Session Laws

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to provide immediately for the establishment of regional charter schools, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. `t+1

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The ninth paragraph of section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1994 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the fourth sentence the following sentence:- Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, upon application by the board of trustees of a charter school or by the persons or entities seeking to establish a charter school, the secretary may amend or grant a charter designating such school a regional charter school; provided, however, that such regional charter school shall be exempt from the local preference provision of this paragraph; provided, further, that such regional charter school shall continue to grant a preference to siblings of currently enrolled students; and provided, further, that if the number of applicants remaining is greater than the number of spaces available, such regional charter school shall conduct a single lottery to determine which applicants shall be admitted. `t+99