HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1282 FILED ON: 1/16/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 447
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kimberly N. Ferguson
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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 regional bonus aid.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 1/15/2019 |
William L. Crocker, Jr. | 2nd Barnstable | 1/23/2019 |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden | 1/23/2019 |
Shawn Dooley | 9th Norfolk | 1/23/2019 |
Dean A. Tran | Worcester and Middlesex | 1/24/2019 |
Donald F. Humason, Jr. | Second Hampden and Hampshire | 1/24/2019 |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 1/25/2019 |
Anne M. Gobi | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden | 1/31/2019 |
Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | 1/31/2019 |
Susannah M. Whipps | 2nd Franklin | 2/1/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1282 FILED ON: 1/16/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 447
By Mrs. Ferguson of Holden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 447) of Kimberly N. Ferguson and others for legislation to provide bonus aid to newly formed regional school districts. Education. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 251 OF 2017-2018.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
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An Act relative to regional bonus aid.
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 16D(g) of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the section in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following new section:
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, regional bonus aid, but no other aid pursuant to this section, shall be paid to any regional school district formed after fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety-three for the immediate five fiscal years following the establishment of said regional school district. Regional bonus aid shall be payable in an amount equal to one hundred dollars per foundation enrollment, in the first fiscal year following the establishment of said regional school district; eighty dollars per foundation enrollment in the second fiscal year following the establishment of said regional school district; sixty dollars per foundation enrollment in the third fiscal year following the establishment of said regional school district; forty dollars per foundation enrollment in the fourth fiscal year following the establishment of said regional school district; and, twenty dollars per foundation enrollment in the fifth fiscal year following the establishment of said regional school district.