Not so fast. Budget chief slams brakes on Healey’s education funding push

BOSTON (SHNS) – House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz has “some serious concerns” about the governor’s election-year proposal to spend $100 million on public schools before they’ve even collected the revenue to support it.

“The ink hasn’t dried yet on the actual fiscal year 2027 budget, so I think we’d like to see that be implemented first,” the House budget chief said. “There’s a lot of concerns related to raising that Chapter 70 number further, may further complicate things for future budgets.”

Gov. Maura Healey filed a $100 million fiscal year 2027 supplemental budget last week, two weeks after the first day of the fiscal year and just six days after she signed the budget…

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