Yet the state legislature is prepared to enact a bill that would virtually ensure that the state loses out on $ 40 million dollars through Race to the Top, and a much - needed ESEA waiver that would bring flexibility for state spending of $ 350 million in federal dollars on
behalf of students statewide.
With some 30,000
students on charter school waiting lists
statewide, 10,000
of them in Boston, Baker made one last pitch at a Roxbury rally the night before the election, framing the ballot question as a battle on
behalf of low - income families» «desire and desperation for something better.»