Tag: Funding
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Districts Have Demanded $44,641 to Answer One Records Request
32 districts have priced the same settlement-records request at $44,641.20 total, for 1,057 hours. Thirteen others answered for nothing.
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Six Districts Answered on Oct. 7, and One Cut Its Own Fee to Zero
Westfield, Saugus, Dartmouth, Milton, Wilmington and Wakefield all answered the same settlement-records request on Oct. 7. Two had never replied at all.
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Four More Districts Priced the Same Request: $2,168.70 Combined, and One Arithmetic Error
On Oct. 6 four more Massachusetts districts priced the identical student-settlement-records request. None asked for more time. Three demanded payment before producing anything.
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Massachusetts’ Bell-to-Bell Cellphone Bill Stalls in Conference as Districts Open the 2026–2027 School Year Under Local Policies Alone
An analytical overview of S.2581 and H.5349 — the competing bell-to-bell school device bills that engrossed both chambers but never became law, the September 1, 2026 district-policy deadline…
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Massachusetts FY2027 Budget Completes the Student Opportunity Act: Record Chapter 70 Aid and the Fine Print for Special Education
An analytical overview of the $63.42 billion general appropriations act signed July 9, 2026 — $7,658,399,506 in Chapter 70 aid, a record $806.6 million special education circuit breaker,…