The Chapter 70 program is the major program of state aid to public elementary and secondary schools. In addition to providing state aid to support school operations, it also establishes minimum spending requirements for each school district and minimum requirements for each municipality's share of school costs.
Legislation
Regulations
Compliance With Net School Spending Requirements
Student Opportunity Act
Supplemental Low-Income Data Collection
Local Contribution Study
Local Contribution Study Public Comment
Retiree Health Insurance and Section 260 of the FY'15 State Budget
Chapter 70 District ProfilesThe on-line Chapter 70 database shows, for each school district, yearly spending and state aid totals in comparison to the foundation budget. Trend data is available for each year going back to FY1993.
Chapter 70 Trends in Aid and Local ContributionThis tool shows trend data for the key factors influencing Chapter 70 required local contributions and state aid calculations going back to FY2007.
For earlier spending requirements related to Chapter 70 please contact sfinance@doe.mass.edu .
01/22/2025, FY2026 Preliminary Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
07/29/2024, FY2025 Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
01/24/2024, FY2025 Preliminary Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
08/09/2023, FY2024 Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
02/23/2023, FY2024 Preliminary Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
07/28/2022, FY2023 Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
01/26/2022, FY2023 Preliminary Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
07/19/2021, FY2022 Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
01/27/2021, FY2022 Preliminary Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
12/14/2020, FY2021 Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
07/31/2020, FY2021 Administrative Update on Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
01/22/2020, FY2021 Preliminary Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
07/31/2019, FY2020 Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
01/23/2019, FY2020 Preliminary Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
07/26/2018, FY2019 Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
01/24/2018, FY2019 Preliminary Chapter 70 Aid and Net School Spending Requirements
For earlier analyses related to Chapter 70 please contact sfinance@doe.mass.edu .
07/12/2023, FY2019 Economically Disadvantaged Legislative Report
10/30/2015, Final Report of the Foundation Budget Review Commission
08/08/2013, Report on the Status of the Public Education Financing System in Massachusetts
02/01/2005, Hancock v. Driscoll -- Hancock v Driscoll - final decision of the Supreme Judicial Court
04/26/2004, Hancock v Driscoll report of Judge Margot Botsford
11/22/2024, FY2025 Rural School Aid
10/16/2023, FY2024 Rural School Aid
09/13/2022, FY2023 Rural School Aid
04/15/2022, FY2022 One-Time Assistance for Districts with Pandemic-Related Enrollment Disruptions Impacting Chapter 70 Aid
10/01/2021, FY2022 Rural School Aid
03/16/2021, FY2021 Rural School Aid
01/27/2021, FY2021 State Coronavirus Prevention Fund Program
Last Updated: April 14, 2025