Save the Date! Advocacy Day 2025

Thursday,
March 20, 2025

METCO relies on state funding, requiring advocacy and approval from the state legislature. It is essential to advocate for this funding to both maintain and enhance the impact of METCO’s programs. Become an advocate and ensure that METCO’s school integration impact continues!

We have four legislative champions at the State legislature to ensure our funding year after year. We are so grateful for their support.

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Advocate for METCO

Our current FY26 legislative ask

  • For our FY26 budget ask, we are advocating for $33M to account for inflation, transportation, cost of living, programming, and racial equity initiatives.

Click here to view FY25 Legislative Ask (coming soon)

Never underestimate the power of your voice!

It’s legislative budgeting season, and there’s a lot you can do to help advocate for METCO’s $32.2M funding request:

  • Contact your legislators: email, call, and/or send letters!
  • Click here to find your legislators
  • Set up individual appointments with your legislators to discuss the impact of the program

The Impact of Funding

Tell your legislators that funding METCO will go towards:

  • Meeting increased expenses caused by inflation, costs of living, and staff retention
  • Support students with targeted academic, college, career, and social emotional supports
  • Exploring the expansion of student enrollment in participating districts

METCO Advocacy Day

See how much support we’ve gotten in past Advocacy Days! Check out these photos from Advocacy Day 2023!

Past Advocacy Day Recaps

Click here for a toolkit that guides you on how to achieve to above advocacy efforts (coming soon)

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Legislative Champions

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Rep. Christopher Worrell

5th Suffolk
Click to view legislative profile

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Rep. David Paul Linksy

5th Middlesex
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Sen. Liz Miranda

2nd Suffolk
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Sen. Jason Lewis

5th Middlesex

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Rep. Christopher Worrell

5th Suffolk
Click to view legislative profile

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Rep. David Paul Linksy

5th Middlesex
Click to view legislative profile

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Sen. Liz Miranda

2nd Suffolk
Click to view legislative profile

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Sen. Jason Lewis

5th Middlesex

Click to view legislative profile

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Your voice matters and makes a difference!

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