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School Enrollment Expectations Create Budgeting Wildcard

Katie Lannan3/16/21 6:09 PM

Sen. Jason Lewis questions Education Secretary James Peyser and Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley about student enrollment numbers during a hearing Tuesday on Gov. Charlie Baker's $45.6 billion budget proposal. [Screenshot]

School committee members and superintendents flagged concerns Tuesday with the enrollment numbers used to determine education funding levels in Gov. Charlie Baker's fiscal 2022 budget, telling lawmakers that schools would be ill-equipped under his proposal if the students who left their districts this year return in the fall.

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