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The Senate Ways & Means (SWM) Committee has released its $63.29B budget proposal. This represents a $2.25B (3.7%) increase over the FY26 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and is $66.3M (0.1%) below Governor Healey’s proposal. There are several key differences between the SWM budget, the House budget (finalized last week), and the Governor’s proposal when it comes to public education. The summary below highlights major education-related investments, including updates from the accompanying supplemental budget that impact FY27 allocations.
MASC will continue to closely monitor budget activity and any adjustments throughout the fiscal year. We will share updates and key action items as the process moves forward. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions

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.