State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz announced an education finance reform bill Wednesday that would create a guaranteed minimum level of funding for all districts in the state, as well as implement recommendations from the state’s Foundation Budget Review Commission (FBRC).
The bill, titled the Education PROMISE Act and co-filed with representatives Aaron Vega of Holyoke and Mary Keefe of Worcester, would make changes to the education foundation budget, a minimum set by the 1993 Education Reform Act for how much each school needs to adequately serve its students.
“A quarter-century ago, our state made a promise that every child, no matter her ZIP code, her language, her disability, her income, would be provided what she needed to succeed in school,” Chang-Diaz said at a Wednesday morning press conference. “This is a promise we have not kept.”