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K-12: Non-Chapter 70 Aid

funding levels adjusted for inflation (CPI)

  • Funding History
Adjusted for inflation (CPI) NOT adjusted
FY24 Gov$1,172,401,468$1,172,401,468
FY23 Current$1,293,234,948$1,218,929,907
FY22$1,048,057,705$946,875,831
FY21$1,032,130,435$870,151,827
FY20$977,876,168$805,963,576
FY19$850,785,745$690,305,780
FY18$783,993,513$623,192,557
FY17$781,334,975$607,461,949
FY16$825,962,144$630,429,500
FY15$778,502,323$590,282,999
FY14$818,997,781$616,576,085
FY13$771,492,009$571,913,036
FY12$699,595,564$510,019,739
FY11$596,002,121$422,101,546
FY10$618,269,696$429,354,605
FY09$838,019,168$576,286,479
FY08$846,216,670$573,886,525
FY07$824,902,940$539,420,947
FY06$786,802,351$501,473,388
FY05$701,880,137$431,063,730
FY04$505,521,245$301,412,717
FY03$634,842,051$370,349,919
FY02$802,853,585$458,267,760
FY01$875,048,691$490,786,019

comparisons adjusted for inflation (CPI)

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Between and
Funding for K-12: Non-Chapter 70 Aid
52.8%

comparisons adjusted for inflation (CPI)

Adjusted for inflation (CPI) NOT adjusted
FY24 Gov$1,172,401,468$1,172,401,468
FY23 Current$1,293,234,948$1,218,929,907
FY23 GAA$1,293,234,948$1,218,929,907
FY23 Leg$1,293,234,948$1,218,929,907
FY23 Sen$1,129,375,148$1,064,484,954
FY23 SWM$1,117,362,968$1,053,162,954
FY23 Hou$1,265,994,515$1,193,254,620
FY23 HWM$1,260,423,418$1,188,003,620
FY23 Gov$1,047,976,957$987,763,636
FY22 GAA$1,006,590,632$909,412,083

funding levels adjusted for inflation (CPI)

  • Active Line Items
  • All Line Items
FY21FY22FY23 CurrentFY24 Gov
Smart Growth School Cost Reimbursement (40S Payments)$593,075$553,429$795,719$750,000
21st Century Education Trust Fund$0$5,534,293$5,304,796$5,000,000
Civics Education Trust Fund$1,779,225$1,660,288$2,121,918$1,500,000
Genocide Education Trust Fund$0$0$1,591,439$1,500,000
Chapter 766 Schools Reserve$0$22,137,173$0$0
Education Information Technology Costs$22,339,330$21,189,180$21,696,368$24,519,373
Office of the Secretary of Education$2,597,108$2,423,498$2,473,620$2,354,846
Early College Programs$2,965,375$5,534,293$10,609,592$13,000,000
Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)$14,705,390$13,763,720$13,253,366$12,495,387
Programs to Eliminate Racial Imbalance (METCO)$30,898,169$30,881,356$31,200,836$28,910,829
Education Earmarks$0$13,580,049$0$0
Education Capital Earmarks$0$5,213,304$0$0
Literacy Programs$2,911,679$5,533,267$6,007,769$5,266,231
Educational Improvement Project Grants$0$7,620,722$9,933,761$0
Civics Education$1,186,150$1,660,288$1,697,535$0
Financial Literacy Education$209,304$358,116$265,240$0
DESE Computer Science Education$1,122,163$59,709$0$0
School to Career Connecting Activities$7,591,359$8,301,440$9,177,297$7,999,940
Innovation Pathways$0$664,115$5,124,433$5,876,152
English Language Acquisition$5,377,379$5,021,603$4,872,694$3,599,086
Educational Services in Institutional Settings$9,999,251$9,330,826$9,122,088$8,608,798
Career and Technical Education$1,779,225$2,767,147$3,713,357$3,500,000
Adult Basic Education$55,019,559$55,342,933$63,657,554$60,000,000
Transportation of Pupils - Regional School Districts$97,476,150$90,960,111$87,188,161$97,077,605
Non-Resident Pupil Transportation$296,537$276,715$265,240$5,195,429
Homeless Student Transportation$15,953,247$15,993,670$24,382,413$28,671,815
AP Math and Science$3,905,765$3,644,674$3,599,632$3,292,809
School Lunch Program$6,303,409$5,882,042$5,638,124$5,314,176
School Breakfast Program$12,058,927$5,441,810$122,027,760$4,566,445
Behavioral Health in Schools$3,574,858$0$0$0
Special Education Circuit Breaker$423,533,271$413,227,813$467,916,557$503,823,601
One-Time COVID -19 Remote Learning and Student Support Grants$62,937,110$16,602,880$0$0
Social Emotional Learning Grants$0$6,641,152$6,365,755$6,000,000
Center for District and School Accountability$789,893$1,514,224$1,123,508$1,382,781
Public School Military Mitigation$1,660,610$1,604,945$1,538,391$1,300,000
Charter School Reimbursement$139,204,037$171,125,596$258,666,898$243,804,746
Education Technology Program$685,869$1,193,449$1,196,185$1,133,214
MCAS Administration$38,235,860$35,679,887$34,352,637$32,383,267
Assessment Consortium$237,230$608,772$583,528$550,000
Statewide College and Career Readiness Program$1,037,881$968,501$928,339$0
Targeted Intervention in Underperforming Schools$16,697,489$16,602,880$16,095,456$16,176,978
Extended Learning Time Grants$11,058,777$6,880,200$6,350,459$0
Teacher Certification Retained Revenue$2,728,145$2,545,775$2,440,206$2,400,000
Recovery High Schools$3,202,605$2,988,518$2,980,204$2,808,971
After-School and Out-of-School Grants$13,453,331$11,707,263$11,540,072$11,236,943
Safe and Supportive Schools$605,748$565,255$636,576$1,602,045
Franklin Institute of Boston$1$1$1$1
School of Excellence$1,779,225$1,660,288$2,121,918$2,000,000
YouthBuild Grants$3,558,449$3,320,576$3,182,878$2,400,000
Mentoring Matching Grants$1,186,150$1,328,230$1,591,439$1,500,000
Student Wellness School Supports$2,372,300$2,213,717$2,174,966$2,000,000
Teacher Diversity Initiative $0$0$15,914,389$0
School District Regionalization Grants$593,075$553,429$0$0
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention$711,690$1,217,545$2,493,254$0
Rural School Aid$3,558,449$4,427,435$5,835,276$7,500,000
Summer Learning$1,186,150$1,106,859$1,060,959$3,000,000
Hate Crimes and Bias in Schools Prevention Grants$474,460$442,743$424,384$400,000
FY21FY22FY23 CurrentFY24 Gov
Smart Growth School Cost Reimbursement (40S Payments)$593,075$553,429$795,719$750,000
Genocide Education Trust Fund$0$0$0$0
21st Century Education Trust Fund$0$5,534,293$5,304,796$5,000,000
Civics Education Trust Fund$1,779,225$1,660,288$2,121,918$1,500,000
Genocide Education Trust Fund$0$0$1,591,439$1,500,000
Chapter 766 Schools Reserve$0$22,137,173$0$0
Recovery High Schools$0$0$0$0
School-To-Work$0$0$0$0
Education Information Technology Costs$22,339,330$21,189,180$21,696,368$24,519,373
Office of the Secretary of Education$2,597,108$2,423,498$2,473,620$2,354,846
School Safety and Security Task Force$0$0$0$0
ELL 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$2,965,375$5,534,293$10,609,592$13,000,000
School Safety and Security $0$0$0$0
Data Sharing$0$0$0$0
Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)$14,705,390$13,763,720$13,253,366$12,495,387
Programs to Eliminate Racial Imbalance (METCO)$30,898,169$30,881,356$31,200,836$28,910,829
Education Earmarks$0$13,580,049$0$0
Education Capital Earmarks$0$5,213,304$0$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$2,911,679$5,533,267$6,007,769$5,266,231
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$0$7,620,722$9,933,761$0
Civics Education$1,186,150$1,660,288$1,697,535$0
Teaching Financial Literacy $0$0$0$0
Financial Literacy Education$209,304$358,116$265,240$0
DESE Computer Science Education$1,122,163$59,709$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$7,591,359$8,301,440$9,177,297$7,999,940
Innovation Pathways$0$664,115$5,124,433$5,876,152
Partnerships Advancing Learning Mathematics and Science (PALMS)$0$0$0$0
English Language Acquisition$5,377,379$5,021,603$4,872,694$3,599,086
Educational Services in Institutional Settings$9,999,251$9,330,826$9,122,088$8,608,798
Special Education For State Wards$0$0$0$0
Kindergarten Development Grants$0$0$0$0
Early Literacy Grants$0$0$0$0
Reading Recovery$0$0$0$0
School Link Services$0$0$0$0
Career and Technical Education$1,779,225$2,767,147$3,713,357$3,500,000
Adult Basic Education$55,019,559$55,342,933$63,657,554$60,000,000
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$97,476,150$90,960,111$87,188,161$97,077,605
Non-Resident Pupil Transportation$296,537$276,715$265,240$5,195,429
Homeless Student Transportation$15,953,247$15,993,670$24,382,413$28,671,815
AP Math and Science$3,905,765$3,644,674$3,599,632$3,292,809
Grants to Junior Achievement$0$0$0$0
School Lunch Program$6,303,409$5,882,042$5,638,124$5,314,176
School Breakfast Program$12,058,927$5,441,810$122,027,760$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$3,574,858$0$0$0
Special Education Circuit Breaker$423,533,271$413,227,813$467,916,557$503,823,601
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
One-Time COVID -19 Remote Learning and Student Support Grants$62,937,110$16,602,880$0$0
Social Emotional Learning Grants$0$6,641,152$6,365,755$6,000,000
Center for District and School Accountability$789,893$1,514,224$1,123,508$1,382,781
Public School Military Mitigation$1,660,610$1,604,945$1,538,391$1,300,000
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$139,204,037$171,125,596$258,666,898$243,804,746
Innovation Schools$0$0$0$0
Education Technology Program$685,869$1,193,449$1,196,185$1,133,214
Education Data Warehouse and Reporting System$0$0$0$0
Lowell Truancy Prevention Program$0$0$0$0
MCAS Administration$38,235,860$35,679,887$34,352,637$32,383,267
Assessment Consortium$237,230$608,772$583,528$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$1,037,881$968,501$928,339$0
Targeted Intervention in Underperforming Schools$16,697,489$16,602,880$16,095,456$16,176,978
Leadership Academies$0$0$0$0
Extended Learning Time Grants$11,058,777$6,880,200$6,350,459$0
Teacher Certification Retained Revenue$2,728,145$2,545,775$2,440,206$2,400,000
Teacher Preparation and Certification$0$0$0$0
Recovery High Schools$3,202,605$2,988,518$2,980,204$2,808,971
Teaching and Learning Survey$0$0$0$0
Citizen Schools Matching Grants$0$0$0$0
After-School and Out-of-School Grants$13,453,331$11,707,263$11,540,072$11,236,943
Worcester Polytechnic Institute School of Excellence Program$0$0$0$0
Safe and Supportive Schools$605,748$565,255$636,576$1,602,045
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$1,779,225$1,660,288$2,121,918$2,000,000
YouthBuild Grants$3,558,449$3,320,576$3,182,878$2,400,000
Pioneer Valley Business Alliance$0$0$0$0
Mentoring Matching Grants$1,186,150$1,328,230$1,591,439$1,500,000
Student Wellness School Supports$2,372,300$2,213,717$2,174,966$2,000,000
Teacher Content Training$0$0$0$0
Bullying Prevention$0$0$0$0
Teacher Diversity Initiative $0$0$15,914,389$0
School District Regionalization Grants$593,075$553,429$0$0
Regionalization Bonus$0$0$0$0
Creative Challenge Index$0$0$0$0
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention$711,690$1,217,545$2,493,254$0
Rural School Aid$3,558,449$4,427,435$5,835,276$7,500,000
Summer Learning$1,186,150$1,106,859$1,060,959$3,000,000
Hate Crimes and Bias in Schools Prevention Grants$474,460$442,743$424,384$400,000
Schools of Excellence$0$0$0$0
Bay State Reading Institute$0$0$0$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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