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For state aid alone to hold the gap, Chapter 70 would grow 11.32% a year (ours); we assume 2.71% a year.
Chapter 70 at two growth ratesour estimate
At the rate needed (ours)At our assumed rate (ours)
At the rate needed (ours)
At our assumed rate (ours)
FY2028
$10,408,080
$9,602,799
FY2029
$11,586,721
$9,863,135
FY2030
$12,898,834
$10,130,528
FY2031
$14,359,534
$10,405,171
FY2032
$15,985,648
$10,687,259
FY2033
$17,795,908
$10,976,995
FY2034
$19,811,167
$11,274,585
FY2035
$22,054,640
$11,580,244
FY2036
$24,552,170
$11,894,189
FY2037
$27,332,527
$12,216,645
Both are our projection from FY2027’s Chapter 70.
1 · The facts
$9,349,335
Chapter 70, FY2027
$11,876,038
all state aid, FY2027
23.8%
of the town’s revenue is state aid (our division)
our estimate
2.71% a year
state aid growth, assumed (ours)
our estimate
9.49% a year
state aid growth needed to close the gap (ours)
our estimate
11.32% a year
Chapter 70 growth needed, if it alone closes it (ours)
our estimate
$27,332,527
Chapter 70 in FY2037 at that rate (ours)
our estimate
$12,216,645
at our assumed rate (ours)
our estimate
$68,153,679
more Chapter 70 over ten years than we count (ours)
our estimate
$3,482,708
FY2027 budget above foundation (our subtraction)
our estimate
2 · What it shows
1
To hold the gap, all state aid would grow 9.49% a year; Chapter 70 alone, 11.32% a year.
2
By FY2037 that is $27,332,527 of Chapter 70, against $12,216,645 at our assumed rate.
3
Over ten years, $68,153,679 more Chapter 70 than the projection already counts.
4
The FY2027 school budget is $3,482,708 above the state’s foundation budget.