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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3577 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 563 |
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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 | | Michelle M. DuBois and Steven Ultrino |
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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 concerning the fiscal impact of charter schools on public education. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3577 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 563 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives DuBois of Brockton and Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 19 | 19 | | House, No. 563) of Michelle M. DuBois relative to the fiscal impact of charter schools on public |
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| 20 | 20 | | education. Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 595 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act concerning the fiscal impact of charter schools on public education. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Paragraph (j) of section 89 of Chapter 71, of the General Laws, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 296, by inserting after the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3word “criteria” the following new text -; provided, that no charter application shall be approved |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4before a report has been presented to the board by the department on the financial impact to the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5sending district or districts. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 SECTION 2. Paragraph (gg) of said section 89, as so appearing, is hereby amended, in |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7line 757, by inserting at the end thereof the following new text - Annually, not later than January |
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| 38 | 38 | | 810 the department shall make a request to the General Court for the full funding of this |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9reimbursement and the reimbursement calculated under paragraph (ff). If the General Court 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10rejects the request to fund the reimbursement, the board shall not approve any application for a |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11new charter school or a charter school expansion in the following school year. |
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