Archived Information

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 FY01 End of Year Pupil & Financial Reports submitted last fall, has been used to finalize annual tuition calculations for FY02. On June 28, 2002 the State Treasurer's office will process the remaining portion of the tuition, net of the amounts paid in the December, 2001 and March, 2002 quarterly local aid distributions.

Superintendents of sending and receiving districts will receive printed copies of Final FY02 School Choice Rosters and Tuition Amounts, June 2002. These lists show each school choice pupil's name, address, enrollment dates, program, tuition and other information.

Our website contains a district summary of the number of full-time equivalent pupils and tuition amounts for the 131 receiving districts and 247 sending districts involved in this program. During FY02 there were 7,558 pupils participating, at a cost of $41,127,701.

The school choice rates used in the calculations on our website. The current list of school districts that have voted to participate in the school choice program in FY03 can be found at http://finance1.doe.mass.edu/schoice/.

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