DLS: SWM Local Aid Estimates

From DLS/DOR --

On May 13, 2009 the Senate Ways and Means Committee (SWM) released their version of the FY2010 budget. The Division of Local Services has posted updated local aid estimates based on the SWM budget recommendations to the Division of Local Services’ web site at the link below:
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Similar the Governor’s budget proposal (House 1) and House budget, section 3 of the SWM budget consolidates the Additional Assistance and Lottery line items into Unrestricted General Government Aid. The SWM FY2010 budget proposal reduces this line item by $483.6 million or 36.82 percent from original FY2009 levels. This represents a 30 percent reduction to the post 9C Additional Assistance and Lottery amounts.
SWM budget recommendations also reduce Chapter 70 by $79.0 million or 2 percent from the original FY2009 level, reduce Regional School Transportation from $61.3 million in FY2009 to $30.5 million in FY2010, and eliminate the state reimbursement for the Police Career Incentive program.

Charter School assessments and reimbursements reflect a change in methodology where facilities payments and first year reimbursements of new charter school costs will be paid directly to the charter schools and not reflected in assessments and reimbursements. This is the same approach that was used to calculate the assessments and reimbursement for House 1. For more information, please see: http://www.mass.gov/bb/h1/fy10h1/prnt10/exec10/pbudbrief3.htm.
Please note that Charter School and School Choice assessments may change significantly when updated to reflect spring enrollment data and final tuition rates.
To review additional information about how the estimates were determined and what may cause them to change in the future, click on the link at the bottom for an index of the FY2010 programs and links to individual explanations.