPTON 7,977,702 2,906,231
EASTON 10,041,681 2,264,236
EDGARTOWN 820,119 68,873
EGREMONT 0 65,237
ERVING 464,995 69,494
ESSEX 0 253,151
EVERETT 67,417,033 7,143,256
FAIRHAVEN 7,794,726 2,331,555
FALL RIVER 119,649,166 24,639,691
FALMOUTH 6,623,382 1,433,458
FITCHBURG 52,356,663 8,823,683
FLORIDA 548,737 51,463
FOXBOROUGH 8,967,870 1,540,088
FRAMINGHAM 47,342,453 10,286,847
FRANKLIN 28,248,881 2,554,858
FREETOWN 452,684 981,812
GARDNER 19,725,204 4,381,445
GEORGETOWN 5,488,348 740,693
GILL 0 251,497
GLOUCESTER 6,605,077 4,129,506
GOSHEN 96,111 82,717
GOSNOLD 16,414 2,168
GRAFTON 11,015,375 1,616,669
GRANBY 4,643,750 912,938
GRANVILLE 0 165,773
GREAT BARRINGTON 0 784,690
GREENFIELD 12,256,917 3,282,611
GROTON 0 800,932
GROVELAND 65,200 752,639
HADLEY 1,030,533 469,266
HALIFAX 2,989,257 938,584
HAMILTON 0 694,676
HAMPDEN 0 711,364
HANCOCK 209,260 58,377
HANOVER 6,947,439 2,190,296
HANSON 59,448 1,324,060
HARDWICK 8,588 481,354
HARVARD 1,954,741 1,531,224
HARWICH 0 445,373
HATFIELD 835,846 322,621
HAVERHILL 54,644,839 10,162,104
HAWLEY 13,837 44,746
HEATH 0 86,509
HINGHAM 7,492,625 1,631,800
HINSDALE 104,683 230,217
HOLBROOK 6,238,066 1,525,611
HOLDEN 5,619 1,976,843
HOLLAND 928,518 208,693
HOLLISTON 7,521,070 1,601,175
HOLYOKE 71,590,427 10,500,921
HOPEDALE 6,059,280 674,220
HOPKINTON 6,839,156 812,229
HUBBARDSTON 0 465,755
HUDSON 11,940,707 2,061,821
HULL 3,846,626 2,191,219
HUNTINGTON 257,686 356,346
IPSWICH 3,282,240 1,659,733
KINGSTON 4,340,125 992,435
LAKEVILLE 73,946 846,006
LANCASTER 8,468 988,345
LANESBOROUGH 0 356,665
LAWRENCE 186,744,535 20,301,465
LEE 2,066,619 643,926
LEICESTER 9,755,847 1,795,264
LENOX 1,257,705 551,121
LEOMINSTER 44,256,877 5,917,601
LEVERETT 292,151 184,558
LEXINGTON 14,217,984 1,584,615
LEYDEN 0 85,131
LINCOLN 1,082,505 703,901
LITTLETON 3,991,548 734,973
LONGMEADOW 5,259,665 1,444,567
LOWELL 150,935,483 26,043,352
LUDLOW 13,719,693 3,158,612
LUNENBURG 7,538,072 1,093,406
LYNN 166,374,513 23,149,817
LYNNFIELD 4,338,661 1,075,343
MALDEN 49,297,769 12,972,052
MANCHESTER 0 229,939
MANSFIELD 18,846,329 2,306,348
MARBLEHEAD 5,837,259 1,177,415
MARION 846,844 233,300
MARLBOROUGH 27,235,942 5,628,477
MARSHFIELD 14,543,473 2,239,895
MASHPEE 4,590,756 380,412
MATTAPOISETT 826,405 419,062
MAYNARD 5,402,021 1,624,392
MEDFIELD 6,213,144 1,498,812
MEDFORD 12,004,766 12,541,814
MEDWAY 10,434,849 1,261,449
MELROSE 8,396,206 5,302,633
MENDON 35,836 422,536
MERRIMAC 39,015 869,959
METHUEN 44,436,185 5,621,816
MIDDLEBOROUGH 17,887,019 2,549,217
MIDDLEFIELD 13,200 54,966
MIDDLETON 1,646,051 565,735
MILFORD 24,933,124 3,158,129
MILLBURY 7,371,495 1,830,931
MILLIS 4,796,932 1,082,529
MILLVILLE 71,567 421,163
MILTON 8,350,074 3,322,291
MONROE 49,377 19,012
MONSON 7,512,995 1,349,710
MONTAGUE 0 1,481,823
MONTEREY 0 47,806
MONTGOMERY 21,042 89,731
MOUNT WASHINGTON 25,706 30,994
NAHANT 515,803 390,673
NANTUCKET 3,550,359 81,923
NATICK 9,762,979 3,940,047
NEEDHAM 9,876,152 1,804,987
NEW ASHFORD 179,597 21,002
NEW BEDFORD 145,309,461 23,785,245
NEW BRAINTREE 12,778 136,494
NEW MARLBOROUGH 0 60,553
NEW SALEM 6,167 107,279
NEWBURY 16,844 535,479
NEWBURYPORT 4,093,961 2,637,044
NEWTON 24,027,611 6,076,275
NORFOLK 3,433,905 991,557
NORTH ADAMS 13,766,383 4,587,185
NORTH ANDOVER 9,016,217 2,118,974
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH 20,556,671 2,974,712
NORTH BROOKFIELD 4,272,568 823,890
NORTH READING 7,083,527 1,835,878
NORTHAMPTON 7,477,309 4,544,558
NORTHBOROUGH 3,947,270 1,153,333
NORTHBRIDGE 15,539,941 2,182,545
NORTHFIELD 0 373,570
NORTON 12,754,400 2,148,995
NORWELL 3,754,059 1,108,403
NORWOOD 6,660,973 4,809,398
OAK BLUFFS 936,832 75,197
OAKHAM 5,900 198,373
ORANGE 5,259,029 1,670,987
ORLEANS 410,820 177,604
OTIS 0 37,608
OXFORD 10,514,754 2,126,099
PALMER 10,873,130 2,073,599
PAXTON 5,026 559,510
PEABODY 19,423,672 7,463,720
PELHAM 233,071 164,586
PEMBROKE 13,521,752 1,738,078
PEPPERELL 0 1,543,209
PERU 89,842 118,084
PETERSHAM 433,423 118,536
PHILLIPSTON 0 190,726
PITTSFIELD 42,665,381 8,927,217
PLAINFIELD 27,674 51,873
PLAINVILLE 2,906,741 784,421
PLYMOUTH 26,128,197 4,051,514
PLYMPTON 734,170 245,298
PRINCETON 0 306,137
PROVINCETOWN 287,481 143,019
QUINCY 27,395,085 19,743,316
RANDOLPH 17,446,511 5,374,404
RAYNHAM 0 1,175,748
READING 10,713,609 3,352,020
REHOBOTH 0 1,077,815
REVERE 63,146,237 10,636,173
RICHMOND 361,049 111,865
ROCHESTER 1,855,232 439,151
ROCKLAND 13,774,895 2,733,380
ROCKPORT 1,481,756 452,434
ROWE 138,335 4,074
ROWLEY 25,266 558,376
ROYALSTON 0 185,888
RUSSELL 183,646 255,367
RUTLAND 0 956,484
SALEM 21,872,762 7,132,619
SALISBURY 33,688 653,308
SANDISFIELD 0 35,830
SANDWICH 7,071,628 1,165,398
SAUGUS 5,649,702 3,793,360
SAVOY 514,049 119,803
SCITUATE 5,521,321 2,080,024
SEEKONK 5,454,099 1,272,352
SHARON 7,344,287 1,447,413
SHEFFIELD 16,950 251,898
SHELBURNE 3,071 270,397
SHERBORN 681,763 223,966
SHIRLEY 0 1,356,580
SHREWSBURY 19,887,358 2,880,275
SHUTESBURY 626,876 175,341
SOMERSET 8,175,585 1,585,869
SOMERVILLE 20,329,028 26,051,985
SOUTH HADLEY 7,991,294 2,700,438
SOUTHAMPTON 2,537,146 658,832
SOUTHBOROUGH 2,950,921 452,238
SOUTHBRIDGE 21,257,319 3,637,569
SOUTHWICK 0 1,304,260
SPENCER 41,511 2,338,654
SPRINGFIELD 345,447,265 39,142,890
STERLING 0 716,833
STOCKBRIDGE 0 103,066
STONEHAM 4,421,709 3,842,756
STOUGHTON 15,846,005 3,311,058
STOW 5,020 435,272
STURBRIDGE 3,821,314 801,067
SUDBURY 4,910,568 1,447,383
SUNDERLAND 867,288 522,611
SUTTON 5,440,035 807,135
SWAMPSCOTT 3,742,064 1,338,375
SWANSEA 7,802,822 1,942,001
TAUNTON 60,469,162 8,696,558
TEMPLETON 8,632 1,441,840
TEWKSBURY 13,224,155 2,877,797
TISBURY 709,444 101,388
TOLLAND 0 19,111
TOPSFIELD 1,174,628 634,204
TOWNSEND 0 1,358,888
TRURO 391,237 31,107
TYNGSBOROUGH 7,361,014 999,239
TYRINGHAM 49,289 13,128
UPTON 35,382 550,495
UXBRIDGE 9,385,304 1,422,712
WAKEFIELD 6,362,891 3,483,333
WALES 990,083 244,221
WALPOLE 8,073,101 2,635,193
WALTHAM 13,203,102 9,929,070
WARE 9,588,570 1,785,100
WAREHAM 13,308,860 2,045,741
WARREN 0 935,479
WARWICK 0 131,500
WASHINGTON 5,517 97,661
WATERTOWN 5,186,400 6,896,842
WAYLAND 4,646,818 934,640
WEBSTER 12,709,800 2,560,067
WELLESLEY 8,955,295 1,339,443
WELLFLEET 198,959 60,436
WENDELL 0 180,198
WENHAM 0 442,899
WEST BOYLSTON 3,008,415 823,825
WEST BRIDGEWATER 3,694,909 676,141
WEST BROOKFIELD 327,609 503,612
WEST NEWBURY 2,421 306,370
WEST SPRINGFIELD 28,069,021 3,705,722
WEST STOCKBRIDGE 0 100,534
WEST TISBURY 0 192,055
WESTBOROUGH 7,951,974 1,198,188
WESTFIELD 34,730,309 6,509,149
WESTFORD 16,998,615 2,197,382
WESTHAMPTON 473,330 149,830
WESTMINSTER 0 676,866
WESTON 3,728,527 386,769
WESTPORT 4,514,672 1,257,954
WESTWOOD 5,336,202 754,341
WEYMOUTH 28,253,945 9,015,837
WHATELY 262,160 138,760
WHITMAN 78,029 2,503,743
WILBRAHAM 0 1,513,263
WILLIAMSBURG 608,437 313,038
WILLIAMSTOWN 0 987,180
WILMINGTON 11,371,910 2,571,070
WINCHENDON 11,450,030 1,739,507
WINCHESTER 9,043,265 1,529,842
WINDSOR 26,342 107,375
WINTHROP 7,075,746 4,358,943
WOBURN 9,063,292 6,190,152
WORCESTER 253,211,785 42,968,659
WORTHINGTON 243,571 129,877
WRENTHAM 3,765,913 963,997
YARMOUTH 0 1,305,480
Total Municipal Aid 4,176,404,641 1,098,945,897
 
Regional School District 7061-0008
Chapter 70
Unrestricted
General
Government
Aid
ACTON BOXBOROUGH 15,022,441  
ADAMS CHESHIRE 10,316,023  
AMHERST PELHAM 9,519,487  
ASHBURNHAM WESTMINSTER 11,259,442  
ASSABET VALLEY 5,712,657  
ATHOL ROYALSTON 17,371,580  
AYER SHIRLEY 8,249,321  
BERKSHIRE HILLS 2,903,088  
BERLIN BOYLSTON 1,124,478  
BLACKSTONE MILLVILLE 10,932,919  
BLACKSTONE VALLEY 8,227,334  
BLUE HILLS 4,852,408  
BRIDGEWATER RAYNHAM 21,293,351  
BRISTOL COUNTY 3,039,532  
BRISTOL PLYMOUTH 11,289,055  
CAPE COD 2,166,897  
CENTRAL BERKSHIRE 8,726,209  
CHESTERFIELD GOSHEN 748,510  
CONCORD CARLISLE 2,568,503  
DENNIS YARMOUTH 7,197,874  
DIGHTON REHOBOTH 12,870,026  
DOVER SHERBORN 2,182,791  
DUDLEY CHARLTON 24,378,193  
ESSEX NORTH SHORE 4,256,546  
FARMINGTON RIVER 488,530  
FRANKLIN COUNTY 3,501,516  
FREETOWN LAKEVILLE 11,018,173  
FRONTIER 2,838,225  
GATEWAY 5,632,899  
GILL MONTAGUE 6,217,984  
GREATER FALL RIVER 16,324,308  
GREATER LAWRENCE 24,699,393  
GREATER LOWELL 27,075,900  
GREATER NEW BEDFORD 25,513,225  
GROTON DUNSTABLE 10,849,343  
HAMILTON WENHAM 3,659,746  
HAMPDEN WILBRAHAM 11,831,384  
HAMPSHIRE 3,251,703  
HAWLEMONT 633,556  
KING PHILIP 7,529,320  
LINCOLN SUDBURY 3,051,793  
MANCHESTER ESSEX 3,007,748  
MARTHAS VINEYARD 2,855,370  
MASCONOMET 5,146,299  
MENDON UPTON 12,382,726  
MINUTEMAN 2,085,123  
MOHAWK TRAIL 6,028,994  
MONOMOY 3,544,840  
MONTACHUSETT 14,733,748  
MOUNT GREYLOCK 3,521,567  
NARRAGANSETT 9,912,744  
NASHOBA 6,991,269  
NASHOBA VALLEY 3,698,114  
NAUSET 3,491,269  
NEW SALEM WENDELL 684,861  
NORFOLK COUNTY 1,251,353  
NORTH MIDDLESEX 20,298,593  
NORTHAMPTON SMITH 909,905  
NORTHBORO SOUTHBORO 3,123,514  
NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN 9,712,133  
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE 4,693,196  
OLD COLONY 3,268,404  
OLD ROCHESTER 3,010,154  
PATHFINDER 5,459,444  
PENTUCKET 13,111,292  
PIONEER 4,149,941  
QUABBIN 16,587,418  
QUABOAG 9,122,230  
RALPH C MAHAR 5,413,830  
SHAWSHEEN VALLEY 6,431,361  
SILVER LAKE 8,163,253  
SOMERSET BERKLEY 5,210,007  
SOUTH MIDDLESEX 4,810,820  
SOUTH SHORE 4,342,636  
SOUTHEASTERN 16,104,995  
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE 1,966,751  
SOUTHERN WORCESTER 10,527,326  
SOUTHWICK TOLLAND GRANVILLE 9,803,658  
SPENCER EAST BROOKFIELD 13,648,634  
TANTASQUA 8,727,575  
TRI COUNTY 5,687,408  
TRITON 8,708,421  
UPISLAND 866,452  
UPPER CAPE COD 3,240,238  
WACHUSETT 27,699,197  
WHITMAN HANSON 24,665,460  
WHITTIER 9,542,746  
Total Regional Aid 718,668,680  
Total Municipal and Regional Aid 4,895,073,321 1,098,945,897