Office of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes
Setting Up Your Own Dollars For Scholars Program
The following PDF documents represent the materials in an information binder that the Treasurer's Office sends to citizens of Towns and Cities interested in setting up their own "Dollars For Scholars" program. Please click on the relevant link for the materials you wish to review.
| Cover letter (in Adobe .pdf Format) | 222KB |
| Permissive Legislation (link to General Laws of Massachusetts) | |
| Arlington Home Rule Law (in Adobe .pdf Format) | 256KB |
| Arlington Bylaws (link to Title II, Article 1) | |
| Magazine Article (in Adobe .pdf Format) | 830KB |
| Tax Bill Examples (in Adobe .pdf Format) | 445KB |
| Bill Inserts (in Adobe .pdf Format) | 14.4MB |
| Citizens Scholarship Foundation of America (Adobe .pdf) | 2.7MB |
| Arlington Scholarship Application Packet (in Adobe .pdf Format) | 1.3MB |
| If you don't have a copy of Acrobat Reader, you can download a copy by clicking the icon to the right. |  |
Additional Information
In each quarter of the fiscal year, an informational insert is included with the tax or water utility bill being mailed. The content of those quarterly inserts is briefly described as follows:
First Quarter: Reports the progress of the Dollars For Scholars program through a series of charts and graphs.
Second Quarter: Emphasizes the "grassroots" aspects of the tax checkoff program by listing the names of more than 4000 annual donors.
Third Quarter: Features pictures and a brief educational profile of the students receiving the annual scholarship awards.
Fourth Quarter: Profiles, by fund name, those who have donated $10,000 or more to establish a Dollars For Scholars endowment.