Amendment ID: S2203-26

Amendment 26

Direct Funding

Mr. Moore and Ms. L'Italien move to amend the bill by adding the following new section:-

SECTION X. Subsection (ff) of Section 89 of said Chapter 71 is hereby amended in the ninth paragraph by striking the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-

The department shall provide funding directly to all charter schools for the per pupil capital needs component of the total charter tuition costs.

Mr. Moore moves to further amend the bill by striking out Section 89 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

SECTION 89: Section 89 of said Chapter 71 is hereby amended by striking subsection (gg) in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(gg)  Annually the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shall certify the projected cost of each districts’ maximum enrolled charter school seats, based on the district’s most recent average charter school tuition rate not including the facilities rate. The commonwealth shall incur 100 per cent of the total charter school tuition amount that is greater than the district’s total charter school tuition amount for the previous year in the year in which the increase occurs; the direct funding amount shall be equal to 100 per cent of the increase in the year in which the increase occurs and 50 per cent in the second year and 25 per cent in the third year.  Said portion of charter school tuition shall be paid directly from the commonwealth to the charter school and shall not be deducted from the total state school aid, as defined in section 2 of chapter 70, of the district in which the student resides.