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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 186 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 616 |
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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 | | Hannah Kane |
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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 to allow for school districts to collect a fee associated with nonresident pupil |
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| 13 | 13 | | transportation. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/7/2025Michael O. MooreSecond Worcester3/6/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 186 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 616 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 616) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Hannah Kane and Michael O. Moore for legislation to authorize school districts to collect fees |
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| 21 | 21 | | associated with nonresident pupil transportation. Education. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 512 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act to allow for school districts to collect a fee associated with nonresident pupil |
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| 30 | 30 | | transportation. |
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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 8A of Chapter 74 of the general laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2is hereby amended by striking out the section and inserting in place thereof the following:- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 Section 8A. A school district may charge a fee for transportation for students in grades 7- |
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| 36 | 36 | | 412 who attend an out of district vocational or agricultural school; said fee may not exceed the fee |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5charged to students in grades 7-12 who attend an in district school, provided that no fee shall be |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6required for students whose families are at or below 300% of the federal poverty level as defined |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7by the federal Department of Health and Human Services. |
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