SENATE DOCKET, NO. 341        FILED ON: 1/16/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 259

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Anne M. Gobi

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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 school funding.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

 

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

2/1/2017

Stephen Kulik

1st Franklin

2/3/2017

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

2/3/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

2/3/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 341        FILED ON: 1/16/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 259

By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 259) of Anne M. Gobi, Leonard Mirra, Stephen Kulik, Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. and others for legislation relative to school funding.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 287 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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

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An Act relative to 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:
 

The secretary of administration and finance in cooperation with the commissioner of revenue and the commissioner of education as appearing in Section 3A of Chapter 70 of the General Laws shall include in said criteria, components, equations, and underlying data necessary to generate the required minimum local contribution, a new component.

Such new component shall, for municipalities with a population of 6,000 or less, exclude data regarding the highest five percent and lowest five percent of property values and resident annual income of said municipalities, from calculations regarding local contribution.