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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1973 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 345 |
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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 | | Sal N. DiDomenico |
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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 eliminating education funding inflation cap. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Sal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and SuffolkColleen M. Garry36th Middlesex3/3/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1973 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 345 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 345) of Sal N. DiDomenico |
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| 19 | 19 | | and Colleen M. Garry for legislation to eliminate the education funding inflation cap. 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 eliminating education funding inflation cap. |
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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 2 of Chapter 70 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2hereby amended by striking out, in lines 93 to 96, the words "the lesser of: (i) the ratio of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3value of the implicit price deflator for state and local government purchases in the third quarter |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4of the prior fiscal year to its value in the third quarter of the fiscal year 2 years prior; and (ii) |
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| 32 | 32 | | 51.045" and inserting in place thereof the following words: "the ratio of the value of the implicit |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6price deflator for state and local government purchases in the third quarter of the prior fiscal year |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7to its value in the third quarter of the fiscal year 2 years prior." |
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