SENATE DOCKET, NO. 123        FILED ON: 1/18/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 213

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael R. Knapik

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to provide for capital equipment replacement in vocational education as part of state aid to public schools.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 123        FILED ON: 1/18/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 213

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 246 OF 2009-2010.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act to provide for capital equipment replacement in vocational education as part of state aid to public 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. Chapter 70 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the definition of “extraordinary maintenance allotment” in lines 131-135 and inserting in place thereof a new definition: -

“Extraordinary maintenance allotment,” the amount allotted within a district’s foundation budget for extraordinary maintenance costs and to provide for modernization and replacement of capital equipment in vocational schools in any fiscal year.  The extraordinary maintenance allotment shall be two thousand, two hundred dollars multiplied by the sum of foundation teaching staff and the foundation support staff.  The capital equipment replacement allotment shall be five hundred dollars multiplied by the foundation vocational enrollment.