A string of towns and cities highlighted to Gov. Maura Healey the financial pressure points they face and their hope that the new team will make additional state dollars available.
In each of his eight years as governor, Charlie Baker kept a campaign promise to propose increasing unrestricted local aid to cities and towns by the projected rate of growth in state tax revenues.
Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo urged the administration to decouple unrestricted local aid from the projectedthat top lawmakers and the Healey administration expect in the next fiscal year. Decoupling from state revenue projections could lead to larger amounts of aid, or lower ones depending on the fiscal state of affairs during the annual state budget cycle.In fiscal 2024, the tuition that districts must pay to private special education providers for services is set to increase 14% under rates the Operational Services Division announced late last year.
"Coming out of the pandemic, I think we and a lot of towns and cities have seen different, new, more acute needs. These services are important, but to try to accommodate this increase while also managing the other costs related is really kind of a one-two hit," he said.
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