News and Announcements

Bump commends legislature for providing funding in response to mandate determination.

State Auditor Suzanne Bump announced today the results of a statewide survey which found that school districts are projected to spend close to $11.3 million this fiscal year as a result of an unfunded state mandate.

Today State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump released a second local mandates review opinion with statewide implications for funding the education of homeless children.

Today State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump released a local mandates review opinion which has statewide implications for funding the education of homeless children who are in state-sponsored emergency placements.

State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump today reported that the state must give cities and towns more than $2.48 million to cover the cost of extra mandated polling hours for the 2012 elections.

Acting on a formal request from Revere, State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump announced that a change in the state law that requires all Suffolk County public offices to be open and staffed on Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day is an unfunded state mandate.

In an opinion with potential state-wide impact, State Auditor Bump announced that amendments to a 1987 environmental permitting law last year is an unfunded mandate that imposes unreasonable costs on three Massachusetts towns—Athol, Halifax, and Leverett.