Bill H.497 186th (2009 - 2010)

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2161        FILED ON: 12/29/2008

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 497

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John W. Scibak

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
              Court assembled:

              The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act to establish a school choice circuit breaker.

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PETITION OF:

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 557 OF .]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act to establish a school choice circuit breaker..


 

              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

              Section 12B of Chapter 76 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2003 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (o) the following subsection:–

  (p) Any sending district which experiences a net loss of more than 5% of i ts student population in a given grade or a net loss of more than 10% of its total student population from the pr ior year due to school choice,   shall also be eligible to apply for a school choice reimbursement from the commonwealth as provided in subsectio n (n) . The reimbursement amount shall be equal to 50 percent of the school choice tuition amount for each student enrolling in a receiving district in excess of 5% of the total population in a given grade during the prior year for the sending district or in excess of 10% of the total population during the prior year in the sending district.