In line for more state aid
School districts in the area could get $485.1 million in state aid this year, an increase of 8.7 percent from last year, under the Chapter 70 budget recently approved by the Legislature.
| District | Fiscal 2006 | Fiscal 2007 | Percent change |
| Abington | $6,869,653 | $7,152,781 | 4 |
| Avon | $598,615 | $689,890 | 15 |
| Blue Hills | $3,073,959 | $3,600,320 | 17 |
| Braintree | $4,903,921 | $6,348,111 | 29 |
| Bridgewater-Raynham | $19,283,254 | $19,665,067 | 2 |
| Bristol-Plymouth | $6,961,382 | $8,086,042 | 16 |
| Brockton | $110,310,059 | $117,298,166 | 6 |
| Canton | $2,658,680 | $2,977,671 | 12 |
| Carver | $9,266,231 | $9,740,177 | 5 |
| Cohasset | $1,220,623 | $1,552,631 | 27 |
| Dedham | $3,188,974 | $3,524,055 | 11 |
| Duxbury | $2,814,514 | $3,127,346 | 11 |
| East Bridgewater | $9,416,257 | $10,037,234 | 7 |
| Easton | $7,668,207 | $8,115,511 | 6 |
| Foxborough | $6,200,106 | $7,467,990 | 20 |
| Freetown | $920,190 | $1,236,264 | 34 |
| Freetown-Lakeville | $6,460,005 | $6,832,785 | 6 |
| Halifax | $2,352,215 | $2,423,716 | 3 |
| Hanover | $4,695,733 | $5,345,783 | 14 |
| Hingham | $3,340,480 | $3,996,893 | 20 |
| Holbrook | $4,191,804 | $4,533,288 | 8 |
| Hull | $3,687,093 | $3,756,143 | 2 |
| Kingston | $3,291,409 | $3,382,518 | 3 |
| Lakeville | $2,146,114 | $2,301,087 | 7 |
| Mansfield | $11,432,836 | $13,879,268 | 21 |
| Marion | $338,668 | $375,835 | 11 |
| Marshfield | $12,057,258 | $13,627,416 | 13 |
| Mattapoisett | $473,898 | $497,698 | 5 |
| Middleborough | $15,072,339 | $16,271,963 | 8 |
| Milton | $3,395,206 | $3,770,098 | 11 |
| Norfolk County | $605,728 | $777,426 | 28 |
| Norton | $11,977,480 | $12,175,056 | 2 |
| Norwell | $1,917,412 | $2,207,571 | 15 |
| Norwood | $3,544,044 | $3,933,871 | 11 |
| Old Colony | $2,546,991 | $2,935,912 | 15 |
| Old Rochester | $1,530,510 | $1,701,522 | 11 |
| Pembroke | $8,469,224 | $10,072,452 | 19 |
| Plymouth | $16,749,443 | $18,464,636 | 10 |
| Plympton | $489,958 | $506,035 | 3 |
| Quincy | $12,561,073 | $13,380,709 | 7 |
| Randolph | $10,420,471 | $11,313,976 | 9 |
| Rochester | $1,329,980 | $1,395,317 | 5 |
| Rockland | $8,952,545 | $9,430,825 | 5 |
| Scituate | $3,580,818 | $3,965,346 | 11 |
| Sharon | $6,270,630 | $6,615,618 | 6 |
| Silver Lake | $5,693,535 | $6,060,844 | 6 |
| South Shore | $2,298,687 | $3,132,493 | 36 |
| Southeastern | $9,542,955 | $10,588,579 | 11 |
| Stoughton | $8,780,857 | $9,954,565 | 13 |
| Walpole | $4,500,224 | $5,514,992 | 23 |
| Wareham | $11,226,580 | $11,620,568 | 4 |
| West Bridgewater | $1,620,336 | $1,739,647 | 7 |
| Westwood | $2,250,702 | $2,588,559 | 15 |
| Weymouth | $19,644,236 | $21,059,789 | 7 |
| Whitman-Hanson | $21,432,182 | $22,380,044 | 4 |
SOURCE: Legislature
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