Coordinating with partners Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance (MEJA) and others, JWJ is working to pass Fair Funding legislation to implement the recommendations of the Foundation Budget Review Commission to significantly increase state funding for public schools.
For More information see full coalition website: https://fundourfuturema.org
Fund Our future flyers for different districts (pdf)
Parents Union of Massachusetts, which falls under the umbrella of Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, works to establish education equity and public school reform, and as lead parent organizer, Medina helps other parents navigate school systems and works with them to get access to services such as IEPs and bilingual ed. The organization also provides information on housing and helps parents understand their rights.
The MTA now has GRAPHICS (sized for Facebook) and FLIERS (downloadable and printable) on the FOF site. These are for all districts, except the 9 who for complicated reasons do not get an increase under the Promise Act.
New England Public Radio, September 5, 2019
As Massachusetts lawmakers continue to debate how to change a 26-year-old school funding formula, one local parent feels there is no time to sit and wait.
The Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance has spent this past summer asking the question “how long must our students wait for fully funded schools?
Mass Budget released their updated report Towards Equity: School Funding Reform in Massachusetts on Chapter 70 funding. The report compares the different bills in front of the legislature.
On March 22, 2019 jwJ and allies were out in force at the Massachusetts State House fighting for Massachusetts Children. Educators, parents and students filled Gardner with overflow seating into the Great Hall where people watch a livestream.
Celebrate with us, learn about the School Budget process, and tell us your Budget priorities & Vision for the schools our communities deserve.
Smaller class sizes? Special Education resources? Art & Music? Share your ideas! Fill out the survey: http://bit.ly/FraminghamSOABudgetSurvey
Join us at the first of two Fund Our Future Bootcamps on Saturday, December 14th at the Boston Teachers Union. Please RSVP at bit.ly/FOFBootcamp1.
Bring your little ones and join us for a Children's "Little Lobby Day and Fun in the Sun!"
Come support Fund Our Future and enjoy some free pizza by coming to our phone banking party! We will be calling and writing to our legislators to encourage their support on the Promise and Cherish acts. The proposed acts would increase funding for public school education by more than $1.5 billion a year.
Read more about the Promise Act and the Cherish Act at FundOurFutureMA.org
