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Also, another solution that understand was discussed at past Lowell school committe mtgs., and offered as a solution to the overflow of students seeking a vocational education, was to bring in more monies/funding to a school district by also offering technical education in traditional high schools so they don’t need to go to a vocational school. Substantive grants were/are given out by the Healey-Driscoll Administration to existing as well as to those school districts expanding those programs. Chelmsford High School recently received $149,544 through this program. I also understand that new legislation, Massachusetts Senate Bill S.2690 ("An Act to improve access, opportunity, and capacity in Massachusetts vocational-technical education"), has been introduced to allow municipalities to more easily create their own vocational programs if the local regional vocational district is full. As of March 2026, Bill S.2690 was reported favorably by the Joint Committee on Education and referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means. Allowing traditional high schools the opportunity to be innovative and to create their own vocational programs, especially when regional schools are full, districts can keep the higher per-pupil "vocational" funding internally rather than seeing that tuition money follow the student to a regional vocational school.