HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 321 FILED ON: 1/13/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 480
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John W. Scibak
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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 school choice circuit breaker.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
John W. Scibak | 2nd Hampshire | 1/13/2015 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 321 FILED ON: 1/13/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 480
By Mr. Scibak of South Hadley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 480) of John W. Scibak relative to establishing a school choice district reimbursement plan for the Commonwealth. Education. |
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 establishing a school choice circuit breaker.
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 12B of Chapter 76 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (o) the following subsection:
(p) Any sending district which experiences a net loss of more than 5% of its student population in a given grade or a net loss of more than 10% of its total student population from the prior year due to school choice,shall also be eligible to apply for a school choice reimbursement from the commonwealth as provided in subsection (n) . The reimbursement amount shall be equal to 50 percent of the school choice tuition amount for each student enrolling in a receiving district in excess of 5% of the total population in a given grade during the prior year for the sending district or in excess of 10% of the total population during the prior year in the sending district.