HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1448        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 426

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Stephen Kulik

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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 relative to education funding for charter schools.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Stephen Kulik

1st Franklin

1/15/2015


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1448        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 426

By Mr. Kulik of Worthington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 426) of Stephen Kulik relative to charter school tuition payments by cities and towns for elementary-aged students residing outside of said school’s district.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3939 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to education funding for 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:
 

Subsection (ff) of section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “school”, in line 662, the following words:-

; provided, however, that if an elementary-aged student attending a charter school resides in a community of not more than 3,000 inhabitants and which maintains its own elementary school district but is a member of a regional school district for middle and high school education, the community in which that elementary-aged student resides shall pay to the charter school in question an amount equal to the tuition amount calculated for that community’s elementary school district, or the tuition amount calculated using the above foundation spending percentage for the regional school district to which that community belongs, whichever is less.