Help rural schools get what they need
At this time our top priorities are:
to restore the $4 million cut from FY26 Rural Aid through a supplemental budget
to get Rural Aid fully funded at $60 million in FY27
to reopen the Chapter 70 foundation formula
to pass H.517/S.314 An Act to Provide a Sustainable Future for Rural Schools, colloquially known as the rural schools bill, with its major provisions intact.
Below are critical action items and supporting tools. Please take one or more of the following actions today.
Write to Governor Healey and Lt. Governor Driscoll
Submit a letter to Governor Healey
Use this form to submit your letter through the state’s website.
Make three requests.
Restore FY26 Rural Aid to the previous level of $16 million through a supplemental budget
Fully fund Rural Aid at the recommended level of $60 million in FY27 and not a penny less
Include a provision in H2 to reopen the foundation budget formulas of Chapter 70 funding
Promote the rural schools bill
The map above shows the district representation of all of the current members of the Joint Committee on Education. Not a single Rural Aid-receiving school district is represented.
Write to the Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Education and request that they report favorably out of committee H.517/S.314 An Act to Provide a Sustainable Future for Rural Schools, colloquially known as the rural schools bill.
This bill received a hearing on June 3rd, 2025. As written, it contains provisions that would benefit all districts in addition to codifying Rural Aid. Urge these lawmakers to keep the bill’s major provisions intact when reporting it out favorably.
Send your email to:
ken.gordon@mahouse.gov
jason.lewis@masenate.gov
fiona.brucebaiden@mahouse.gov
dennis.burke@masenate.gov
Your own State Representative and State Senator