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School Finance: School Choice

Preliminary FY2004 School Choice Tuition as of June, 2004

6/18/2004

The school choice assessment and tuition amounts due to be incorporated into the June 30, 2004 local aid distribution have been finalized. On June 30, 2004 the State Treasurer's office will process the remaining portion of the assessments and tuition, net of the amounts paid in the December, 2003 and March, 2004 quarterly local aid distributions.

Superintendents of sending and receiving districts will receive in the mail printed copies of FY04 School Choice Rosters and Tuition Amounts, June 2004. These lists show each school choice pupil's name, address, enrollment dates, program, tuition and other information.

A district summary shows the number of full-time equivalent pupils and tuition amounts for the 142 receiving districts and 255 sending districts involved in this program. During FY04 there were 8,829 full-time equivalent pupils participating, at a cost of $48,404,028.

School Choice Tuition Rates are calculated for regular, bilingual and vocational programs. FY04 school choice tuition rates are set at 75 percent of the FY03 operating cost per full-time equivalent pupil for the receiving school district, with a cap of $5,000. In addition, the actual special education cost for each special education pupil, as determined using the same methodology used for the circuit-breaker program, is paid in full by the sending district.

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.