Schools taking a hit in federal aid in the next fiscal year

Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation President Michael Widmer said that about $108 million from an allotment of $200 million in one-time education funds approved by Congress last year have not been requested by cities and towns and could be available for fiscal 2012. But Widmer said 100 communities have already used up their share of those funds – about $92 million – and the Chapter 70 funding cut could hurt more in those cities and towns.