Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H540 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3836 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 540
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Michael S. Day
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 relative to charter school caps.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Michael S. Day31st Middlesex1/17/2025Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/11/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/11/2025 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3836 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 540
18	18	By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 540) of
19	19	Michael S. Day, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and James B. Eldridge relative to charter school caps.
20	20	Education.
21	21	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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23	23	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
24	24	(2025-2026)
25	25	_______________
26	26	An Act relative to charter school caps.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
28	28	of the same, as follows:
29	29	1 SECTION 1. Section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
30	30	2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 186, the figure “9” and inserting in
31	31	3place thereof the following figure:- 5.
32	32	4 SECTION 2. Said section 89 of said chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is
33	33	5hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 187 to 191, inclusive, the words “provided,
34	34	6however, that a public school district's total charter tuition payment to commonwealth charter
35	35	7schools shall not exceed 18 per cent of the district's net school spending if the school district
36	36	8qualifies under paragraph (3)”.
37	37	9 SECTION 3. Said section 89 of said chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is
38	38	10hereby further amended by striking out, in line 194, the figure “9” and inserting in place thereof
39	39	11the following figure:- 5. 2 of 2
40	40	12 SECTION 4. Said section 89 of said chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is
41	41	13hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 195 to 196, inclusive, the words “or 18 per cent
42	42	14for those districts that qualify under said paragraph (3)”
43	43	15 SECTION 5. Said section 89 of said chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is
44	44	16hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 218 to 223, inclusive, the words “the school
45	45	17district's total charter school tuition payment to commonwealth charter schools may exceed 9 per
46	46	18cent of the district's net school spending but shall not exceed 18 per cent. For a district qualifying
47	47	19under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school
48	48	20district's net school spending,”
49	49	21 SECTION 6. Said section 89 of said chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is
50	50	22hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 275 to 281, inclusive, the words “If a district is
51	51	23no longer in the lowest 10 per cent, the net school spending cap shall be 9 per cent, unless the
52	52	24district net school spending was above 9 per cent in the year prior to moving out of the lowest 10
53	53	25per cent in which case the net school spending cap shall remain at the higher level plus
54	54	26enrollment previous approved by the board.”
55	55	27 SECTION 7. Said section 89 of said chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is
56	56	28hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 282 to 290, subsection (i)(4) in its entirety.