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How Are Schools Funded — A No-Nonsense Breakdown

How Are Schools Funded — A No-Nonsense Breakdown

Aug 27, 2025

How are Massachusetts schools really funded? It all comes down to three buckets: local property taxes, Chapter 70 state aid, and state capital grants. Since 1993, the Chapter 70 formula has determined how much the state chips in to ensure equity across districts. The 2019 Student Opportunity Act boosted support for high-need students, but inflation caps are leaving schools shortchanged. Brockton voters deserve transparency, accountability, and real fixes to ensure classrooms aren’t funded on leftovers.

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We’re In Need of an Audit Reality Check: Why We Need More Than a Box-Checking Approach

We’re In Need of an Audit Reality Check: Why We Need More Than a Box-Checking Approach

Aug 22, 2025

Brockton’s schools didn’t lose $18.3 million to fraud—they lost it to incompetence. Taxpayers then paid another $400,000 for audits that confirmed what families already knew: weak leadership, rubber-stamp oversight, and broken systems.

Massachusetts law already requires annual audits, but in Brockton they’ve become little more than check-the-box exercises. Numbers get reconciled, but problems never get fixed.

Stephen Pina’s Audit Reform Plan changes that. It makes audits enforceable, public, and tied to results—protecting classrooms, restoring trust, and holding leaders accountable.

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