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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2825 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 577 |
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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 | | Brandy Fluker-Reid |
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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 honoring the Commonwealth’s commitment to public school districts. |
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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:Brandy Fluker-Reid12th Suffolk1/16/2025Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/6/2025Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/6/2025Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk2/6/2025Christopher Richard Flanagan1st Barnstable2/6/2025Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex2/6/2025Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex2/6/2025Brian W. Murray10th Worcester2/6/2025Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex2/6/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/6/2025Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester2/10/2025Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/10/2025James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/12/2025Homar Gómez2nd Hampshire2/13/2025Mike Connolly26th Middlesex2/13/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester3/5/2025David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester3/11/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2825 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 577 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Fluker-Reid of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 577) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Brandy Fluker-Reid and others relative to charter school tuition reimbursement. Education. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act honoring the Commonwealth’s commitment to public school districts. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2is hereby amended by striking out subsection (gg) and inserting in place thereof the following |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3subsection:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 (gg) Any district whose total charter school tuition amount is greater than its total charter |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5school tuition amount for the previous year shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth in |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6accordance with this paragraph and subject to appropriation; provided, however, that no funds |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7for said reimbursements shall be deducted from funds distributed pursuant to chapter 70. The |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8district's reimbursement shall be 100 per cent of the increase in the year in which the increase |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9occurs, 80 per cent of the increase in the year following the increase, 60 per cent of the increase |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10in the second year following the increase and 40 per cent of the increase in the third year |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11following the increase. |
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