HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3612        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 518

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Elizabeth A. Malia and Jack Patrick Lewis

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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 strengthening recovery high schools.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/15/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/18/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/22/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/25/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/25/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

2/1/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/1/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

2/1/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/31/2019

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/30/2019

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/30/2019

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

1/30/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2019

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/28/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/31/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/1/2019

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

1/31/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

2/1/2019

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

2/1/2019

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/31/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/30/2019

Jerald A. Parisella

6th Essex

2/1/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/28/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3612        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 518

By Representatives Malia of Boston and Lewis of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 518) of Elizabeth A. Malia, Jack Patrick Lewis and others relative to strengthening recovery high schools.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4224 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 strengthening recovery high schools.

 

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 13E of Chapter 40, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “special education”, in line 8, the following words:- and recovery high school programs

SECTION 2. Section 13E of Chapter 40, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the figure “2”, in line 9, the following words:- and one half 

SECTION 3. Section 91 of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:- (f) For the purposes of transportation reimbursements only, a recovery high school shall be considered a regional school, subject to appropriation.

SECTION 4. Subsection (b) of section 91 of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 7, the words “state average foundation budget per pupil” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- tuition rate set annually by the board that oversees the Recovery High School for a total per pupil cost not to exceed two and one half times the state average foundation per pupil