School Finance: Chapter 70 Program

Compliance With Net School Spending Requirements

The Commonwealth's school finance statute, Chapter 70 of the General Laws, establishes an annual "net school spending" requirement for each Massachusetts school district. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in non-approval of a municipality's tax rate, enforcement action by the Attorney General, or loss of state aid.

Detailed data about prior year expenditures and current year budgets are submitted annually on each school district's End-of-Year Pupil and Financial Report. Once a district's information has passed ESE review, its compliance report is published on this web site.

• FY09 Net School Spending (With Budgeted Amounts For FY10) Or Download the EXCEL summary file

• FY08 Net School Spending (With Budgeted Amounts For FY09) Or Download the EXCEL summary file

• FY07 Net School Spending (With Budgeted Amounts For FY08) Or Download the EXCEL summary file

• FY06 Net School Spending (With Budgeted Amounts For FY07) Or Download the EXCEL summary file

• FY05 Actual Net School Spending Or Download the EXCEL summary file

• FY04 Actual Net School Spending Or Download the EXCEL summary file

• FY03 Actual Net School Spending Or Download the Excel summary file