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School Finance: Chapter 70 Program
FY07 Foundation Reserve Program
Announcement of Awards
The Legislature appropriated $4,500,000 for supplemental financial assistance to municipalities and districts
for ten specific categories of need. Fifty districts and municipalities will receive awards, as follows:
| MUNICIPALITY OR DISTRICT |
CATEGORY |
TOTALS |
| Category A -- Extraordinary increases in total Minimum Required Local contribution |
| Athol | A | 10,000 |
| Douglas | A | 28,000 |
| Grafton | A | 125,000 |
| Northbridge | A | 77,000 |
| | $ 240,000 |
| Category B -- Extraordinary increase in Minimum Required Local Contribution to an individual district |
| Auburn | B | 125,000 |
| Berlin | B | 52,000 |
| Chelmsford | B | 125,000 |
| Groveland | B | 22,000 |
| Medfield | B | 19,000 |
| North Andover | B | 54,000 |
| Somerset | B | 125,000 |
| Swansea | B | 125,000 |
| Westport | B | 85,000 |
| | $732,000 |
| Category C -- Change from RSD Assessment Method to Ch 70 Method |
| Groveland | C | 179,000 |
| Category D -- Relief for municipalities affected by stresses in the commercial agriculture, fishing and lobster industry
|
| Gloucester | D | 200,000 |
| Provincetown | D | 45,000 |
| Whately | D | 45,000 |
| | $290,000 |
| Category E -- Relief for Districts experiencing enrollment declines |
| Beverly Public Schools | E | 69,000 |
| Falmouth Public Schools | E | 72,000 |
| Farmington River Regional School District | E 11,000 |
| Medford Public Schools | E | 73,000 |
| Nauset Regional School District | E | 53,000 |
| Provincetown Public Schools | E | 13,000 |
| UpIsland Regional School District | E | 38,000 |
| | $329,000 |
| Category F -- Relief for municipalities with high property values in comparison to income |
| Aquinnah | F | 10,000 |
| Avon | F | 28,000 |
| Barnstable | F | 200,000 |
| Erving | F | 10,000 |
| Falmouth | F | 175,000 |
| Gloucester | F | 141,000 |
| Otis | F | 10,000 |
| Provincetown | F | 10,000 |
| Sandisfield | F | 10,000 |
| | $594,000 |
| Category G -- Reductions in federal impact aid |
| Bedford Public Schools | G | 177,000 |
| Bourne Public Schools | G | 500,000 |
| | $677,000 |
| Category H -- Relief for municipalities that receive reductions of more than one-third in payment in lieu of taxes for state owned land
|
| Florida | H | 21,000 |
| Leverett | H | 7,000 |
| Pelham | H | 10,000 |
| Princeton | H | 23,000 |
| Provincetown | H | 29,000 |
| Sunderland | H | 35,000 |
| Wendell | H | 57,000 |
| | $182,000 |
| Category I -- Assist districts with enrollment declines that have a program with higher education for drop outs. |
| Gardner Public Schools | I | 125,000 |
| Springfield Public Schools | I | 125,000 |
| | $250,000 |
| Category J -- Assist Regional School Districts with 5 consecutive years of enrollment decline and increased transportation costs
|
| Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District | J | 10,000 |
| Athol-Royalston Regional School District | J | 246,000 |
| Blackstone-Millville Regional School District | J | 174,000 |
| Farmington River Regional School District | J | 11,000 |
| Mohawk Trail Regional School District | J | 400,000 |
| Nauset Regional School District | J | 106,000 |
| | $947,000 |
| |
| Total: | $ 4,420,000 |
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