The Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education was honored to accept the 2020 Nonprofit Excellence Award in Advocacy from the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (MNN) at a virtual event sponsored by Citizens Bank. The award recognizes a nonprofit organization whose work resulted in significant progress on a public policy issue.

MBAE and the employers we represent believe that an excellent public education system is the essential foundation of a sound and equitable economy. MBAE won this award for our work helping pass legislation, the Student Opportunity Act, that increased funding for public schools, targeted the bulk of the new funding to districts serving students most in need, and ensured new funds will be effectively leveraged to close socio-economic and racial education achievement gaps.