Governor Baker’s proposed budget is troubling for
its lack of vision and absence of meaningful investments in education and other
vital community services. Although some of the governor’s ideas appear
positive, his budget is ultimately a proposal that shortchanges students,
families and our cities and towns by including cuts to kindergarten expansion
programs and providing inadequate funding for our public schools, colleges and
universities.
While keeping school districts at foundation levels,
as is constitutionally required, Governor Baker’s proposed spending plan fails
to address the fact that many of our communities already face significant
shortfalls in the resources they need to provide children with the schools they
deserve. Public education is the center of our democracy and the heart of our
future, and the Commonwealth’s spending priorities must recognize that.
