Up to foundation

A plan to be released by Governor Patrick today will indeed be using some of the federal stimulus money to bring the state's Chapter 70 aid up to its obligations under the foundation formula (thus heading off a possible lawsuit, 'though that doesn't seem to be making the news reports!). In total, the state is sending $168 million to schools this year under the plan:

Patrick's budget planned to level-fund local school districts, which likely would have led to schools cutting teachers and staff. Over 150 districts would not have received foundation-level state aid, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

(This is all from the State House News Service which is only open to subscribers, so no link. Right now, it's all on an anonymous official; I'm assuming we'll have broader coverage once Patrick announces this himself.)

UPDATE: It looks like Boston.com has it, including a handy chart for how much each district will get. If you scroll down to the end, you'll see Worcester's expected $14 million ($14,363,614 to be exact).