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School Finance: School Choice

Memorandum

This past April, school choice receiving districts submitted claim forms that listed the school choice students enrolled in their schools this fiscal year. Information from these claims, as well as the FY99 End of Year Pupil & Financial Reports submitted last fall, has been used to finalize annual tuition amounts for FY00. On June 30, 2000 the State Treasurer's office will process the remaining portion of this annual charge, net of the amounts paid in the December, 1999 and March, 2000 quarterly local aid distributions.

All superintendents will receive the enclosed summary entitled Final FY00 School Choice Pupils and Tuition, June 1999. This is a statewide list of the number of full-time equivalent pupils and their tuition amounts for both receiving and sending districts.

Superintendents of sending and receiving districts will also find reports labeled Final FY00 School Choice Rosters and Tuition Amounts, June 2000. These lists show each school choice pupil's name, address, enrollment dates, program, tuition and other information.

All districts can obtain the school choice rates used in the calculations on our website or by contacting the School Finance office.

Superintendents of cities and towns sending pupils to either school choice districts or charter schools will also find a report labeled School Choice and Charter School Headcounts listing their community's January 1, 2000 resident pupil headcounts in those settings. This report has been prepared to assist school staff in completing the January 1, 2000 School-Attending Children Report.

In July, we will update the list of receiving school districts that will participate in the school choice program in FY01. That will be made available on our School Finance web site as soon as all districts have reported their votes to us.

If you have any questions about this information, please contact Phyllis Rogers of School Finance Services, at (781) 338-6534 or via email at progers@doe.mass.edu.

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