Fully Funding Our Schools

Quality public education is how we make sure our kids do better than we did. Massachusetts made a promise with the Student Opportunity Act and the Fair Share Amendment, and the job now is making sure that money reaches the districts and students who need it most.

As your State Representative, I will:

• Fight to reform Chapter 70 so districts that need support actually get it, instead of being held at minimum aid year after year.

• Push to ensure Fair Share revenue goes where voters intended  and is tracked transparently.

• Fight to fully reimburse regional and in-district school transportation, which quietly eats local budgets every year.

• Fight to meet the state's charter school reimbursement obligations so local districts are not left covering a state shortfall.

Better state investment in education relieves pressure on local property taxes while ensuring students get the resources they deserve. The FY26 budget made real progress,  a nearly 7 percent increase in Chapter 70 funding, a meaningful increase to the Special Education Circuit Breaker, and free school meals statewide. While that's a good start, we need to go further, because in our district those gains still weren't enough to prevent shortfalls and overrides. 

Early Education & the Common Start

Learning doesn't start in kindergarten, and neither should our investment. Early education is both the best long-term return the state can make and the most immediate relief a young family can feel.

As your State Representative, I will:

• Support universal, affordable early education and the Common Start framework.

• Fight to expand access and slots across the region, not just in the state's largest cities.

• Support better pay for the early education workforce so programs can stay open and staffed.