SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1967        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 241

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sal N. DiDomenico

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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 concerning charter school funding.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

 

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1967        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 241

By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 241) of Sal N. DiDomenico and James B. Eldridge for legislation relative to charter school funding.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 222 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act concerning charter school funding.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 89(ff) of Chapter 71 is hereby amended by striking the first sentence of the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following:-

In calculating the per pupil foundation budget component, the department shall calculate a foundation budget for the students from each sending district attending the charter school in the previous fiscal year, pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of Chapter 70; provided, that the department shall not include in said calculation the assumed tuition-out special education enrollment, nor any amounts generated by said assumed enrollment, as defined by said section 2; provided further, that the calculation for assumed in-school special education enrollment pursuant to said section 2 shall reflect the individual student full-time equivalent enrollment and only the actual amounts generated by said enrollment in the previous fiscal year.