SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1612        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 277

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to Promote the Building of Full Service 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.   The first paragraph of section 8 of Chapter 70B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting after clause (8) the following:-“and (9) priority shall be given to school projects utilizing the building beyond the typical school day and opened for extended hours, weekends and during the summer months for educational, recreational and other purposes which provide community usages.”                         

SECTION 2.   The Massachusetts school building authority shall award 3 incentive points, under 963 CMR 2.00 for schools with innovative community use. For the purposes of this section, innovative community use are schools utilizing the building beyond the typical school day hours, weekends and during the summer months for educational, recreational and other purposes which provide community usages.