H 3894 Massachusetts House · 193rd Legislature (2023-2024)

An Act relative to state aid for public schools

This bill creates a new Municipal Education Fund to provide additional financial support to specific public school districts, including those in gateway cities, rural areas, and communities with high-need students. The fund will be financed through state constitutional revenue, donations, and interest, and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will manage it while reporting annually to the legislature on how the money is used. It also changes how local school districts calculate their required financial contributions by adjusting the "target local contribution" based on a municipality's ability to pay, ensuring that towns with lower effort yields contribute less while those with higher yields contribute more up to a set percentage cap.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Governor
Introduced Jun 8, 2023 Last action May 20, 2024
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jun 12, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Jun 8, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
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Photo of Manny Cruz
Manny Cruz
DDemocratic
MA
7th Essex