HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 616        FILED ON: 1/14/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 372

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James J. Dwyer

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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 establishing a moratorium for Commonwealth charter schools.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

1/14/2013

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

 

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

 

Cleon H. Turner

1st Barnstable

 

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

 

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

 

Denise Andrews

2nd Franklin

 

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

 

Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.

34th Middlesex

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

 

Carlos Henriquez

5th Suffolk

 

Michael D. Brady

9th Plymouth

 

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 616        FILED ON: 1/14/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 372

By Mr. Dwyer of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 372) of James J. Dwyer and others relative to establishing a moratorium for charter schools.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1049 OF 2011-2012.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act establishing a moratorium for Commonwealth 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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the authority of the board of education to grant commonwealth charters to an applicant pursuant to section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws shall be suspended until September 1, 2015.