Table 7 - Raising the Cap on the Growth Factor
			Impact Upon FY02 "Statutory" Chapter 70*
			Current Cap: Mrgf is limited to the annual percent change in Chapter 70
			State total FY01	2,990,396,788
			State total FY02	3,158,904,460
			Pct Increase	5.63
			139 communities are capped
			8 of them have uncapped factors greater than 10 percent
				BERKLEY	10.49%
				GRANVILLE	14.17%
				NANTUCKET	12.40%
				PETERSHAM	10.34%
				SAVOY	13.93%
				SUNDERLAND	19.01%
				WENDELL	17.90%
				WINCHENDON	10.01%
			If Cap Were Set at 1.5 times the state average mrgf
			State average mrgf = 5.04
			State cap = 1.5 x 5.04 = 7.56
			37 communities are capped at 7.56
			Contribution at 5.63 cap		4,001,257,828
			Contribution at 7.56 cap		4,010,388,348
			Increase due to raising the cap		9,130,520
			* The "statutory" run makes several assumptions that are guided by recent years' budget
			decisions.   Foundation budget: the wage factor is raised halfway up to 100 percent,
			for any community where the unadjusted factor falls below 100 percent.
			Chapter 70: Minimum aid is set a $150 per pupil, and FY01 supplementary aid
			is not built into base aid.