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K-12: Non-Chapter 70 Aid

funding levels adjusted for inflation (CPI)

  • Funding History
Adjusted for inflation (CPI) NOT adjusted
FY25 Gov$1,332,066,081$1,332,066,081
FY24$1,501,174,341$1,514,445,201
FY23$1,638,213,034$1,555,477,612
FY22$1,038,873,730$946,875,831
FY21$1,023,086,028$870,151,827
FY20$969,307,184$805,963,576
FY19$843,330,435$690,305,780
FY18$777,123,494$623,192,557
FY17$774,488,252$607,461,949
FY16$818,724,359$630,429,500
FY15$771,680,422$590,282,999
FY14$811,821,024$616,576,085
FY13$764,731,539$571,913,036
FY12$693,465,112$510,019,739
FY11$590,779,442$422,101,546
FY10$612,851,890$429,354,605
FY09$830,675,729$576,286,479
FY08$838,801,398$573,886,525
FY07$817,674,437$539,420,947
FY06$779,907,718$501,473,388
FY05$695,729,665$431,063,730
FY04$501,091,437$301,412,717
FY03$629,279,023$370,349,919
FY02$795,818,298$458,267,760
FY01$867,380,768$490,786,019

comparisons adjusted for inflation (CPI)

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Between and
Funding for K-12: Non-Chapter 70 Aid
79.0%

comparisons adjusted for inflation (CPI)

Adjusted for inflation (CPI) NOT adjusted
FY25 Gov$1,332,066,081$1,332,066,081
FY24$1,501,174,341$1,514,445,201
FY24 Leg$1,351,888,626$1,363,839,753
FY24 Sen$1,172,215,091$1,182,577,846
FY24 SWM$1,160,645,604$1,170,906,081
FY24 Hou$1,335,006,108$1,346,807,988
FY24 HWM$1,325,901,595$1,337,622,988
FY24 Gov$1,172,040,258$1,182,401,468
FY23 GAA$1,283,764,450$1,218,929,907
FY23 SWM$1,109,180,399$1,053,162,954
FY23 Hou$1,256,723,502$1,193,254,620
FY23 HWM$1,251,193,203$1,188,003,620
FY23 Gov$1,040,302,509$987,763,636
FY22 GAA$997,770,026$909,412,083

funding levels adjusted for inflation (CPI)

  • Active Line Items
  • All Line Items
FY22FY23FY24FY25 Gov
Smart Growth School Cost Reimbursement (Chapter 40S Education Payments)$548,580$789,892$743,428$750,000
21st Century Education Trust Fund$5,485,797$5,265,949$6,938,660$1,000,000
Civics Education Trust Fund$1,645,739$2,106,379$2,478,093$1,500,000
Genocide Education Trust Fund$0$1,579,785$1,982,474$2,000,000
Early College and Innovation Pathways$0$0$4,956,186$5,000,000
School Meals$0$0$68,395,363$170,000,000
Mental Health Birth to Higher Education, FAIR SHARE$0$0$0$5,000,000
Literacy Launch Initiative, FAIR SHARE$0$0$0$30,000,000
Extraordinary Relief for School Districts$0$78,989,229$74,342,786$0
Grants to special education schools$21,943,188$147,446,561$0$0
Education Information Technology Costs$21,003,502$21,537,483$24,304,513$24,931,893
Executive Office of Education (Office of the Secretary of Education)$2,402,261$2,455,506$2,334,211$3,084,991
Early College Programs$5,485,797$10,717,351$17,753,880$15,000,000
Computer Science Teacher Development$0$2,632,974$2,478,093$0
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education$13,643,110$13,156,310$12,385,891$13,258,175
METCO Program to Eliminate Racial Imbalance$30,610,748$33,326,634$31,288,857$29,408,285
Educational Programs and Special Projects$13,461,049$9,154,554$4,478,428$0
Education Capital Expenditures and Special Projects$5,167,621$4,114,496$1,609,029$0
Literacy Programs$5,484,780$6,252,057$6,147,161$5,298,364
Educational Improvement Project Grants$7,553,943$10,103,573$12,129,536$0
Civics Education$1,645,739$0$0$0
Teaching Financial Literacy $0$1,685,104$2,081,598$0
Financial Literacy Education$354,978$263,297$247,809$0
Early College Technology$0$1,053,190$865,350$0
Massachusetts Digital Literacy Now$59,186$0$0$0
School to Career Connecting Activities$8,228,696$9,110,091$8,234,916$7,318,346
Career Technical Partnership Grants$658,296$5,086,906$5,952,587$5,386,584
English Language Acquisition$4,977,599$7,559,775$5,009,629$3,672,228
Educational Services in Institutional Settings$9,249,062$9,055,286$8,582,922$8,729,028
Career and Technical Education$2,742,899$3,686,164$3,922,806$2,500,000
Adult Basic Education$54,857,971$63,191,383$59,920,286$59,408,278
Transportation of Pupils - Regional School Districts$90,163,041$86,549,673$96,226,928$99,456,813
Non-Resident Pupil Transportation$274,290$263,297$991,237$1,000,000
Homeless Student Transportation$15,853,520$24,203,857$28,420,568$28,671,815
Advanced Placement Math and Science Programs$3,612,736$3,772,363$3,756,337$2,000,320
School Lunch Program$5,830,498$5,596,836$5,267,609$5,314,176
School Breakfast Program$5,394,124$193,052,618$116,063,336$4,566,445
Special Education Circuit Breaker$409,606,758$474,882,755$501,623,907$492,227,484
Additional Assistance COVID-19 Prevention$16,457,391$0$0$0
Social Emotional Learning Grants$6,582,956$6,319,138$5,947,423$6,033,474
Office of Educational Quality and Accountability$1,500,955$1,115,281$1,370,664$1,590,112
Public School Military Mitigation$1,590,881$1,527,125$1,437,294$725,000
Charter School Reimbursement$169,626,048$256,772,653$230,643,575$198,988,065
Education Technology Program$1,182,991$1,187,425$1,123,284$1,162,475
Student and School Assessment (MCAS Administration)$35,367,230$43,404,128$40,855,314$41,439,132
Assessment Consortium$603,438$579,254$653,673$550,000
Statewide College and Career Readiness Program$960,014$921,541$867,333$0
Partnership Schools Network (Targeted Intervention)$16,457,391$19,094,317$17,692,276$16,403,545
Extended Learning Time Grants$6,819,910$9,411,218$14,446,803$0
Teacher Certification Retained Revenue$2,523,467$2,422,336$2,378,969$2,612,438
Recovery High Schools$2,962,330$2,958,379$2,883,480$2,919,704
After-School and Out-of-School Grants$11,604,674$16,860,625$14,586,326$8,447,449
Safe and Supportive Schools$560,302$828,000$920,437$661,461
Franklin Institute of Boston$1$1$1$1
School of Excellence$1,645,739$2,106,379$1,982,474$2,000,000
YouthBuild Grants$3,291,478$3,159,569$2,973,711$1,750,000
Mentoring Matching Grants$1,316,591$1,579,785$1,784,227$1,500,000
Student Wellness School Supports (SHARE)$2,194,319$2,720,073$1,324,395$0
Teacher Diversity Initiative $0$15,797,846$14,726,067$0
School District Regionalization Grants$548,580$0$0$0
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention$1,206,875$2,474,996$0$0
Rural School Aid$4,388,638$5,792,543$14,868,557$15,000,000
Summer Learning$1,097,159$2,117,817$4,009,417$3,000,000
Hate Crimes and Bias in Schools Prevention Grants$438,864$421,276$792,990$800,000
Campus Hunger Initiative$0$0$991,237$0
FY22FY23FY24FY25 Gov
Smart Growth School Cost Reimbursement (Chapter 40S Education Payments)$548,580$789,892$743,428$750,000
Genocide Education Trust Fund$0$0$0$0
21st Century Education Trust Fund$5,485,797$5,265,949$6,938,660$1,000,000
Civics Education Trust Fund$1,645,739$2,106,379$2,478,093$1,500,000
Genocide Education Trust Fund$0$1,579,785$1,982,474$2,000,000
Early College and Innovation Pathways$0$0$4,956,186$5,000,000
School Meals$0$0$68,395,363$170,000,000
Mental Health Birth to Higher Education, FAIR SHARE$0$0$0$5,000,000
Literacy Launch Initiative, FAIR SHARE$0$0$0$30,000,000
Extraordinary Relief for School Districts$0$78,989,229$74,342,786$0
Grants to special education schools$21,943,188$147,446,561$0$0
Recovery High Schools$0$0$0$0
School-To-Work$0$0$0$0
Education Information Technology Costs$21,003,502$21,537,483$24,304,513$24,931,893
Executive Office of Education (Office of the Secretary of Education)$2,402,261$2,455,506$2,334,211$3,084,991
School Safety and Security Task Force$0$0$0$0
Programs for English Language Learners in Gateway Cities$0$0$0$0
Gateway Cities Student Support Counselors$0$0$0$0
Gateway Cities Career Academies$0$0$0$0
Gateway Cities Early Literacy Programs$0$0$0$0
Innovation Fund$0$0$0$0
Drop Out Re-Engagement Centers$0$0$0$0
Early College Initiative$0$0$0$0
STEM Teacher Corps$0$0$0$0
Early College Programs$5,485,797$10,717,351$17,753,880$15,000,000
Computer Science Teacher Development$0$2,632,974$2,478,093$0
School Safety and Security $0$0$0$0
Data Sharing$0$0$0$0
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education$13,643,110$13,156,310$12,385,891$13,258,175
METCO Program to Eliminate Racial Imbalance$30,610,748$33,326,634$31,288,857$29,408,285
Educational Programs and Special Projects$13,461,049$9,154,554$4,478,428$0
Education Capital Expenditures and Special Projects$5,167,621$4,114,496$1,609,029$0
Attracting Excellence To Teach$0$0$0$0
Charter School Grants$0$0$0$0
One-Time Payment to USED$0$0$0$0
Bay State Reading Institute$0$0$0$0
Charter School Facilities Grant$0$0$0$0
Literacy Programs$5,484,780$6,252,057$6,147,161$5,298,364
Magnet Educational Programs$0$0$0$0
Equal Education Improvement Fund$0$0$0$0
Program Evaluation$0$0$0$0
Substance Abuse Counselors$0$0$0$0
Teacher Quality Investment$0$0$0$0
Certificate of Occupational Proficiency$0$0$0$0
Educational Improvement Project Grants$7,553,943$10,103,573$12,129,536$0
Civics Education$1,645,739$0$0$0
Teaching Financial Literacy $0$1,685,104$2,081,598$0
Financial Literacy Education$354,978$263,297$247,809$0
Early College Technology$0$1,053,190$865,350$0
Massachusetts Digital Literacy Now$59,186$0$0$0
Essex Agricultural Institute State Share$0$0$0$0
School-to-Work Programs Matching Grants$0$0$0$0
School to Career Connecting Activities$8,228,696$9,110,091$8,234,916$7,318,346
Career Technical Partnership Grants$658,296$5,086,906$5,952,587$5,386,584
Partnerships Advancing Learning Mathematics and Science (PALMS) - State Match$0$0$0$0
English Language Acquisition$4,977,599$7,559,775$5,009,629$3,672,228
Educational Services in Institutional Settings$9,249,062$9,055,286$8,582,922$8,729,028
Special Education For State Wards$0$0$0$0
Kindergarten Development Grants (Kindergarten Expansion Grants)$0$0$0$0
Early Literacy Grants$0$0$0$0
Early Intervention Tutorial Literacy (Reading Recovery)$0$0$0$0
School Link Services$0$0$0$0
Career and Technical Education$2,742,899$3,686,164$3,922,806$2,500,000
Adult Basic Education$54,857,971$63,191,383$59,920,286$59,408,278
Skills Training Center - Cambridge$0$0$0$0
School Transportation Reimbursements$0$0$0$0
Homeless Student Transportation$0$0$0$0
Transportation of Pupils - Regional School Districts$90,163,041$86,549,673$96,226,928$99,456,813
Non-Resident Pupil Transportation$274,290$263,297$991,237$1,000,000
Homeless Student Transportation$15,853,520$24,203,857$28,420,568$28,671,815
Advanced Placement Math and Science Programs$3,612,736$3,772,363$3,756,337$2,000,320
Grants to Junior Achievement$0$0$0$0
School Lunch Program$5,830,498$5,596,836$5,267,609$5,314,176
School Breakfast Program$5,394,124$193,052,618$116,063,336$4,566,445
School Breakfast Program - Universal Eligibility$0$0$0$0
School Breakfast Grants$0$0$0$0
Summer Food Grants$0$0$0$0
State Wards Tuition Reimbursement$0$0$0$0
Behavioral Health in Schools$0$0$0$0
Special Education Circuit Breaker$409,606,758$474,882,755$501,623,907$492,227,484
Special Education Oversight$0$0$0$0
Educational Improvement Audits$0$0$0$0
Reduce Class Size K-3$0$0$0$0
Special Education Loan Pool$0$0$0$0
Additional Assistance COVID-19 Prevention$16,457,391$0$0$0
Social Emotional Learning Grants$6,582,956$6,319,138$5,947,423$6,033,474
Office of Educational Quality and Accountability$1,500,955$1,115,281$1,370,664$1,590,112
Public School Military Mitigation$1,590,881$1,527,125$1,437,294$725,000
K-3 Class Size Reduction for Low Income Districts$0$0$0$0
Financial Literacy Program$0$0$0$0
Educator Evaluation System Implementation$0$0$0$0
School Safety and Supports$0$0$0$0
School Choice Reimbursements$0$0$0$0
Charter School Reimbursement$169,626,048$256,772,653$230,643,575$198,988,065
Innovation Schools$0$0$0$0
Education Technology Program$1,182,991$1,187,425$1,123,284$1,162,475
Education Data Warehouse and Reporting System$0$0$0$0
Lowell Truancy Prevention Program$0$0$0$0
Student and School Assessment (MCAS Administration)$35,367,230$43,404,128$40,855,314$41,439,132
Assessment Consortium$603,438$579,254$653,673$550,000
MCAS Low-Scoring Student Support$0$0$0$0
Certificate of Occupational Proficiency$0$0$0$0
Statewide College and Career Readiness Program$960,014$921,541$867,333$0
Partnership Schools Network (Targeted Intervention)$16,457,391$19,094,317$17,692,276$16,403,545
Leadership Academies$0$0$0$0
Extended Learning Time Grants$6,819,910$9,411,218$14,446,803$0
Teacher Certification Retained Revenue$2,523,467$2,422,336$2,378,969$2,612,438
Teacher Preparation and Certification$0$0$0$0
Recovery High Schools$2,962,330$2,958,379$2,883,480$2,919,704
Teaching and Learning Survey$0$0$0$0
Citizen Schools Matching Grants$0$0$0$0
After-School and Out-of-School Grants$11,604,674$16,860,625$14,586,326$8,447,449
Worcester Polytechnic Institute School of Excellence Program$0$0$0$0
Safe and Supportive Schools$560,302$828,000$920,437$661,461
Alternative Education Grants$0$0$0$0
Mass Ed On-Line Program$0$0$0$0
Franklin Institute of Boston$1$1$1$1
Advanced Placement Courses$0$0$0$0
Gifted and Talented Children$0$0$0$0
School of Excellence$1,645,739$2,106,379$1,982,474$2,000,000
YouthBuild Grants$3,291,478$3,159,569$2,973,711$1,750,000
Pioneer Valley Business Alliance$0$0$0$0
Mentoring Matching Grants$1,316,591$1,579,785$1,784,227$1,500,000
Student Wellness School Supports (SHARE)$2,194,319$2,720,073$1,324,395$0
Teacher Content Training$0$0$0$0
Bullying Prevention$0$0$0$0
Teacher Diversity Initiative $0$15,797,846$14,726,067$0
School District Regionalization Grants$548,580$0$0$0
Regionalization Bonus$0$0$0$0
Creative Challenge Index$0$0$0$0
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention$1,206,875$2,474,996$0$0
Rural School Aid$4,388,638$5,792,543$14,868,557$15,000,000
Summer Learning$1,097,159$2,117,817$4,009,417$3,000,000
Hate Crimes and Bias in Schools Prevention Grants$438,864$421,276$792,990$800,000
Schools of Excellence$0$0$0$0
Bay State Reading Institute$0$0$0$0
Campus Hunger Initiative$0$0$991,237$0
Bay State Reading Institute$0$0$0$0
Public School Improvement Trust Fund$0$0$0$0
School Safety Trust Fund$0$0$0$0
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