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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1863 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 320 |
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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 | | Michael O. Moore |
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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 relative to local approval for charter schools. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael O. MooreSecond WorcesterAdam Scanlon14th Bristol1/24/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1863 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 320 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 320) of Michael O. Moore and |
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| 19 | 19 | | Adam Scanlon for legislation relative to local approval for charter schools. Education. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 371 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to local approval for charter schools. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “district” the following |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3definition:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 “Local approval”, an action taken by a locally elected body to authorize local funds being |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5allocated for a charter school, which may be approved by the following actions: by the approval |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6of an elected school committee for each school district from which the charter school is expected |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7to enroll students, by the approval of voters at a town meeting of each of the towns from which |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8the charter school is expected to enroll students, or in the case of a city without an elected school |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9committee, by a vote of the city council, by whatever title it may be known, and the Mayor. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10 SECTION 2. Said section 89 of said chapter 71, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11amended by adding the following paragraph:- |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12 Notwithstanding the foregoing, only commonwealth charter school applications that have |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13received the local approval of every town or school district expected to enroll students shall be |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14funded pursuant to the provisions of the section. Approval of an application by the board without |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15local approval shall be funded by the board, exclusive of Chapter 70 or other local funds. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16Applications that have received the aforesaid local approval for a commonwealth charter school |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17shall comply with the provisions for such submission pursuant to the applicable provisions of the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18section. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19 SECTION 3. This act shall apply only to commonwealth charter school applications |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20submitted after the date upon which the act becomes effective. |
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