SENATE DOCKET, NO. 996        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 291

 

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 regional bonus aid.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

 

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/28/2019

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

1/28/2019

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

1/28/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

1/28/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/30/2019

Adam G. Hinds

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

1/30/2019

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/30/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/1/2019

Eric P. Lesser

First Hampden and Hampshire

2/1/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 996        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 291

By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 291) of Anne M. Gobi, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., Dean A. Tran, Donald F. Humason, Jr. and other members of the General Court for legislation to provide bonus aid to newly formed regional school districts.  Education.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 262 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.