Years of tenacious advocacy by students, parents, educators, and local communities paid off when, late into the evening on October 3, the Massachusetts Senate voted 39-0 to approve the landmark Student Opportunity Act (SOA).
The bill now moves to the Massachusetts House of Representatives for consideration. If approved by the full legislature, the SOA would make an extraordinary investment in K-12 public education, delivering an additional $1.5 billion in annual state aid to local public schools, with the bulk of those resources going to the neediest schools and students.
“State Senators deserve an enormous round of applause for passing this transformative reinvestment in our local public schools,” said AFT MA President Beth Kontos. “The Student Opportunity Act is a historic achievement for everyone in Massachusetts who shares our belief that every student should have a high-quality, well-funded public school.”
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