Section 3

Section 3 Local Aid Distribution

Additional local aid information based on the Governor's FY 2020 Budget for individual cities and towns is available at https://www.mass.gov/lists/cherry-sheet-estimates

SECTION 3.   Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 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 $1,128,617,436 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 for fiscal year 2020 the total amounts to be distributed and paid to each city, town, regional school district, and county operating an agricultural or vocational school 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 2020, minimum aid shall be $20 per pupil and the effort reduction percentage shall be 100%. Transitional aid received in fiscal year 2019 relating to low income measurement shall be included in districts' base aid. Districts shall be eligible for the high needs concentration increment if they are in the ninth or tenth deciles for economically disadvantaged and if 20 per cent or more of the district's foundation headcount was designated as English learners in either of the two most recent fiscal years. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of chapter 70 of the General Laws, foundation budget rates for fiscal year 2020 shall be set as identified in the tables below.

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 school personnel.

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.

Total
Chapter 70
Unrestricted General Government Aid
Total Municipal Aid
4,370,128,089
1,128,617,436
Total Regional Aid
737,781,035
Total Municipal and Regional Aid
5,107,909,124
1,128,617,436
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