H 536 Massachusetts House · 194th Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act relative to state aid for public schools

HD 2757 creates a new Municipal Education Fund to provide targeted state aid to public school districts. The fund specifically supports minimum aid communities, below-effort districts, gateway cities, rural districts, and schools serving many high-need students. It revises how local education funding is calculated by establishing new percentage caps (82.5% to 88.5%) for a municipality's required local contribution based on their combined effort yield relative to school costs. The bill also mandates an annual report on fund use and establishes a special commission to review the entire school funding formula, including how effort yields and local contributions are determined.
Sub-Topics: School Funding
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action May 2, 2025
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to the committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Photo of Manny Cruz
Manny Cruz
DDemocratic
MA
7th Essex