HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 326        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 476

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Patricia A. Haddad

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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 special education funding.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/10/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/17/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/24/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

1/24/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

2/1/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/1/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/23/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/30/2019

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

2/1/2019

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

2/2/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/28/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/2/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/24/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Adam G. Hinds

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

1/30/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/30/2019

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/1/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/1/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

2/1/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/29/2019

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/26/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/29/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

1/28/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/25/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/28/2019

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

1/31/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

1/28/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/29/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/30/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 326        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 476

By Mrs. Haddad of Somerset, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 476) of Patricia A. Haddad and others relative to special education funding.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 264 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 special education 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 1. Section 2 of chapter 70 of the General Law, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definitions of “assumed tuitioned-out special education enrollment” and “assumed in-school special education enrollment” and inserting in place thereof the following definitions:-

"Assumed tuitioned-out special education enrollment”, the statewide average percentage of students included in foundation enrollments who participate in an Individual Education Plan and attend an out-of-district placement. The percentage shall be based on the statewide average tuitioned-out special education enrollment for the preceding academic year, or the statewide average tuitioned-out special education enrollment for the preceding fiscal year, whichever is lower.

"Assumed in-school special education enrollment", the statewide average percentage of students included in foundation enrollments who participate in an Individual Education Plan and attend an in-district placement. The percentage shall be based on the statewide average in-school special education enrollment for the preceding academic year, or the statewide average in-school special education enrollment for the preceding fiscal year, whichever is lower.

SECTION 2. Section 5A (a) of chapter 71B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the fourth sentence.

SECTION 3. Section 5A (b) of chapter 71B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “transportation costs” from the third sentence.

SECTION 4. Section 5A (c) of chapter 71B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence of the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-

The costs of programs shall be reimbursed according to the following formula: In fiscal year 2018 school districts will receive eighty percent of approved costs, including transportation costs, if the city, town, or district utilizes a regional transportation network to reduce transportation costs or other collaborative and demonstrated efforts to reduce such costs, above 3.75 times the per pupil foundation budget; eighty percent of all such costs above 3.5 times the per pupil foundation budget for fiscal year 2019; eighty percent of all such costs above 3.25 per pupil foundation budget for fiscal year 2020 and eighty percent of all such costs above 3.0 times the per pupil foundation budget for fiscal year 2021 and hereafter. In fiscal year 2018, each school district shall be reimbursed at no less than the same amount of approved costs in the preceding fiscal year.