Amendment #23, as changed to H4460

DESE Reporting Requirements

Mr. Finn of West Springfield moves to amend the bill by inserting after section 17 the following section:-

SECTION 17A. Not later than July 30, 2024, the executive office of administration and finance, in consultation with the executive office of housing and livable communities and the department of elementary and secondary education, shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means with data on students in the emergency housing assistance program pursuant to section 30 of chapter 23B of the General Laws, during the 2023-2024 school year, including, but not limited to: (i) the total number of students in the emergency housing assistance program enrolled in public schools, broken down by district; (ii) the total number of students in the emergency housing assistance program who required transportation services to a school district outside of the district in which they were sheltered and the total associated costs of the transportation services, broken down by district; (iii) the total number of students per district that required language services, broken down by language; (iv) MCAS score data for school districts with students enrolled in the emergency housing assistance program within the last 3 school years, broken down by district; and (v) a per pupil cost analysis of all expenditures made by school districts with students enrolled in the emergency assistance housing program, broken down by district.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #23, as changed to H4460

DESE Reporting Requirements