Amendment #914 to H4000

Local Contribution

Mr. Jones of North Reading moves to amend the bill in Section 3, by inserting after the words “the effort reduction percentage shall be 100%” in the fifth paragraph, the following words:-

“; provided further, that, in satisfying any increase in its local contribution requirements under chapter 70, a municipality may deem to be local contribution an amount up to 75 per cent of the total grant award to its districts under the Elementary and Secondary Education Emergency Relief (ESSER) program enacted by the federal coronavirus response and relief supplemental appropriations act on December 27, 2020, but not more than the increase in required local contribution in fiscal year 2022 relative to fiscal year 2021. In the case of a municipality's increased required contribution as a member of a regional school district, a municipality may deem a proportional share of 75 per cent of the regional district's total grant award, equal to the municipality's share of the district's total required contribution, to satisfy the increase in its required contribution.

In evaluating compliance with net school spending requirements for fiscal year 2022, the department of elementary and secondary education shall include any net school spending eligible expenditures supported with said ESSER funds, up to the dollar limit established by the department pursuant to the 75 per cent limitation established in the previous paragraph.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 89 of chapter 71 or any other general or special law to the contrary, in calculating charter school tuition payments to be paid to charters by each school district for fiscal year 2022, the department of elementary and secondary education shall not include the per pupil amount of required local contribution that may be supported by said ESSER funds, as determined by the department pursuant to this section."

And moves that the bill be further amended in Section 2, in item 7061-9010, by inserting after the words “subsection (i) of said section 89 of said chapter 71;” the following words:-

“(b-2) payment for charters that would otherwise need to use more than 75 percent of their funding from the Elementary and Secondary Education Emergency Relief (ESSER) program enacted by the federal coronavirus response and relief supplemental appropriations act on December 27, 2020 to make up for tuition reductions made pursuant to section 3“

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #914 to H4000

Local Contribution