HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1147        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 388

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to school transportation..

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

Chapter 7l of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 7C the following section:-

Section 7D.  The cost of transportation of a special education student to an out of district public or private institution shall be reimbursed by the department of education; provided, however, that the school system seeking reimbursement is a member of a transportation collaborative; and provided, further, that the private transporter of the child accepts rates of payment for such transportation as determined by said department of education.