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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2334 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 678
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Orlando Ramos
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to fix the chapter 70 inflation adjustment.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Orlando Ramos9th Hampden1/16/2025Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/29/2025Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/10/2025Christopher Richard Flanagan1st Barnstable2/10/2025Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex2/10/2025Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex2/10/2025Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/10/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/10/2025Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex2/10/2025Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester2/10/2025Mike Connolly26th Middlesex2/10/2025Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/10/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2334 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 678
By Representative Ramos of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 678) of
Orlando Ramos and others relative to inflation adjustments for education aid. Education.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act to fix the chapter 70 inflation adjustment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 70 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking
2the definition of “Foundation allotments” and inserting in place thereof the following new
3definition:-
4 “Foundation allotments”, the sum of the foundation category costs for each district;
5provided, however, that the sum in each foundation category shall be the product of enrollment
6in each foundation enrollment category that is eligible for the respective foundation category and
7the per-pupil rate assigned to each foundation category; provided further, that in each year the
8per-pupil rate for each foundation category, except employee benefits and fixed charges, shall
9not be less than the foundation per-pupil rate in section 3 of this chapter adjusted by the
10foundation inflation index; and provided further, that in each year the rate for employee benefits
11and fixed charges shall not be less than the prior year's rate adjusted by the foundation employee
12benefits inflation rate. 2 of 2
13 SECTION 2: Said section 2 of chapter 70 is hereby further amended by striking the
14definition of “Foundation inflation index” and inserting in place thereof the following new
15definition:-
16 “Foundation inflation index”, the ratio of the value of the implicit price deflator for state
17and local government consumption expenditures and gross investment in the first quarter of the
18prior fiscal year to the value of that same deflator in the first quarter of fiscal year two thousand
19and nineteen; provided that the increase in the index over the prior fiscal year shall not exceed
20four-and-one-half percent.