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Local Aid

SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 the distribution to cities and towns of the balance of the State Lottery Fund, as paid by the treasurer from the General Fund in accordance with clause (c) of the second paragraph of section 35 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, shall be $761,378,162 and shall be apportioned to the cities and towns in accordance with this section. The amount of any balance in the State Lottery Fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the General Fund.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the total amounts to be distributed and paid to each city and town from item 0611-5500 of section 2 shall be as set forth in the following lists. The amounts to be distributed from said item 0611-5500 of said section 2 shall be in full satisfaction of the amounts due under section 37 of chapter 21 of the General Laws.

Notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 70 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, except for section 12B of chapter 76 and section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, for fiscal year 2006 the total amounts to be distributed and paid to each city and town from item 7061-0008 of section 2 shall be as set forth in the following lists. The specified amounts to be distributed from said item 7061-0008 of said section 2 shall be in full satisfaction of the amounts due under sections 3, 6 and 7 of chapter 70 of the General Laws, in this section called chapter 70 aid. For fiscal year 2006, in the calculation of the foundation budget for each district, no school district shall have a wage adjustment factor less than one. Minimum required local contributions for fiscal year 2006 shall be calculated as for house bill 1, as submitted by the governor in January of 2005, and shall equal preliminary local contribution in fiscal year 2005 increased or decreased by the municipal revenue growth factor. For the purposes of calculating municipal revenue growth factors, general revenue sharing aid for every city and town shall be calculated based on the amount of assistance from the Commonwealth budgeted in house bill 1, as submitted by the governor in January of 2005. For fiscal year 2006, chapter 70 aid shall be the difference between a district's foundation budget and the sum of that district's share of preliminary local contributions of member communities as determined by the department of education. Additional aid shall be added such that every operational district receives an increase over fiscal year 2005, which is at least equal to $50 per student. Each operating district shall receive at least as much aid as the district received in chapter 70 aid in fiscal year 2004. No district shall receive chapter 70 aid in an amount greater than the district's foundation budget. If there is a conflict between the language of this section and the distribution listed below, the distribution below shall control.

The department shall not consider health care costs for retired teachers to be part of net school spending for any district in which such costs were not considered part of net school spending in fiscal year 1994.

In fiscal years 2006 and thereafter, if the closure of a power plant results in the loss of property tax and, in the fiscal year before its closure, that power plant represented 20 per cent or more of the tax levy on industrial property in any city or town, the department of education shall reduce that city or town’s required local contribution to its local school district, as determined by the department in accordance with chapter 70 of the General Laws, in the amount of the total commercial, industrial, and real property tax attributable to the closed plant paid to the city or town in the previous fiscal year. For that city or town, the department shall calculate the amount of aid necessary to offset the loss of local spending, and shall increase prior-year chapter 70 aid by that amount when calculating chapter 70 aid due in the following fiscal year.

No payments to cities, towns, or counties maintaining an agricultural school pursuant to this section shall be made after November 30 of the fiscal year by the state treasurer until he receives certification from the commissioner of revenue of the commissioner's acceptance of the prior fiscal year's annual financial reports submitted pursuant to section 43 of chapter 44 of the General Laws. The state treasurer shall make advance payments for some or all of periodic local reimbursement or assistance programs to any city, town, regional school district, or independent agricultural and technical school that demonstrates an emergency cash shortfall, as certified by the commissioner of revenue and approved by the secretary of administration and finance, pursuant to guidelines established by the secretary.

	7061-0008	0611-5500
	Chapter 70	Additional	Lottery
Municipality		Assistance	Distribution
ABINGTON	6,869,653	-	2,006,215
ACTON	2,723,714	29,696	1,384,060
ACUSHNET	6,049,622	23,875	1,538,089
ADAMS	-	35,042	1,998,944
AGAWAM	10,826,098	-	3,661,919
ALFORD	-	-	14,330
AMESBURY	8,455,877	-	2,003,131
AMHERST	5,572,787	222,910	7,967,674
ANDOVER	5,235,106	-	1,808,259
AQUINNAH	-	-	2,253
ARLINGTON	5,019,277	4,491,775	4,242,362
ASHBURNHAM	-	-	694,712
ASHBY	-	-	395,037
ASHFIELD	66,553	-	175,596
ASHLAND	2,710,446	291,598	1,083,867
ATHOL	-	4,377	2,256,978
ATTLEBORO	26,883,244	-	5,686,033
AUBURN	3,851,160	-	1,709,103
AVON	598,615	400,636	389,697
AYER	3,640,814	44,218	742,929
BARNSTABLE	6,420,888	-	2,101,378
BARRE	15,043	-	799,532
BECKET	48,982	8,580	79,749
BEDFORD	2,053,688	484,271	788,848
BELCHERTOWN	9,504,784	-	1,608,123
BELLINGHAM	7,674,956	-	1,797,134
BELMONT	3,002,919	827,483	1,690,438
BERKLEY	4,920,431	-	579,235
BERLIN	505,157	-	212,173
BERNARDSTON	-	-	270,277
BEVERLY	6,332,869	2,452,442	3,970,874
BILLERICA	13,000,488	2,349,321	4,076,834
BLACKSTONE	38,854	-	1,260,366
BLANDFORD	34,879	-	121,104
BOLTON	5,341	-	189,415
BOSTON	203,634,716	164,211,152	60,545,688
BOURNE	4,520,605	352,555	1,196,257
BOXBOROUGH	1,318,163	-	245,334
BOXFORD	1,491,957	36,411	461,291
BOYLSTON	399,441	-	347,331
BRAINTREE	4,903,921	3,378,041	3,135,580
BREWSTER	847,877	-	394,419
BRIDGEWATER	88,168	-	3,214,924
BRIMFIELD	892,998	-	373,042
BROCKTON	110,310,059	4,310,392	17,871,219
BROOKFIELD	1,322,058	-	492,651
BROOKLINE	5,214,247	3,497,741	3,756,449
BUCKLAND	-	-	273,378
BURLINGTON	3,726,894	1,386,400	1,541,743
CAMBRIDGE	7,122,205	17,956,060	7,539,008
CANTON	2,658,680	878,002	1,452,568
CARLISLE	625,736	14,729	213,167
CARVER	9,266,231	-	1,462,105
CHARLEMONT	66,503	-	164,466
CHARLTON	6,065	-	1,278,640
CHATHAM	477,225	-	162,212
CHELMSFORD	6,876,856	2,535,342	3,133,208
CHELSEA	42,000,702	3,396,864	5,529,762
CHESHIRE	263,936	-	547,702
CHESTER	89,300	-	170,608
CHESTERFIELD	85,640	-	129,893
CHICOPEE	37,613,808	1,195,616	10,214,460
CHILMARK	-	-	3,818
CLARKSBURG	1,478,268	13,114	354,801
CLINTON	8,894,104	175,517	2,218,670
COHASSET	1,220,623	166,099	404,930
COLRAIN	-	-	240,549
CONCORD	1,639,230	383,959	905,186
CONWAY	563,283	-	170,055
CUMMINGTON	32,728	-	77,040
DALTON	142,474	-	997,874
DANVERS	3,753,262	1,118,972	1,977,016
DARTMOUTH	8,320,190	-	2,551,974
DEDHAM	3,188,974	1,550,298	2,123,808
DEERFIELD	712,360	-	485,720
DENNIS	-	-	547,447
DEVENS	328,000	-	-
DIGHTON	-	-	696,943
DOUGLAS	6,600,404	-	703,677
DOVER	363,450	-	201,066
DRACUT	14,241,937	-	3,552,641
DUDLEY	-	-	1,529,079
DUNSTABLE	-	30,076	199,538
DUXBURY	2,814,514	-	924,732
EAST BRIDGEWATER	9,416,257	-	1,498,285
EAST BROOKFIELD	72,979	-	274,820
EAST LONGMEADOW	3,415,856	-	1,393,766
EASTHAM	252,704	-	149,688
EASTHAMPTON	7,061,164	108,874	2,709,785
EASTON	7,668,207	-	2,189,049
EDGARTOWN	343,128	28,507	45,782
EGREMONT	-	-	64,113
ERVING	257,384	13,150	60,069
ESSEX	-	33,828	228,131
EVERETT	20,857,067	4,084,357	3,589,700
FAIRHAVEN	6,900,864	391,434	1,997,821
FALL RIVER	88,654,097	2,290,951	22,340,906
FALMOUTH	4,439,706	-	1,402,893
FITCHBURG	36,443,198	214,811	8,391,390
FLORIDA	420,540	-	50,857
FOXBOROUGH	6,200,106	-	1,540,251
FRAMINGHAM	8,530,320	4,697,500	6,321,058
FRANKLIN	23,359,339	-	2,480,524
FREETOWN	920,190	-	966,659
GARDNER	18,123,386	120,747	4,099,199
GEORGETOWN	3,428,300	52,998	682,705
GILL	-	-	213,486
GLOUCESTER	5,446,302	1,923,054	2,548,808
GOSHEN	71,847	-	74,365
GOSNOLD	8,396	1,962	535
GRAFTON	5,916,246	-	1,569,513
GRANBY	3,480,552	-	861,556
GRANVILLE	1,194,161	-	148,427
GREAT BARRINGTON	-	-	777,629
GREENFIELD	8,732,668	-	3,135,650
GROTON	-	-	749,057
GROVELAND	-	-	650,645
HADLEY	625,061	138,341	334,468
HALIFAX	2,352,215	-	920,146
HAMILTON	-	42,887	614,829
HAMPDEN	-	-	610,721
HANCOCK	178,649	17,638	39,502
HANOVER	4,695,733	1,326,394	1,071,732
HANSON	28,480	-	1,227,101
HARDWICK	-	3,228	397,087
HARVARD	1,207,690	55,090	1,699,036
HARWICH	1,441,302	-	435,031
HATFIELD	619,676	-	313,003
HAVERHILL	31,984,671	2,503,145	7,879,580
HAWLEY	27,325	12,924	30,356
HEATH	-	-	70,392
HINGHAM	3,340,480	334,151	1,357,736
HINSDALE	75,997	-	210,751
HOLBROOK	4,191,804	4,757	1,539,108
HOLDEN	-	-	1,698,616
HOLLAND	664,264	-	188,910
HOLLISTON	5,943,729	412,300	1,243,934
HOLYOKE	61,015,564	606,646	9,570,845
HOPEDALE	5,057,500	-	655,503
HOPKINTON	4,841,117	120,287	666,821
HUBBARDSTON	8,448	-	366,989
HUDSON	5,370,695	-	2,056,388
HULL	3,687,093	1,388,549	1,068,730
HUNTINGTON	89,877	-	320,075
IPSWICH	2,066,540	775,432	1,013,997
KINGSTON	3,291,409	-	947,121
LAKEVILLE	2,146,114	-	795,296
LANCASTER	-	-	865,163
LANESBOROUGH	511,328	-	354,826
LAWRENCE	117,307,291	190,699	19,635,328
LEE	1,520,616	-	648,079
LEICESTER	8,584,389	-	1,749,536
LENOX	1,111,973	72,146	518,184
LEOMINSTER	32,722,786	11,693	5,633,456
LEVERETT	223,181	-	178,604
LEXINGTON	5,197,254	-	1,581,017
LEYDEN	-	-	75,898
LINCOLN	493,537	292,012	466,318
LITTLETON	1,464,107	164,924	580,299
LONGMEADOW	3,547,400	-	1,385,190
LOWELL	108,399,118	6,340,746	20,245,398
LUDLOW	9,615,500	-	2,909,098
LUNENBURG	3,708,907	-	1,076,641
LYNN	100,174,841	9,477,523	14,871,312
LYNNFIELD	1,760,538	362,288	768,744
MALDEN	32,462,866	5,586,730	8,399,131
MANCHESTER	-	-	237,187
MANSFIELD	11,432,836	725,040	1,569,286
MARBLEHEAD	3,626,744	39,403	1,154,583
MARION	338,668	-	228,167
MARLBOROUGH	6,151,638	2,728,327	3,247,829
MARSHFIELD	12,057,258	202,756	2,072,861
MASHPEE	4,044,754	-	316,873
MATTAPOISETT	473,898	-	420,149
MAYNARD	2,211,508	586,886	1,137,002
MEDFIELD	4,716,703	744,614	868,914
MEDFORD	10,251,400	6,432,448	7,106,161
MEDWAY	6,292,863	187,002	1,055,781
MELROSE	5,187,290	2,704,187	3,115,203
MENDON	-	-	395,978
MERRIMAC	-	-	744,721
METHUEN	30,471,886	163,026	5,333,014
MIDDLEBOROUGH	15,072,339	-	2,483,091
MIDDLEFIELD	-	-	47,723
MIDDLETON	1,072,302	126,570	394,823
MILFORD	9,514,224	-	3,126,582
MILLBURY	5,889,114	-	1,788,255
MILLIS	1,884,586	320,940	808,434
MILLVILLE	-	-	351,760
MILTON	3,395,206	1,245,145	2,326,448
MONROE	84,030	13,927	7,301
MONSON	6,615,987	-	1,275,553
MONTAGUE	-	-	1,241,050
MONTEREY	-	12,538	35,371
MONTGOMERY	15,516	-	82,730
MOUNT WASHINGTON	19,858	33,286	3,244
NAHANT	384,990	125,393	294,470
NANTUCKET	835,168	-	79,075
NATICK	4,176,646	1,942,474	2,336,643
NEEDHAM	3,838,948	205,993	1,619,031
NEW ASHFORD	149,556	7,313	11,670
NEW BEDFORD	104,076,980	716,255	23,075,977
NEW BRAINTREE	-	-	114,894
NEW MARLBOROUGH	-	-	57,024
NEW SALEM	-	-	96,421
NEWBURY	-	-	457,935
NEWBURYPORT	2,908,020	1,380,057	1,517,996
NEWTON	9,687,800	1,377,012	4,979,634
NORFOLK	3,290,521	-	969,577
NORTH ADAMS	13,830,276	185,853	4,355,802
NORTH ANDOVER	4,129,740	120,549	1,924,251
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH	18,436,965	-	2,917,793
NORTH BROOKFIELD	4,395,946	-	811,376
NORTH READING	3,784,804	945,499	1,046,034
NORTHAMPTON	6,574,010	577,922	3,990,786
NORTHBOROUGH	2,584,464	61,111	1,066,290
NORTHBRIDGE	12,970,825	3,071	2,214,906
NORTHFIELD	-	-	306,828
NORTON	11,977,480	-	2,080,708
NORWELL	1,917,412	541,079	659,338
NORWOOD	3,544,044	2,665,880	2,588,691
OAK BLUFFS	546,635	-	72,992
OAKHAM	64,189	-	179,134
ORANGE	4,911,542	2,115	1,618,719
ORLEANS	225,962	-	179,561
OTIS	-	-	32,639
OXFORD	8,477,240	-	2,108,359
PALMER	10,232,925	-	1,929,644
PAXTON	81,530	-	464,277
PEABODY	18,728,280	3,140,276	4,834,179
PELHAM	118,053	-	154,807
PEMBROKE	8,469,224	-	1,691,756
PEPPERELL	7,762	-	1,281,720
PERU	37,021	-	107,186
PETERSHAM	334,214	-	111,343
PHILLIPSTON	-	4,386	166,054
PITTSFIELD	28,114,213	880,284	7,873,936
PLAINFIELD	18,987	-	46,588
PLAINVILLE	2,374,850	-	761,561
PLYMOUTH	16,749,443	-	3,856,040
PLYMPTON	489,958	-	239,283
PRINCETON	-	-	298,687
PROVINCETOWN	255,801	22,181	133,931
QUINCY	12,561,073	11,567,002	10,170,020
RANDOLPH	10,420,471	1,825,854	3,799,577
RAYNHAM	-	-	1,117,382
READING	6,290,157	1,534,901	2,083,179
REHOBOTH	-	-	929,321
REVERE	24,103,591	5,334,444	6,118,567
RICHMOND	321,695	-	112,155
ROCHESTER	1,329,980	-	419,284
ROCKLAND	8,952,545	394,336	2,394,662
ROCKPORT	1,194,221	-	448,744
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