Amendment #16 to H4841

An Act Making Charter School Access More Equitable for Non-Related Children in Guardianship Situations

Mr. Robertson of Tewksbury moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

“SECTION XX.  Subsection N of Section 89 of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following sentence prior to the last sentence now existing in the section: Children placed by the Department of Children and Families or the Courts of the Commonwealth into legal Guardianship of another party shall have all children within a family's care be recognized as siblings for the purpose of enrollment to a charter school, regardless if the children in guardianship are biologically related or not."

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #16 to H4841

An Act Making Charter School Access More Equitable for Non-Related Children in Guardianship Situations