Local Aid - Section 3



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 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 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 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 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 following programs included 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 district shall be assigned a low income decile in the same manner as in fiscal year 2018. 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 will be increased to $469.33 for pre-school and half day kindergarten, $938.63 for full day kindergarten, $938.67 for elementary, $948.39 for middle school, $868.10 for high school, $3,351.10 for in-school special education, $549.93 for limited English pre-school and half day kindergarten, $1,075.41 for limited English all other grades, and $1,305.56 for vocational. 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 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 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 $20 multiplied by the district's foundation enrollment minus the foundation aid increment.

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 shall not consider health care costs for retired teachers to be part of net school spending 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 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.

 


Municipality

Chapter 70
Unrestricted
General
Government
Aid
ABINGTON 7,677,789 2,033,977
ACTON 0 1,446,332
ACUSHNET 6,310,802 1,567,707
ADAMS 0 2,420,641
AGAWAM 19,329,212 3,809,114
ALFORD 0 14,510
AMESBURY 9,105,407 2,011,489
AMHERST 6,076,903 8,704,774
ANDOVER 10,312,669 1,847,539
AQUINNAH 0 2,417
ARLINGTON 11,534,686 7,844,260
ASHBURNHAM 0 822,091
ASHBY 0 452,735
ASHFIELD 93,413 191,955
ASHLAND 6,092,576 1,398,231
ATHOL 13,813 2,737,372
ATTLEBORO 37,481,438 5,898,624
AUBURN 10,960,077 1,770,746
AVON 1,804,881 716,633
AYER 0 782,733
BARNSTABLE 10,311,986 2,174,876
BARRE 0 929,909
BECKET 76,563 93,898
BEDFORD 4,769,553 1,186,907
BELCHERTOWN 13,790,846 1,759,269
BELLINGHAM 8,550,505 1,754,449
BELMONT 8,891,225 2,334,595
BERKLEY 3,973,348 629,110
BERLIN 457,485 208,459
BERNARDSTON 0 300,724
BEVERLY 7,971,842 6,038,076
BILLERICA 19,153,674 6,020,823
BLACKSTONE 155,685 1,415,233
BLANDFORD 43,655 131,287
BOLTON 4,568 204,142
BOSTON 219,355,735 195,892,075
BOURNE 5,133,823 1,515,701
BOXBOROUGH 18,681 260,815
BOXFORD 1,719,713 502,630
BOYLSTON 582,509 354,164
BRAINTREE 17,601,181 5,916,623
BREWSTER 992,889 408,251
BRIDGEWATER 76,038 3,765,882
BRIMFIELD 1,236,652 403,120
BROCKTON 172,850,827 21,649,227
BROOKFIELD 1,431,230 510,512
BROOKLINE 14,298,610 6,564,518
BUCKLAND 10,378 316,595
BURLINGTON 6,448,721 2,707,773
CAMBRIDGE 15,113,809 22,212,508
CANTON 6,093,855 2,217,268
CARLISLE 942,712 226,818
CARVER 9,945,029 1,510,457
CHARLEMONT 92,051 180,734
CHARLTON 21,633 1,497,974
CHATHAM 0 155,609
CHELMSFORD 10,996,148 5,247,915
CHELSEA 76,170,347 8,491,869
CHESHIRE 0 635,171
CHESTER 55,250 186,151
CHESTERFIELD 133,114 142,753
CHICOPEE 63,000,668 11,906,309
CHILMARK 0 3,878
CLARKSBURG 1,791,825 376,134
CLINTON 12,350,043 2,433,967
COHASSET 2,625,048 531,957
COLRAIN 0 298,410
CONCORD 3,395,908 1,199,501
CONWAY 622,824 184,788
CUMMINGTON 73,684 86,255
DALTON 236,011 1,176,385
DANVERS 6,803,012 2,944,871
DARTMOUTH 9,805,071 2,606,453
DEDHAM 5,049,771 3,381,186
DEERFIELD 1,101,613 496,611
DENNIS 0 563,101
DEVENS 308,558 0
DIGHTON 0 799,496
DOUGLAS 8,709,455 754,549
DOVER 802,405 198,896
DRACUT 19,258,807 3,622,690
DUDLEY 18,165 1,847,378
DUNSTABLE 2,961 254,310
DUXBURY 5,182,464 916,508
EAST BRIDGEWATER 10,587,417 1,547,676
EAST BROOKFIELD 186,016 299,866
EAST LONGMEADOW 11,161,018 1,496,634
EASTHAM 358,001 154,043
EASTHAMPTON 7,958,942 2,906,231
EASTON 10,005,411 2,264,236
EDGARTOWN 728,261 68,873
EGREMONT 0 65,237
ERVING 462,635 69,494
ESSEX 0 253,151
EVERETT 66,440,961 7,143,256
FAIRHAVEN 7,719,727 2,331,555
FALL RIVER 118,464,225 24,639,691
FALMOUTH 6,470,796 1,433,458
FITCHBURG 51,950,524 8,823,683
FLORIDA 547,797 51,463
FOXBOROUGH 8,941,270 1,540,088
FRAMINGHAM 46,667,584 10,286,847
FRANKLIN 28,191,931 2,554,858
FREETOWN 452,684 981,812
GARDNER 19,571,924 4,381,445
GEORGETOWN 5,474,978 740,693
GILL 0 251,497
GLOUCESTER 6,568,187 4,129,506
GOSHEN 96,111 82,717
GOSNOLD 16,414 2,168
GRAFTON 10,984,055 1,616,669
GRANBY 4,636,170 912,938
GRANVILLE 0 165,773
GREAT BARRINGTON 0 784,690
GREENFIELD 12,236,677 3,282,611
GROTON 0 800,932
GROVELAND 65,111 752,639
HADLEY 1,013,764 469,266
HALIFAX 2,968,246 938,584
HAMILTON 0 694,676
HAMPDEN 0 711,364
HANCOCK 208,300 58,377
HANOVER 6,922,029 2,190,296
HANSON 59,448 1,324,060
HARDWICK 8,560 481,354
HARVARD 1,945,281 1,531,224
HARWICH 0 445,373
HATFIELD 832,156 322,621
HAVERHILL 54,349,451 10,162,104
HAWLEY 13,813 44,746
HEATH 0 86,509
HINGHAM 7,428,837 1,631,800
HINSDALE 104,683 230,217
HOLBROOK 6,183,575 1,525,611
HOLDEN 5,600 1,976,843
HOLLAND 926,898 208,693
HOLLISTON 7,494,480 1,601,175
HOLYOKE 71,524,307 10,500,921
HOPEDALE 6,049,330 674,220
HOPKINTON 6,684,803 812,229
HUBBARDSTON 0 465,755
HUDSON 11,861,503 2,061,821
HULL 3,837,186 2,191,219
HUNTINGTON 257,686 356,346
IPSWICH 3,265,170 1,659,733
KINGSTON 4,329,465 992,435
LAKEVILLE 73,946 846,006
LANCASTER 8,468 988,345
LANESBOROUGH 0 356,665
LAWRENCE 184,170,366 20,301,465
LEE 2,060,289 643,926
LEICESTER 9,739,887 1,795,264
LENOX 1,252,465 551,121
LEOMINSTER 44,195,667 5,917,601
LEVERETT 291,101 184,558
LEXINGTON 14,144,934 1,584,615
LEYDEN 0 85,131
LINCOLN 1,064,601 703,901
LITTLETON 3,975,468 734,973
LONGMEADOW 5,135,690 1,444,567
LOWELL 149,264,111 26,043,352
LUDLOW 13,693,773 3,158,612
LUNENBURG 7,494,174 1,093,406
LYNN 163,725,701 23,149,817
LYNNFIELD 4,316,381 1,075,343
MALDEN 49,222,429 12,972,052
MANCHESTER 0 229,939
MANSFIELD 18,806,809 2,306,348
MARBLEHEAD 5,805,319 1,177,415
MARION 842,324 233,300
MARLBOROUGH 26,671,471 5,628,477
MARSHFIELD 14,502,683 2,239,895
MASHPEE 4,573,646 380,412
MATTAPOISETT 821,935 419,062
MAYNARD 5,358,296 1,624,392
MEDFIELD 6,188,024 1,498,812
MEDFORD 11,958,006 12,541,814
MEDWAY 10,412,849 1,261,449
MELROSE 8,357,406 5,302,633
MENDON 35,339 422,536
MERRIMAC 39,015 869,959
METHUEN 44,157,608 5,621,816
MIDDLEBOROUGH 17,856,469 2,549,217
MIDDLEFIELD 13,200 54,966
MIDDLETON 1,639,521 565,735
MILFORD 24,701,796 3,158,129
MILLBURY 7,250,684 1,830,931
MILLIS 4,785,142 1,082,529
MILLVILLE 71,278 421,163
MILTON 8,209,409 3,322,291
MONROE 49,377 19,012
MONSON 7,503,615 1,349,710
MONTAGUE 0 1,481,823
MONTEREY 0 47,806
MONTGOMERY 21,042 89,731
MOUNT WASHINGTON 25,626 30,994
NAHANT 510,763 390,673
NANTUCKET 3,494,138 81,923
NATICK 9,638,233 3,940,047
NEEDHAM 9,623,283 1,804,987
NEW ASHFORD 179,597 21,002
NEW BEDFORD 143,354,420 23,785,245
NEW BRAINTREE 12,441 136,494
NEW MARLBOROUGH 0 60,553
NEW SALEM 6,090 107,279
NEWBURY 16,844 535,479
NEWBURYPORT 4,037,835 2,637,044
NEWTON 23,807,406 6,076,275
NORFOLK 3,424,875 991,557
NORTH ADAMS 13,751,293 4,587,185
NORTH ANDOVER 8,831,657 2,118,974
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH 20,513,491 2,974,712
NORTH BROOKFIELD 4,266,378 823,890
NORTH READING 7,059,217 1,835,878
NORTHAMPTON 7,450,119 4,544,558
NORTHBOROUGH 3,931,170 1,153,333
NORTHBRIDGE 15,517,361 2,182,545
NORTHFIELD 0 373,570
NORTON 12,729,070 2,148,995
NORWELL 3,694,701 1,108,403
NORWOOD 6,567,954 4,809,398
OAK BLUFFS 932,452 75,197
OAKHAM 5,880 198,373
ORANGE 5,252,709 1,670,987
ORLEANS 397,923 177,604
OTIS 0 37,608
OXFORD 10,496,804 2,126,099
PALMER 10,858,300 2,073,599
PAXTON 5,012 559,510
PEABODY 19,364,792 7,463,720
PELHAM 232,221 164,586
PEMBROKE 13,492,622 1,738,078
PEPPERELL 0 1,543,209
PERU 89,842 118,084
PETERSHAM 432,723 118,536
PHILLIPSTON 0 190,726
PITTSFIELD 41,697,360 8,927,217
PLAINFIELD 27,625 51,873
PLAINVILLE 2,899,801 784,421
PLYMOUTH 26,046,817 4,051,514
PLYMPTON 732,000 245,298
PRINCETON 0 306,137
PROVINCETOWN 286,111 143,019
QUINCY 27,232,056 19,743,316
RANDOLPH 17,288,664 5,374,404
RAYNHAM 0 1,175,748
READING 10,672,819 3,352,020
REHOBOTH 0 1,077,815
REVERE 62,220,461 10,636,173
RICHMOND 359,719 111,865
ROCHESTER 1,840,032 439,151
ROCKLAND 13,751,975 2,733,380
ROCKPORT 1,474,886 452,434
ROWE 137,795 4,074
ROWLEY 25,266 558,376
ROYALSTON 0 185,888
RUSSELL 182,791 255,367
RUTLAND 0 956,484
SALEM 21,826,722 7,132,619
SALISBURY 33,688 653,308
SANDISFIELD 0 35,830
SANDWICH 7,044,138 1,165,398
SAUGUS 5,622,672 3,793,360
SAVOY 513,469 119,803
SCITUATE 5,492,291 2,080,024
SEEKONK 5,420,925 1,272,352
SHARON 7,309,707 1,447,413
SHEFFIELD 16,826 251,898
SHELBURNE 3,114 270,397
SHERBORN 672,976 223,966
SHIRLEY 0 1,356,580
SHREWSBURY 19,826,778 2,880,275
SHUTESBURY 625,576 175,341
SOMERSET 8,094,581 1,585,869
SOMERVILLE 20,276,208 26,051,985
SOUTH HADLEY 7,971,944 2,700,438
SOUTHAMPTON 2,532,346 658,832
SOUTHBOROUGH 2,938,771 452,238
SOUTHBRIDGE 21,234,039 3,637,569
SOUTHWICK 0 1,304,260
SPENCER 41,438 2,338,654
SPRINGFIELD 341,982,149 39,142,890
STERLING 0 716,833
STOCKBRIDGE 0 103,066
STONEHAM 4,332,712 3,842,756
STOUGHTON 15,723,610 3,311,058
STOW 4,847 435,272
STURBRIDGE 3,812,614 801,067
SUDBURY 4,883,418 1,447,383
SUNDERLAND 865,368 522,611
SUTTON 5,426,055 807,135
SWAMPSCOTT 3,677,780 1,338,375
SWANSEA 7,655,832 1,942,001
TAUNTON 59,826,549 8,696,558
TEMPLETON 8,599 1,441,840
TEWKSBURY 13,189,265 2,877,797
TISBURY 705,364 101,388
TOLLAND 0 19,111
TOPSFIELD 1,168,858 634,204
TOWNSEND 0 1,358,888
TRURO 388,937 31,107
TYNGSBOROUGH 7,344,894 999,239
TYRINGHAM 42,201 13,128
UPTON 34,828 550,495
UXBRIDGE 9,366,564 1,422,712
WAKEFIELD 6,300,748 3,483,333
WALES 988,473 244,221
WALPOLE 8,035,741 2,635,193
WALTHAM 12,443,193 9,929,070
WARE 9,549,143 1,785,100
WAREHAM 13,283,040 2,045,741
WARREN 0 935,479
WARWICK 0 131,500
WASHINGTON 5,097 97,661
WATERTOWN 5,044,941 6,896,842
WAYLAND 4,585,588 934,640
WEBSTER 12,550,649 2,560,067
WELLESLEY 8,774,944 1,339,443
WELLFLEET 192,608 60,436
WENDELL 0 180,198
WENHAM 0 442,899
WEST BOYLSTON 2,999,885 823,825
WEST BRIDGEWATER 3,684,319 676,141
WEST BROOKFIELD 325,835 503,612
WEST NEWBURY 2,367 306,370
WEST SPRINGFIELD 27,669,275 3,705,722
WEST STOCKBRIDGE 0 100,534
WEST TISBURY 0 192,055
WESTBOROUGH 7,914,414 1,198,188
WESTFIELD 34,499,698 6,509,149
WESTFORD 16,950,015 2,197,382
WESTHAMPTON 471,940 149,830
WESTMINSTER 0 676,866
WESTON 3,621,072 386,769
WESTPORT 4,499,732 1,257,954
WESTWOOD 5,171,293 754,341
WEYMOUTH 28,192,675 9,015,837
WHATELY 261,200 138,760
WHITMAN 78,029 2,503,743
WILBRAHAM 0 1,513,263
WILLIAMSBURG 537,455 313,038
WILLIAMSTOWN 0 987,180
WILMINGTON 11,338,030 2,571,070
WINCHENDON 11,435,980 1,739,507
WINCHESTER 9,220,420 1,529,842
WINDSOR 26,342 107,375
WINTHROP 6,933,491 4,358,943
WOBURN 8,822,541 6,190,152
WORCESTER 248,912,944 42,968,659
WORTHINGTON 242,421 129,877
WRENTHAM 3,756,473 963,997
YARMOUTH 0 1,305,480
Total Municipal Aid 4,135,227,025 1,098,945,897
 
Regional School District Chapter 70  
ACTON BOXBOROUGH 14,968,061
ADAMS CHESHIRE 10,301,553
AMHERST PELHAM 9,505,137
ASHBURNHAM WESTMINSTER 11,126,227
ASSABET VALLEY 5,641,748
ATHOL ROYALSTON 17,352,600
AYER SHIRLEY 8,231,861
BERKSHIRE HILLS 2,892,218
BERLIN BOYLSTON 1,118,948
BLACKSTONE MILLVILLE 10,915,189
BLACKSTONE VALLEY 8,214,934
BLUE HILLS 4,821,671
BRIDGEWATER RAYNHAM 21,239,111
BRISTOL COUNTY 3,035,642
BRISTOL PLYMOUTH 11,202,429
CAPE COD 2,160,987
CENTRAL BERKSHIRE 8,708,909
CHESTERFIELD GOSHEN 747,120
CONCORD CARLISLE 2,534,771
DENNIS YARMOUTH 7,163,524
DIGHTON REHOBOTH 12,840,846
DOVER SHERBORN 2,156,439
DUDLEY CHARLTON 24,340,223
ESSEX NORTH SHORE 4,163,186
FARMINGTON RIVER 476,432
FRANKLIN COUNTY 3,497,056
FREETOWN LAKEVILLE 10,989,693
FRONTIER 2,832,345
GATEWAY 5,623,909
GILL MONTAGUE 6,206,514
GREATER FALL RIVER 16,216,650
GREATER LAWRENCE 24,387,740
GREATER LOWELL 26,826,081
GREATER NEW BEDFORD 25,332,596
GROTON DUNSTABLE 10,825,543
HAMILTON WENHAM 3,642,026
HAMPDEN WILBRAHAM 11,801,694
HAMPSHIRE 3,244,293
HAWLEMONT 623,782
KING PHILIP 7,507,800
LINCOLN SUDBURY 3,034,456
MANCHESTER ESSEX 2,994,228
MARTHAS VINEYARD 2,848,580
MASCONOMET 5,127,759
MENDON UPTON 12,360,916
MINUTEMAN 2,081,683
MOHAWK TRAIL 6,019,314
MONOMOY 3,455,287
MONTACHUSETT 14,663,123
MOUNT GREYLOCK 3,510,277
NARRAGANSETT 9,899,674
NASHOBA 6,915,370
NASHOBA VALLEY 3,691,554
NAUSET 3,479,589
NEW SALEM WENDELL 683,631
NORFOLK COUNTY 1,239,823
NORTH MIDDLESEX 20,266,893
NORTHAMPTON SMITH 908,855
NORTHBORO SOUTHBORO 3,108,294
NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN 9,597,852
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE 4,688,716
OLD COLONY 3,263,834
OLD ROCHESTER 2,956,512
PATHFINDER 5,451,515
PENTUCKET 13,087,502
PIONEER 4,142,801
QUABBIN 16,566,358
QUABOAG 9,109,770
RALPH C MAHAR 5,407,550
SHAWSHEEN VALLEY 6,417,991
SILVER LAKE 8,120,949
SOMERSET BERKLEY 5,128,765
SOUTH MIDDLESEX 4,739,134
SOUTH SHORE 4,319,370
SOUTHEASTERN 16,029,743
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE 1,960,311
SOUTHERN WORCESTER 10,463,147
SOUTHWICK TOLLAND GRANVILLE 9,789,098
SPENCER EAST BROOKFIELD 13,632,154
TANTASQUA 8,711,555
TRI COUNTY 5,678,028
TRITON 8,684,381
UPISLAND 862,242
UPPER CAPE COD 3,205,350
WACHUSETT 27,472,242
WHITMAN HANSON 24,627,610
WHITTIER 9,524,827
Total Regional Aid 715,346,101
Total Municipal and Regional Aid 4,850,573,126 1,098,945,897

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