chapter 70 funding

Adequate education opportunity, according to state statute, is formulaic. It’s been so since 1993, when the Education Reform Act was passed within a week of the Supreme Judicial Court’s McDuffy ruling. The enforceable duty to “cherish the … public schools” was fulfilled by billions allocated annually in Chapter 70 aid.

When parents at the Phineas Bates Elementary School found out a popular staff member, Adam Prisby, was slated to have his position cut, they launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise the $30,000 they would need to keep him at the Roslindale school.