SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1378 FILED ON: 1/14/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 240
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Patricia D. Jehlen
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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 relative to charter school enrollment.
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PET
ITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Patricia D. Jehlen
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Second Middlesex
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Bruce E. Tarr
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First Essex and Middlesex
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Susan C. Fargo
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Third Middlesex
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Jennifer M. Callahan
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18th Worcester
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00323 OF
2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to charter school enrollment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION
1.
Chapter 71, Section 89 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking subsection (o) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:
The Department of Education shall annually, no later than April 1, notify each public school district in writing of the number of students who will be attending the charter school from the district the following September as well as the number of new stude
nts who will be transferring from that district to the charter school in the following September.
Charter school tuition payments from the district shall be based on the previous year’s enrollment in a manner identical to the calculation
of a district’s c
hapter 70 aid
.
SECTION
2.
Chapter 71, Section 89 is hereby further amended by striking out subsection (oo) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:
Beginning in fiscal year 2011, any charter school whose total charter school enrollment i
s greater than its total charter school enrollment for the previous year shall be reimbursed by the
commonwealth in accordance with this paragraph and subject to appropriation; provided, however, that the reimbursement amount shall be equal to 100 per cent
of the increase in the year in which the increase occurs; 60 per cent of that amount in the first year following; and 40 per cent of that amount in the second year following.
