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 On March 20, the state Senate approved House Bill 4595, a resolution
previously approved by the House, concerning the three major local-aid accounts. This
resolution represents a legislative agreement as to the amounts of
Chapter 70, Additional Assistance and Lottery aid to be paid to
municipalities and regional school districts in FY09. Amounts for Arlington and some of its neighbors are shown below.
March 13: Brownsberger reports local-aid numbers
These amounts
are consistent with the aid shown in Section 3 of the Governor’s
FY09 Budget Proposal (House 2). The Legislature approved this measure
to provide reliable estimates for local governments to use in their
budget planning process.
An Excel spreadsheet on the Municipal Databank Web site
shows the amounts for each city, town and regional school district. The
spreadsheet is available for downloading.
All other Cherry Sheet programs will be subject to debate as the House
and Senate prepare their budget proposals. The House Ways and Means
Committee is scheduled to release its version of the budget in April
and the Senate version will be available in May.
Updated preliminary Cherry Sheet estimates to reflect the amounts
contained in the resolution is expected to be posted on the DLS Web the week of March 24. However, all other program estimates will remain blank
until the House and Senate budget proposals have been released. For
these accounts, the governor’s budget estimates represent the best
available numbers for budget-planning purposes. Be aware that
these other estimates will likely change as the state budget process
unfolds.
Barbara Goodman, the leader of Arlington's chapter of Stand for Children, a group that advoctaes for educational funding, asked March 22 about the difference between funding for Arlington and Belmont.
YourArlington asked Rep. Will Brownsberger about it. Here is his response:
"Here's what it is in a nutshell:
"Arlington's aid numbers -- per capita or per student -- are all
considerably higher than Belmont's (this year, last year and,
presumably in future years).
"However, Belmont's percentage increase in Chapter 70 this year is
better than Arlington's because of enrollment numbers and because
Belmont has much further to go than Arlington does to get to 17.5% of the foundation budget."
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Municipality
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Chapter
70
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Additional
Assistance
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Lottery
Aid Funded through Lottery Revenues
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General
Fund Supplement to Hold Harmless Lottery Aid
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Total
Lottery
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ARLINGTON
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6,229,294
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4,491,775
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4,293,083
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657,315
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4,950,398
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BELMONT
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4,603,815
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827,483
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1,719,422
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263,261
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1,982,683
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LEXINGTON
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7,601,057
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0
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1,654,143
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253,266
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1,907,409
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MEDFORD
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11,681,327
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6,432,448
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7,209,945
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1,103,916
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8,313,861
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WINCHESTER
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5,209,589
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344,404
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1,298,293
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198,782
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1,497,075
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