Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H441 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1719 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 441
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Daniel Cahill
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act modernizing school construction.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel Cahill10th Essex1/18/2023 1 of 5
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1719 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 441
18	18	By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 441) of Daniel
19	19	Cahill relative to school construction. Education.
20	20	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
21	21	_______________
22	22	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
23	23	(2023-2024)
24	24	_______________
25	25	An Act modernizing school construction.
26	26	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
27	27	of the same, as follows:
28	28	1 SECTION 1. Section 35BB of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
29	29	2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 7 and 8, the figure “1” and inserting
30	30	3in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 2.
31	31	4 SECTION 2. Chapter 70 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following
32	32	5section:-
33	33	6 Section 18. A school district with a disproportionate share of school buildings: (i) in need
34	34	7of major renovation or potential replacement; (ii) with environments that are not conducive to
35	35	8teaching and learning; (iii) in need of major repairs; or (iv) in need of replacement, as determined
36	36	9by the Massachusetts School Building Authority, may, for a period of time until the debt service
37	37	10obligations for school construction projects in said schools are paid, use not more than 1 percent
38	38	11of the total amount of state school aid allocated to said school district under this chapter for costs
39	39	12associated with the renovation or replacement of said school buildings. 2 of 5
40	40	13 SECTION 3. Section 2 of chapter 70B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
41	41	14Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 29 and 30, the figure “1” and
42	42	15inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 2.
43	43	16 SECTION 4. Subsection (b) of section 9 of said chapter 70B, as so appearing, is hereby
44	44	17amended by striking out the words “may also take into account” and inserting in place thereof
45	45	18the following words:- shall provide flexibility for.
46	46	19 SECTION 5. Said section 9 of said chapter 70B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
47	47	20inserting after the word “section”, in line 49, the following words:-; provided, however, that the
48	48	21reimbursement dollar amount per square foot shall be not less than the average of the actual
49	49	22construction cost per square foot of all approved school projects from the previous 3 fiscal years.
50	50	23 SECTION 6. Section 10 of said chapter 70B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
51	51	24striking out, in line 3, the figure “80” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 100.
52	52	25 SECTION 7. Said section 10 of said chapter 70B, as so appearing, is hereby further
53	53	26amended by striking out, in line 8, the words “Incentive Percentage (C)” and inserting in place
54	54	27thereof the following words:- Incentive Percentage (C) + School Integration Percentage (D).
55	55	28 SECTION 8. Clause (3) of paragraph (B) of subsection (a) of said section 10 of said
56	56	29chapter 70B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the figures in the chart titled
57	57	30“Poverty” and inserting in place thereof the following figures:-
58	58	31 0-99%0.00
59	59	32 100-102%1.42
60	60	33 103-105%2.83 3 of 5
61	61	34 106-108%4.25
62	62	35 109-111%5.67
63	63	36 112-114%7.08
64	64	37 115-117%8.50
65	65	38 118-120%9.92
66	66	39 121-123%11.33
67	67	40 124-126%12.75
68	68	41 127-129%14.17
69	69	42 130-132%15.58
70	70	43 133-135%17.00
71	71	44 136-138%18.42
72	72	45 139-141%19.83
73	73	46 142-144%21.25
74	74	47 145-147%22.67
75	75	48 148-150%24.08
76	76	49 151-153%25.50
77	77	50 154-156%26.92 4 of 5
78	78	51 157-159%28.33
79	79	52 160-162%29.75
80	80	53 163-165%31.17
81	81	54 166-168%32.58
82	82	55 169-171%34.00
83	83	56 172-174%35.42
84	84	57 175-177%36.83
85	85	58 178-180%38.25
86	86	59 181-183%39.67
87	87	60 184-186%41.08
88	88	61 187-189%42.50
89	89	62 190-192%43.92
90	90	63 193-195%45.33
91	91	64 196-198%46.75
92	92	65 199%+48.17
93	93	66 SECTION 9. Said subsection (a) of said section 10 of said chapter 70B, as so appearing,
94	94	67is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:- 5 of 5
95	95	68 (D) School integration percentage points shall be awarded by the authority. New project
96	96	69applications that present clear and convincing evidence, as determined by the authority, that the
97	97	70proposed school building project is likely to significantly improve inter-district or intra-district
98	98	71racial integration of students shall receive 10 percentage points.
99	99	72 SECTION 10. For the purposes of developing program and cost standards pursuant to
100	100	73subsection (b) of section 9 of chapter 70B of the General Laws, the Massachusetts School
101	101	74Building Authority shall not find a proposed project for the Accelerated Repair Program to be
102	102	75ineligible on the basis of estimated total budget unless the estimated total budget is less than
103	103	76$100,000.
104	104	77 SECTION 11. For the purposes of promulgating net school spending regulations pursuant
105	105	78to section (2) of chapter 70 of the General Laws, the department of elementary and secondary
106	106	79education shall allow extraordinary maintenance projects to qualify as net school spending up to
107	107	80a total cost per project per school of $500,000.