Amendment ID: S2262-33

Amendment 33

Transportation Working Group

Mr. Humason moves to amend the bill Senate 2262 is hereby amended by striking Section 49 and replacing it with the following:-

"SECTION 49. (a) The department of elementary and secondary education shall convene a working group on charter school transportation within 30 days of the effective date of this act. The working group shall include, but not be limited to: the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, or a designee, who shall serve as chair of the working group; 3 representatives from commonwealth charter schools, 1 of whom shall be from a charter school located in a municipality with more than 500,000 residents, 1 of whom shall be from a charter school located in a municipality with less than 100,000 residents and 1 of whom shall be from a regional charter school; and 3 representatives from school districts that provide transportation to 1 or more commonwealth charter schools, 1 of whom shall be from a municipality with more than 500,000 residents, 1 of whom shall be from a municipality with less than 100,000 residents and 1 of whom shall be from a municipality that provides transportation to 1 or more regional charter schools.

(b) The working group shall: (i) review current patterns and approaches to providing transportation to commonwealth charter schools in districts across the commonwealth; (ii) assess the financial impacts of charter school student transportation patterns on district finances; (iii) propose changes to improve efficiency; and (iv) identify any statutory modifications necessary to make such changes. The working group shall issue a final report containing its findings and recommendations within 6 months of the effective date of this act. Said report shall be submitted to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, who shall forward the report to the chairs of the joint committee on education and the senate and house committees on ways and means."