BOSTON (WGGB/WSHM) -- Gov. Maura Healey announced a new $100 million supplemental school budget Wednesday aimed at helping school districts across Massachusetts ahead of the upcoming school year.

The supplemental budget breaks down to approximately $112 per student. For larger districts in the Commonwealth, Healey said that could mean an extra $1 million or more.

“It will help us keep our teachers, paraprofessionals, and mental health counselors in place for our kids,” Healey explained. “It will help schools avoid cutting the programs and services that they need and deliver every day for our students and it will help districts purchase high quality instructional materials so that every student in Massachusetts has access to the best tools to learn.”

Schools are also receiving additional money as part of the state’s $63 billion budget, which included an extra $300 million for schools statewide.

Counties including Franklin and Berkshire will receive an extra $16 million specifically designated for rural schools. An additional $13 million will be allocated toward student behavioral and mental health services. The state’s free lunch program will remain in place.

Local school boards will decide in the coming weeks how to allocate the additional funding.

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