Amendment #145 to H4600

1% Limit for Below Effort Communities

Representatives Ultrino of Malden, Donato of Medford and Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose move to amend the bill in section 3 by inserting after the fifth paragraph the following paragraph:

“Notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 70 of the General Laws or any general or special law to the contrary, the term “required local contribution” shall be defined as a municipality's preliminary local contribution; provided, however, that if the preliminary local contribution is greater than the target local contribution, then the preliminary local contribution shall be reduced by the product of its excess effort and the effort reduction percentage; provided further, that if the preliminary local contribution as a percentage of the foundation budget is more than 2.5 percentage points below the target local share, then the preliminary local contribution shall be increased by 1 per cent; provided further, that in a municipality with a combined effort yield equal to or greater than 175 per cent of its foundation budget, the required local contribution shall not be less than 82.5 per cent of the municipality's foundation budget; and provided further, that the commissioner shall allocate each municipality's required local contribution among the districts to which the municipality belongs and such allocation shall be in proportion to each district's share of the municipality's foundation budget; provided that this paragraph shall only remain in effect through the fiscal year ending in June 30, 2025.”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #145 to H4600

1% Limit for Below Effort Communities