What Will Westford's Cherry Sheet Look Like For Fiscal Year '14?
The governor's plan gives Westford about $240,000 more than last year from Boston in total, but will we see more or less than that?
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Each year the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) issues a listing of what each municipality and school district in the Commonwealth will get in local aid and what it will have to pay to the state for certain specialized services.
It's still a long way to go until we see the cherry sheet for Fiscal Year '14, but if they came out today on the Governor's proposed numbers, here's how the changes would look for Westford according to the DOR between this Fiscal Year and next Fiscal Year (which begins on July 1.)
Representative Arciero warned that the legislature could signficantly change the numbers by the time the process is done, and today we want your take? What will the final numbers be for Westford?
Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Total Money Coming In (Receipts)
| FY2013 Cherry Sheet Estimate | FY2014 Governor’s Budget (H1) | Difference | |
| Chapter 70 | 16,064,000 | 16,189,875 | 125,875 |
| School Choice Receiving Tuition | 271,300 | 336,931 | 65,631 |
| Annual Formula Local Aid | 0 | 59,689 | 59,689 |
| Veterans’ Benefits | 31,331 | 51,332 | 20,001 |
| Unrestricted Gen Government Aid | 1,797,543 | 1,797,543 | 0 |
| State Owned Land | 198 | 198 | 0 |
| Public Libraries | 18,612 | 18,384 | -228 |
| Exemptions: Vets, Blind, Surviving Spouses & Elderly | 67,405 | 67,020 | -385 |
| School Lunch | 26,533 | 23,040 | -3,493 |
| Charter Tuition Reimbursement | 28,556 | 16,818 | -11,738 |
| Total Estimated Receipts | 18,305,478 | 18,560,830 | 255,352 |
Money Going Out
| FY2013 Cherry Sheet Estimate | FY2014 Governor’s Budget (H1) | Difference | |
| Mosquito Control Projects | 79,154 | 82,874 | 3,720 |
| Air Pollution Districts | 7,450 | 7,758 | 308 |
| RMV Non-Renewal Surcharge | 8,780 | 8,740 | -40 |
| Regional Transit | 144,516 | 148,129 | 3,613 |
| Special Education | 12,733 | 13,239 | 506 |
| School Choice Sending Tuition | 20,000 | 34,000 | 14,000 |
| Charter School Sending Tuition | 125,525 | 120,070 | -5,455 |
| Total Estimated Charges | 398,158 | 414,810 | 16,652 |
Jamaal
1:04 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Regardless of exact cherry sheet bottom lines.... There is a confidence in town that adding new positions with the money we fought to keep away from our police, firefighters, and teachers might catch up with us. I would like to see the school budget grow a few million more than 48 million for FY14 to support Growth. Our school nurses in town have been w/out a contract all year and are quietly being railroaded by the town to save a couple nickels more