Presentation: K-12 Funding Update for the Legislative Gateway Caucus
On March 27, 2024, Deputy Policy Director Colin Jones presented to the Legislative Gateway Caucus on K-12 funding and policy. The presentation included a spotlight on Lawrence, Mass. It also previews...
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MassBudget’s Look at the Fiscal Year 2025 House Ways and Means Budget Proposal
Today the House Ways and Means (HWM) Committee released its proposed budget to invest in our Commonwealth for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, which starts in July. The proposal reflects both an increase in...
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Despite Revenue Challenges, Fiscal Year 2025 House Budget Proposal Strives to...
The House finalized its Fiscal Year 2025 (FY 2025) state budget proposal on Friday, April 26 after considering amendments to the House Ways and Means (HWM) proposal. The approved amendments would add...
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With Fair Share Dollars, Senate Ways and Means Proposes Bold Improvements,...
On May 7th, the Senate Ways and Means (SWM) Committee released its proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts in July (FY 2025). Like last month’s House budget proposal, the SWM proposal would...
View ArticleWhat is the Actual State Cost of MassHealth in State Fiscal Year 2025?
As a program that provides publicly funded health benefits to more than 2 million low-income children and families, seniors, and people living with disabilities in Massachusetts, it is not surprising...
View ArticlePre-Conference Analysis: With Fair Share Revenue Surpassing Expectations,...
Sometimes difficult choices don’t need to be so painful. At the end of May, the Senate finalized its budget blueprint for the fiscal year that starts in July (FY 2025), setting up a 6-member conference...
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K-12 Funding Analysis by District: Challenges of Recent Inflation Limiting...
Summary The 2019 Student Opportunity Act (SOA) intended to make state funding in K-12 schools more robust and equitable. The following analysis examines the SOA’s impact on K-12 funding so far. It...
View ArticlePresentation – Transportation Funding: Context, Challenges & Progress
On June 24, 2024, Policy Director Phineas Baxandall joined Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA)’s community conversation on transportation funding. Baxandall focused on how Fair Share spending works...
View Article2025 Massachusetts Budget Showcases Accomplishments of Fair Share Amendment
As the budget making process for the current fiscal year finishes, Massachusetts would be in a very different place if voters hadn’t approved the Fair Share Amendment in late 2022 to support education...
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Two Years of Fair Share Funding at Work
Nearly two years after Massachusetts voted to create a more equitable tax system to directly support education and transportation, $2.3 billion dollars have been dispersed to a wide variety of...
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