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Chapter 70 was $9,229,410 in FY2026 and $3,921,700 in FY2007; it fell in 2 of 19 years.
1 · The facts
$9,229,410
Chapter 70, FY2026, DESE
$3,921,700
Chapter 70, FY2007
$921,248
largest one-year rise, FY2018
$92,416
largest one-year fall, FY2010
2 of 19
years in which the aid fell
$9,349,335
FY2027, the Governor’s figure
$9,485,250
FY2027, the final state budget’s cherry sheet
17 of 17
years DESE’s figure equals the cherry sheet’s, to the dollar
2 · What it shows
1
Chapter 70 rose from $3,921,700 in FY2007 to $9,229,410 in FY2026.
2
The largest rise was $921,248 in FY2018; the largest fall was $92,416 in FY2010.
3
For FY2027 the Governor proposed $9,349,335; the final state budget carries $9,485,250.
4
DESE’s workbook and the state’s cherry sheet print the same aid in all 17 years both cover.
Chapter 70 by year
Year
Chapter 70
Change
Foundation pupils
FY2026
$9,229,410
$240,450
1,603
FY2025
$8,988,960
$169,832
1,633
FY2024
$8,819,128
$96,900
1,615
FY2023
$8,722,228
$898,610
1,671
FY2022
$7,823,618
$49,680
1,656
FY2021
$7,773,938
$2,198
1,705
FY2020
$7,771,740
$233,668
1,705
FY2019
$7,538,072
$265,567
1,716
FY2018
$7,272,505
$921,248
1,705
FY2017
$6,351,257
$516,774
1,632
FY2016
$5,834,483
$228,611
1,647
FY2015
$5,605,872
$251,176
1,627
FY2014
$5,354,696
$134,759
1,607
FY2013
$5,219,937
$697,392
1,630
FY2012
$4,522,545
$24,149
1,578
FY2011
$4,498,396
-$29,978
1,605
FY2010
$4,528,374
-$92,416
1,622
FY2009
$4,620,790
$306,531
1,641
FY2008
$4,314,259
$392,559
1,665
FY2007
$3,921,700
—
1,647
DESE’s Chapter 70 Trends workbook, sheet dataAid: the aid as DESE ran it for each year. Not a Governor’s proposal and not a receipt.
What was said
“the school budget is based on an estimate of chapter 70 number, this year there is an additional $202,185, in order for the school to get this money it needs to be on the warrant for the Town meeting in November”