Amendment #10 to H4091

Sale and Lease Preferences

Mr. Keenan of Salem moves to amend the bill by adding the following new section:-

SECTION XX:  Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 15 of chapter 70B of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, if any capacity analysis and enrollment projection conducted by the Massachusetts School Building Authority under section 15 of chapter 70B of the General Laws indicates an extended period of significant excess capacity within the district’s educational facilities, no school district serving less than 100,000 residents shall be required, prior to consideration of any other disposition of the identified excess capacity, to make a good faith offer to sell or lease in whole or in part at fair market value the identified excess capacity to a commonwealth charter school established pursuant to section 89 of chapter 71 or an applicant for a commonwealth charter school pursuant to section 89 of said chapter 71 that serves or is seeking to serve students who live in the school district; provided however, that under said circumstances any school district, may, prior to consideration of any other disposition of the identified excess capacity, make a good faith offer to sell or lease in whole or in part at fair market value the identified excess capacity to a commonwealth charter school established pursuant to section 89 of chapter 71 or an applicant for a commonwealth charter school pursuant to section 89 of said chapter 71 that serves or is seeking to serve students who live in the school district.