Amendment #1304 to H5500

Special education threshold

Mrs. Sullivan-Almeida of Abington moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

"SECTION XXXX. Section 5A of chapter 71B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (c) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(c) Instructional and transportation costs eligible for reimbursement under the program shall be reported by a school district to the department in a form and manner as prescribed by the commissioner. For each such school district, the department shall review the report and approve those per pupil instructional and transportation costs that are eligible for reimbursement pursuant to the program not less than 30 days after the date of submission. Based upon the approved costs, the department shall calculate the reimbursement due to a municipality. The costs of programs shall be reimbursed at 75 per cent of all the instructional and transportation costs that exceed either the approved costs threshold or the statewide average per pupil expenditure as determined by the department; whichever dollar amount is lower."

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Special education threshold