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FY2022 One-Time Assistance for Districts with Pandemic-Related Enrollment Disruptions Impacting Chapter 70 Aid

April 15, 2022

The FY2022 General Appropriation Act (GAA) provided funding for districts with "pandemic-related disruptions in their enrollment" that impacted their Chapter 70 aid for FY2022 (line item 7061-0011). Districts were eligible to receive funding if they experienced enrollment increases from FY2022 to FY2023 with priority funding provided to districts with enrollment declines from FY2021 to FY2022 followed by significant enrollment increases from FY2022 to FY2023, defined herein as regaining at least 10 percent of the enrollment lost and at least 5 students. Based on these criteria, 128 districts received assistance payments . The total payment statewide was $14,296,371.

The payment amounts were determined based on modeling of the impact that pandemic-related enrollment changes would have had on Chapter 70 aid for FY2022, if returning students had been included in the original headcounts used to calculate FY22 Chapter 70 aid amounts. Specifically, priority districts were eligible for awards based on:

  1. the change in the district's foundation budget reflecting the impact of enrollment changes from FY2022 to FY2023 multiplied by
  2. the district's FY2022 target aid share adjusted by the percentage of the FY2022 enrollment decline that was re-established in the district as identified in the October 1, 2021 SIMS collection.

Priority districts received no more than $6,604 per additional pupil, which is the FY2022 statewide average Chapter 70 aid per pupil, and not less than a $2,500 total award, provided that they were eligible for an award under the program criteria. All other districts that experienced any year-over-year increase in enrollment between FY21 and FY22 received at least $100 per additional pupil, provided that the calculated award constituted at least $1,500 total.

DistrictPayment amount
Abington$193,299
Amherst$20,721
Arlington$42,528
Ashburnham Westminster$250,608
Ashland$277,492
Assabet Valley$1,900
Athol Royalston$563,952
Attleboro$149,738
Ayer Shirley$26,067
Barnstable$24,996
Billerica$105,572
Blue Hills$3,300
Boxford$99,482
Brewster$3,664
Bridgewater Raynham$204,497
Bristol County$5,200
Burlington$49,882
Canton$49,497
Cape Cod$2,400
Carlisle$47,766
Carver$5,185
Chelmsford$86,606
Chesterfield Goshen$62,236
Clarksburg$1,600
Clinton$29,035
Dennis Yarmouth$22,249
Dover$7,885
East Longmeadow$139,073
Essex North Shore$9,000
Fall River$1,267,376
Farmington River$2,200
Florida$14,550
Framingham$31,371
Freetown Lakeville$105,819
Georgetown$2,500
Gill Montague$173,194
Gloucester$27,685
Grafton$67,824
Greater Lawrence$2,000
Groton Dunstable$32,794
Hampden Wilbraham$39,458
Holbrook$100,215
Holland$78,258
Holliston$303,212
Hopkinton$6,100
Ipswich$8,772
Kingston$39,635
Leverett$7,979
Lincoln$48,184
Littleton$197,703
Longmeadow$26,965
Lowell$5,600
Lunenburg$18,800
Lynn$3,953,728
Marion$2,500
Martha's Vineyard$1,800
Mattapoisett$33,409
Medford$14,368
Medway$25,336
Melrose$58,106
Middleborough$518,580
Middleton$52,522
Milford$600,336
Millis$12,115
Minuteman$6,000
Mohawk Trail$5,308
Montachusett$36,384
Mount Greylock$112,570
Nantucket$17,047
Narragansett$224,601
Nashoba Valley$2,100
Nauset$39,582
Norfolk$5,500
North Adams$20,339
North Attleborough$30,241
North Brookfield$25,327
North Middlesex$138,200
Northampton$10,755
Northborough$2,300
Northeast Metropolitan$2,600
Northern Berkshire$2,300
Norwood$39,922
Oak Bluffs$24,429
Old Colony$2,300
Orange$351,712
Pathfinder$157,664
Peabody$135,537
Pioneer$20,875
Plainville$6,815
Plymouth$46,769
Plympton$83,705
Quabbin$248,281
Richmond$22,208
Rochester$119,969
Saugus$190,797
Seekonk$130,740
Sharon$93,976
Sherborn$20,263
Somerset$98,284
South Hadley$19,940
South Middlesex$3,100
South Shore$3,800
Southampton$125,913
Southborough$7,555
Spencer East Brookfield$18,518
Stoughton$201,175
Sturbridge$104,652
Sunderland$31,842
Swansea$10,065
Tisbury$4,235
Topsfield$20,403
Triton$66,822
Tyngsborough$106,460
Upisland$23,311
Wachusett$95,173
Wareham$124,106
Wayland$7,750
Webster$32,557
Wellfleet$35,630
Westborough$1,500
Weston$19,487
Westport$133,459
Whittier$194,048
Wilmington$2,400
Winchendon$35,043
Woburn$3,061
Worthington$2,500
Wrentham$20,045

For additional information on the methodology, please see the distribution file linked above.

Please direct all questions regarding these assistance payments to Rob Hanna (781-338-6525) or Rob O'Donnell (781-338-6512).

Last Updated: April 15, 2022

 
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