Long-awaited education funding bill unveiled
Calls for 'unprecedented' $1.4 billion boost in state aid, much of it to poorer communities
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FOUR YEARS AFTER a state commission declared that the Massachusetts education funding formula was shortchanging school districts by $1 to $2 billion, state lawmakers unveiled an ambitious proposal that would increase state aid to local schools by $1.4 billion. The bill goes a long way toward meeting the calls of education advocates and district leaders(...)