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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3959 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3753
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Shirley B. Arriaga
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to youth and athletics.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Shirley B. Arriaga8th Hampden1/20/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3959 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3753
By Representative Arriaga of Chicopee, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3753) of
Shirley B. Arriaga relative to youth and athletics and establishing the PLAY trust fund to be
administered by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Education.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to youth and athletics.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 29 of the General Laws, as amended by section 42 of chapter 268 of the acts of
22022, is hereby amended by inserting after section 2AAAAAA the following section:-
3 Section 2BBBBBB. (a) There shall be established and set upon the books of the
4commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the PLAY Trust Fund. The commissioner of the
5department of elementary and secondary education shall administer the fund. The fund shall be
6used for: (i) funding youth athletics for K-8 public school students in districts across the
7commonwealth; (ii) supporting K-8 public school students and their families by paying fees
8related to sports that they are unable to afford to pay; and (iii) combating childhood obesity by
9promoting and allowing children to play youth sports.
10 (b) The fund shall be credited with: (i) revenue from appropriations and other money
11authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (ii) funds
12from public and private sources such as gifts, grants and donations; and (iii) interest earned on 2 of 2
13money in the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation and
14any money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.
15 (c) Annually, not later than October 1, the commissioner of elementary and secondary
16education shall report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the joint committee
17on education and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the fund’s activities.
18The report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the source and amount of funds received; (ii)
19the expenditures made from the fund and the purposes of such expenditures; (iii) any anticipated
20remaining revenue from awards; (vi) the number of students and families who received funding;
21and (v) the report shall be publicly available on the department’s website.