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Chapter 70 averaged $5,757.59 a pupil in FY2026, yet one pupil more or fewer moved it by $150.00.
Average pupil against one more pupil
Chapter 70 over foundation pupilsWhat one pupil moves it by, oursour estimate
Chapter 70 over foundation pupils
What one pupil moves it by, ours
Average a pupil
$5,758
not published
One pupil more or fewer
not published
$150
FY2026: $5,757.59 on average, $150.00 for one pupil. The first is our division of DESE’s figures, the second our reading of the formula.
1 · The facts
$5,757.59
Chapter 70 a foundation pupil, FY2026 (our division)
$150.00
what one pupil moves it by, FY2026 (ours)
our estimate
2
provisions in DESE’s definitions that cut aid
-$485,942
across-the-board reduction, FY2009
-$92,416
across-the-board reduction, FY2010
-$279,101
across-the-board reduction, FY2011
968
pupils at which the formula’s need turns negative (ours)
our estimate
60.4%
required contribution against the foundation budget, FY2026
2 · What it shows
1
Aid is last year’s aid plus an increase, so a pupil moves only the increase: $150.00.
2
DESE’s definitions name 2 things that cut aid; fewer pupils at a district running schools is neither.
3
Aid was cut across the board in FY2009 (-$485,942), FY2010 (-$92,416), FY2011 (-$279,101), and never since.
4
Below about 968 foundation pupils the formula’s need would turn negative; not in 20 published years.