SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2280

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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SECTION 1.  To provide for supplementing certain items in the general appropriation act and other appropriation acts for fiscal year 2018, the sums set forth in section 2 are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise in this act or in those appropriation acts, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this act or in those appropriation acts and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of those items.

SECTION 2.

Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination

0940-0100 ……………………………………………………………………………......$250,000

SECTION 2A. To provide for certain unanticipated obligations of the commonwealth, to provide for an alteration of purpose for current appropriations and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in this section are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise in this section, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this section and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.  These sums shall be in addition to any amounts previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of these items. These sums shall be made available until June 30, 2018.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

7061-0011 For a reserve to provide extraordinary relief to school districts educating students who are or were residents of Puerto Rico or the United States Virgin Islands who have enrolled in their schools or in an educational entity to which they pay tuition to educate their students, after October 2, 2017 due to the impact of hurricane Maria and hurricane Irma; provided, that financial support shall be provided to those districts, on a full-time, equivalent basis and in a manner consistent with the aid calculations made under the chapter 70 school aid program; provided further, that funds distributed from this item shall not be considered prior year chapter 70 aid and shall not be used in the calculation of the minimum required local contribution for fiscal year 2019; and provided further, that the department shall report to the joint committee on education and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the calculation and planned distribution of funds to school districts not less than 15 days prior to disbursement of funds appropriated in this item………………………$15,000,000

SECTION 3. Item 0940-0101 of section 2 of chapter 47 of the acts of 2017 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “$3,100,000”, inserted by section 28 of chapter 110 of the acts of 2017, each time it appears, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- $3,500,000.

SECTION 4. Item 0940-0102 of section 2 of chapter 47 of the acts of 2017 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “$240,000”, each time it appears, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- $410,000.

SECTION 5. Item 7004-0099 of said section 2 of said chapter 47 is hereby amended by adding the following words:-  and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Citizen Planner Training Collaborative to develop an updated curriculum, expand the program across the commonwealth, develop online training and testing materials, track certification for qualified planning board and zoning boards of appeals members and recruit and train new instructors.

SECTION 6. Said item 7004-0099 of said section 2 of said chapter 47 is hereby further amended by striking out the figure “$8,158,469” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $8,358,469.

SECTION 7.  The department of elementary and secondary education shall adopt equitable and proportionate guidelines and application procedures for the grants to be made pursuant to item 7061-0011 of section 2A within 60 days after the effective date of this act.

SECTION 8.  This act shall take effect upon its passage