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Position Paper: The Graduation Standard
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Mass. Association of School Committees
Mass. Association of School Committees
To download the Position Paper as a PDF, please click here. The Position Paper has been posted in text format
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education had their monthly meeting on May 19 at Hudson High School, recognizing student
Senate FY27 Budget Debate Next Week Urge your State Senators to Support Key Amendments Dear MASC Members and Friends, The
Dear MASC Members & Friends, The Senate Ways & Means (SWM) Committee has released its $63.29B budget proposal. This represents a
May 2026 MASC Policy Newsletter MASC Policy Update In our regular review of policies for public school districts, MASC shares the following recommended
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education met for their regular monthly meeting on April 28, 2026. The agenda of
More than 300 MA school committee members, administrators, educators, and over 100 high school students, returned to (the newly renovated) Gardner Auditorium at the State House on March 30 for MASC’s annual legislative advocacy program.
MASC President Denise Hurst convened the gathering before welcoming legislators and other special guests to report on current and pending issues and the financial implications of those that will impact public education in the
The House Ways & Means (HWM) Committee has released its $63.33B budget proposal. This represents a $2.3B (3.7%) increase over
The House Ways & Means Committee budget is now before the full House, and this is a critical opportunity to
Districts alerted to Title 1 cutbacks. In early March, DESE updated superintendents and those who manage grants that Title I allocation for the upcoming year is expected to be less for the state and for districts in Massachusetts.
While the federal budget that was passed by Congress and signed into law virtually level funded the federal entitlement grants, allocations to states and then in turn to districts are recalculated each year based on the demographics that determine funding.
This coming fiscal year for school districts, the state has learned that the Massachusetts share of the federal poverty total has dropped by 10%. That will in turn decrease the Massachusetts share of Title I funding, and, in turn, the district by district allocations will also be less.