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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1575 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 270 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Ryan C. Fattman |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act establishing funds to provide for increases in English language learners in school |
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| 13 | 13 | | districts. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Ryan C. FattmanWorcester and Hampden 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1575 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 270 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 270) of Ryan C. Fattman for |
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| 20 | 20 | | legislation to establish funds to provide for increases in English language learners in school |
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| 21 | 21 | | districts. Education. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 333 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act establishing funds to provide for increases in English language learners in school |
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| 30 | 30 | | districts. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 71A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 Section 13. (a) Subject to appropriation, for each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4year that this section is enacted, any school district that has experienced at least a 20-student |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5increase over the prior fiscal year in the number of students who are classified as English |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6learners shall receive an additional cost reimbursement from the Commonwealth for such |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7English learners in the current fiscal year. This reimbursement shall be equal to the positive |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8difference, if any, between: (i) the number of English learners on October 1 of the prior fiscal |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9year and (ii) the number of English learners students for the current fiscal year as measured by 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10the census of such students on October 1 of that fiscal year, an shall be in an amount for each |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11such student equal to the amount of reimbursement provided for in Chapter 70 for an English |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12learner for that school district. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13 (b) A school district eligible for additional cost reimbursement shall receive an advance |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14allotment payment from the Commonwealth as calculated by subsection (a), no later than the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15close of the first monthly accounting period in such fiscal year. Said additional cost |
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| 48 | 48 | | 16reimbursements shall be kept in a separate fund by the state treasurer and shall be disbursed by |
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| 49 | 49 | | 17the state treasurer at the direction of the commissioner of the board of education to the school |
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| 50 | 50 | | 18district. Reimbursement to a school district pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any |
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| 51 | 51 | | 19other reimbursement or a grant pursuant to Title III of Public Law 107-110. |
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