HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 134 FILED ON: 1/11/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 161
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:
An Act to establish a school choice circuit breaker.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Stephen L. DiNatale | 3rd Worcester |
Bruce E. Tarr |
[District]
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 134 FILED ON: 1/11/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 161
By Mr. Scibak of South Hadley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 161) of Stephen L. DiNatale and Bruce E. Tarr relative to establishing a school district reimbursement plan for the Commonwealth. Education. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
HOUSE
, NO. 497 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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 its student population in a given grade or a net loss of more than 10% of its total student population from the prior year due to school choice, shall also be eligible to apply for a school choice reimbursement from the commonwealth as provided in subsection (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.
