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School Finance Review commission to take up Chapter 70 dispute By Brendan Clogston fter several days of dispute between the city and school department over a $2.5 million Chapter 70 payment from the state, Mayor Carlo DeMaria will now send the question to the School Finance Review Commission for an “independent assessment,�according to a spokesperson for the mayor. Though the item is not officially on the agenda as of press time, the School Finance Review committee will next meet on November 1. The move comes after a few days of back-and-forth over the funding, as the school department contended that the money was earmarked specifically for schools and the city claimed that it had already fully funded the schools with some of its own
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