5 Things to Know About the FY 2025 Senate Amendments1. Senate members filed 1,100 amendments, 51 more than in FY 2024 and 78 fewer than in FY 2023.2. The fiscal impact of all amendments is $2.9 billion.3. An estimated 58% (636) of the amendments are...

Today, the Senate Committee on Ways and Means (SWM) released its budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The $57.99 billion spending plan includes notable investments in higher education, early education, and mental and behavioral health;...

The House finalized its $58.07 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget last week after adding $95.8 million in spending over the course of three days of debate.The House took action on 1,495 amendments through a combination of 7 consolidated amendments...

5 Things to Know:1. House members filed 1,495 amendments, 71 fewer than in FY 2024 and 27 fewer than in FY 2023.2. The fiscal impact of all amendments is $2.02billion.*3. Over 70% (1,095) of the amendments are earmarks.4. Approximately 25%(400) of...

Earlier today, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget development process officially moved to the Legislature with the release of the House Committee on Ways and Means (HWM) budget proposal. About two months after Governor Healey filed her administration’s...

As a helpful resource for those interested in early education and care (EEC) policy in Massachusetts, MTF is publishing a series of EEC 101 Fact Sheets, each breaking down key parts of the early education space in the Commonwealth – from the impact...

In November 2019, An Act Relative to Educational Opportunity for Students (Chapter 132 of the Acts of 2019) was signed into law by Governor Charlie Baker. Better known as the Student Opportunity Act (SOA), the new law represented the...

Last week, MTF published a fiscal update brief reviewing Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 tax revenue collections, the current budget balance estimate, and the Healey-Driscoll administration’s closeout supplemental budget. It included MTF’s recommendation for...

State budget officials and policymakers have reached the point during the calendar year when it is necessary to balance the demands of three fiscal years at one time. The Healey administration’s closeout supplemental budget proposal for Fiscal Year ...

There are more than 46,000 educators employed at early education programs across the state of Massachusetts. Early educators across programs provide quality education, safe spaces, and socio-emotional learning tools to our state’s youngest learners...