Mike Minogue on Education

Examine funding formulas for schools across the state

Healey: The funding formula for our schools has not worked. It needs to be changed. We're going to take a look at this to make sure our cities and towns are treated fairly.

Minogue: The money goes to the parents, the majority of people who will probably get this, their kids will be public school. So if your kid is in public school and you want tutoring or books or transportation and most important, you have a child that has special needs, it also can be used for tutoring or for their education if in a private school they still have that option, they can use it as well for tuition. But it is going to be under the Minogue administration, $1.7 billion the first year. That money is either going go to federal office, go to D.C. and or is it going to stay in the state. But it has to be paid because it's a tax and that money then gets sent back to parents.

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