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“This pandemic has laid bare the racial and economic inequities that exist in the Commonwealth—hitting our black, brown, and low-income communities the hardest. We can use our state budget to build equity and reverse these trends by investing in our schools.” #mapoli #MAEdu
Worcester schools CFO Brian Allen, @MassBudget’s Colin Jones, @RPS_Super Dianne Kelly, and @MASCSchoolComm’s Glenn Koocher say the proposed state budget fails our K-12 schools. https://commonwealthmagazine.org/education/state-budget-plan-fails-our-schools/
.@pbaxandall, however, argued more revenue this year could have meant greater investments going to residents who need support now.
“You don’t get that year back… That’s something which works better on the accounting ledger than it does on the experience of people.” #mapoli
For the $46 billion state budget, which has cleared both the House and Senate, lawmakers opted primarily to draw from one-time funding sources rather than generate new revenue. https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/with-budget-nearing-completion-hinds-says-revenue-proposals-will-come-next-year/article_035633f4-2b98-11eb-95bd-ef5efa3119cf.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1606007121
Monique Ching of @MassBudget explains that research shows that ALL drivers would benefit from the Work and Family Mobility Act. #DrivingMAForward
#ICYMI: Our President, @MarieFrances_MA, sat down with @statehousenews for “The Takeout” to discuss the closeout of the Commonwealth’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget and what’s ahead for FY2022 amid #COVID19. Listen to the full conversation: https://soundcloud.com/statehousenews/budget-frenzy #mapoli #bospoli
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