As a Representative, Bill has been a strong advocate for public education in Massachusetts. He was there to vote in favor of the Education Reform Law which now brings over a billion dollars a year in state assistance to our schools in Massachusetts. In Fairhaven, for example, annual state funding for schools has climbed from $3 million a year in the early 1990’s to over $9 million a year projected for FY 2023.

Bill also stood with his colleagues in protecting UMass Dartmouth as a full university for our region.

A major part of the state’s obligation to our schools is protecting the School Building Program for our towns and local taxpayers. Bill voted for a major reform for this program, obligating a penny of the existing sales tax in Massachusetts to school construction. This stable source of funding eliminated what used to be a years long waiting list which resulted in completed school projects, in Fairhaven, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester.