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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Margaret R. Scarsdale and Kristin E. Kassner

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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 full funding of regional school district transportation.

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PETITION OF:

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act relative to full funding of regional school district transportation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Notwithstanding section 7H of chapter 29 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, effective for fiscal year two thousand and twenty-six and in subsequent fiscal years, the department of elementary and secondary education shall annually submit a request to the general court for an appropriation that complies with the commonwealth’s total funding obligation under section 16C of chapter 71 of the General Laws.