HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3883        FILED ON: 1/16/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 517

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to charter schools..

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

SECTION 1. Section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (g) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:—

(g) An application submitted for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school shall (1) be submitted to the board of education for approval pursuant to this section (2) be filed with the local school committee for the school district in which the charter school is located and (3) be submitted to the local legislative body and chief executive officer of the municipality in which the proposed commonwealth charter school for approval. If the local legislative body and chief executive officer do not approve the application then it is deemed denied.