Cherry Sheet Tuition Assessments

9000 Programs with Other School Districts **Preliminary**

The Town receives three types of tuition assessment for educating Brookline resident students. These are School Choice, Charter Schools, and Norfolk Agricultural Technical High School. While these amounts are not shown or reported in the School Department’s appropriation, the Town is responsible for the education of these students. All public schools are required to submit actual enrollment reports to Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in October and March of the current year. These figures are used to calculate tuition rates for the current year. Any changes to enrollment figures and tuition rates will alter a district’s remaining assessments.


It is unknown at this time what the final impact there will be for the FY21 budget. The town will not have confirmed FY21 enrollment until mid-February 2020. This section will be updated as information becomes available.


Special Education Assessment

The assessment is to partially reimburse the state for providing special needs education to children enrolled in state hospital schools.


School Choice

“The school choice program allows parents to send their children to schools in communities other than the city or town in which they reside. Tuition is paid by the sending district to the receiving district. Districts may elect not to enroll school choice students if no space is available.”

Charter Schools

“Charter schools are independent public schools designed to encourage innovative educational practices. Charter schools are funded by tuition charges assessed against the school districts where the students reside. The state provides partial reimbursement to the sending districts for the tuition costs incurred.”

Brookline has had students attending the following school districts whereby we have received assessments: Boston Renaissance Charter Public, Academy of the Pacific Rim, Edward Brooke Charter, and Prospect Hill Academy Charter.