Amendment ID: S2203-43-R1

Redraft Amendment 43

Requiring charter school impact analysis by DESE

Messrs. Barrett and Rodrigues move to amend the bill by striking out section 62 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

"SECTION 62.  Said subsection (e) of said section 89 of said chapter 71, as so appearing is hereby further amended by adding the following clause:- ; and (xvii) a summary, including the date, of the applicant’s meeting with the local superintendents and public hearings."; and

in section 63, by inserting after the word “materials”, in line 667, the following words:- “, including an analysis of the anticipated impact on the community involvement, educational opportunities and financial capacity of the school districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students and an analysis of the impact on the programs and services of the sending school district or districts including, but not limited to, impacts related to fixed variable and step variable costs,”; and

in said section 63, by striking out, in lines 676 and 677, the words “and provide an assessment of the accuracy of the analysis of the impact on the programs and services of the sending school district or districts required under clause (xix) of subsection (e)”.