Amendment #639 to H4100

Increasing Out-of-State Student Revenue for C.766 Schools

Representatives Kane of Holyoke, Ferguson of Holden, Pignatelli of Lenox and Cusack of Braintree moves to amend the bill by adding at the end thereof the following section:

Nothwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the division of purchase services of the operational services division which, under Section 22N of Chapter 7 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by Chapter 257 of the Acts of 2008, is responsible for determining prices for programs under chapter 71B of the General Laws, shall authorize the annual price for out-of-state purchasers requested by a program, not to exceed a maximum price determined by the division by identifying the most recent price calculated for the program and applying the estimated rate of inflation for each year, as determined by the division pursuant to said section 22N of said chapter 7, in which the rate of inflation is frozen beginning with fiscal year 2004, in a compounded manner for each fiscal year.