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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1360 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 378 |
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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 | | Patricia D. Jehlen |
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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 relative to the financial impact of charter schools. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Patricia D. JehlenSecond MiddlesexJames B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester3/3/2025Robyn K. KennedyFirst Worcester3/10/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1360 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 378 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 378) of Patricia D. Jehlen and James |
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| 19 | 19 | | B. Eldridge for legislation relative to the financial impact of charter schools. Education. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 292 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to the financial impact of charter schools. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 89 of said chapter 71, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2hereby amended by inserting after the word “application”, in line 294, the following words:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3including, but not limited to the financial impact of establishing or expanding the charter school |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4on the students and schools of the sending district or districts |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5 SECTION 2. Section 89 of said chapter 71, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6inserting after the word “criteria”, in line 296, the following text:- No charter application shall be |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7approved before a report has been presented to the board by the department on the financial |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8impact to the sending district or districts. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 SECTION 3. Subsection (gg) of said section 89 of said chapter 71, as so appearing, is |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10hereby amended by adding the following 2 sentences:- Annually, not later than January 10, the 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11department shall make a request to the general court for the full funding of this reimbursement |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12and the reimbursement calculated under subsection (ff). If the general court rejects the request to |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13fund the reimbursement, the board shall not approve any application for a new charter school or |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14a charter school expansion in the following school year. |
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